SBF and UFRN host Physics meeting in Caico

Published Wed, Nov 08, 2017
From December 05 to 06 2017 the city of Caicó-RN will host the second edition of the  Encontro Potiguar de Física (Potiguar Physics Meeting), a local event that will join physicists from all corners of Rio Grande do Norte. This activity aims to better integrate the local...

Webinar about dark matter with Prof. Farinaldo Queiroz

Published Mon, Oct 30, 2017
Tomorrow, October 31, the Lawphysics – a webinar cycle created to connect physicists working on astroparticles, high energy physics, and astrophysics – will broadcast a presentation by Professor Farinaldo Queiroz, the IIP researcher who will lead a research line in high energy physics...

Workshop LHC Chapter II: The Run for New Physics

Published Tue, Oct 24, 2017
The harvest of data at Run II of the LHC is expected to have profound implications for physics beyond the Standard Model, both on the theoretical and phenomelogical levels. In order to debate the possible developments of this event, the IIP-UFRN (Brazil) will host the workshop “LHC ...

LIGO and Virgo detect gravitational waves produced by colliding neutron stars

Published Tue, Oct 17, 2017
The LIGO-Virgo collaboration announced last October 16 that for the first time scientists were able to directly detect gravitational waves, in additions to light from the collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitational waves and...

IIP transmits special webinar with Professor Riccardo Sturani

Published Thu, Oct 05, 2017
The IIP-UFRN receives this Friday, October 06, a special presentation with Professor Riccardo Sturani about detection of gravitational waves and its implications. The webinar “Astronomia de Ondas Gravitacionais: O Amanhecer de uma Nova Ciência” is presented by the Brazilian...

2017 Nobel in Physics goes to LIGO initiative

Published Wed, Oct 04, 2017
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this Tuesday, October 03, the names of the three laureates for the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. Professors Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne were selected by the committee for their work in the creation and posterior research developments at...