IIP opens post-doctoral program for Brazilian Professors

Published Mon, Nov 14, 2016
The IIP has opened registrations for a new post-doctoral program for professors in Brazil. This proposal offers a more flexible modality for physicists who already have a position in a public educational institution in Brazil and wish to strengthen their academic curriculum. In this first call the...

Workshop on Top Topological Effects in Ultra-Cold Atoms

Published Fri, Nov 11, 2016
The IIP-UFRN will host from November 14 to 18 the workshop “Topological Effects in Ultra-Cold Atoms”, with researchers from different countries in Natal for a series of discussions on the most important subjects of this field. Ultra-cold atoms have proven to be highly tunable...

Tribute to Prof. Rodolfo Bonifácio

Published Mon, Nov 07, 2016
Prof. Rodolfo Bonifacio died, age 76, a few days ago in Rome. For many years he was Associated Emeritus to the National Laboratory of Frascati. He leaves us a legacy of strong passion for physics and for scientific challenges. His contributions to Atomic Laser and Free Electron Laser physics...

Workshop on Thermal and Electronic Transport in Nanostructures

Published Wed, Sep 21, 2016
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte will host from October 31 to November 11 the school and workshop “Thermal and Electronic Transport in Nanostructures”, an event dedicated to discuss the new developments regarding the investigations,...

IIP host school on for laser-beams Interactions

Published Thu, Sep 15, 2016
The IIP-UFRN hosted from September 08 to 12 the “International School on Laser-Beam Interactions (Brazil, France, Italy)”, an event dedicated to bring together senior researchers and young students to discuss the main topics related to the performances of the laser and accelerators...

A large galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter

Published Tue, Sep 13, 2016
Scattered among the galaxies of the Coma cluster are dozens of objects that are as large as the Milky Way but shine only 1/100 as bright. The stability of those ultradiffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the tidally disruptive Coma environment suggests that they may be held together by an unusually large...