IIP and DFTE host special events to celebrate the Physicist Day in Brazil

Published Fri, May 13, 2016
The Brazilian Physics Society celebrates next Thursday, May 19, the national Physicist Day, a special date that honors the work of these scientists. The day is also a reference to the year when Albert Einstein published his work regarding his Theory of Relativity, 1905. This specific date is a...

IBM Puts a Quantum Processor in the Cloud

Published Thu, May 05, 2016
IBM announced today that it is making one of its superconducting quantum processors accessible over the Internet. Those itching to try out such hardware will be able to get hands-on experience through a new quantum computing platform—at least, the experience will be as hands-on as it can be...

IIP-UFRN hosts workshop on Fermi-Surface Topology

Published Tue, May 03, 2016
Fermi surfaces hold a special position in solid-state science, since most of the physical properties of bulk metallic materials are driven by conduction electrons. Indeed, the universal Fermi liquid properties that characterize normal metals at low temperature result from the existence of a Fermi...

Quantum Spintronics: Spin Transport Through Quantum Magnetic Materials

Published Tue, May 03, 2016
The field of magnon spintronics and the field of quantum magnetism have seen tremendous progress in recent years with many break-throughs in new concepts, new techniques, and new materials. Magnon spintronics has demonstrated electrical and thermal control over spin currents through magnetic...

Selection process for the IIP events in 2018

Published Tue, Apr 19, 2016
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is receiving until October 30th the proposals for its 2018 calendar of events. The projects must be focused in theoretical physics or related areas, and have a length of 02 weeks to 03 months, depending on the...

Physicists and Mathematicians work together in joint event at IIP

Published Mon, Apr 18, 2016
Physicists and Mathematicians were gathered at the IIP for the last two weeks for a series of presentations and debates regarding challenges common to both sciences. The workshop “Physics and Mathematics of Complex Systems: Growing Interfaces, Nonlinear Dynamics, Integrability”, hosted...