IIP host special lecture on Gravitational Waves

Published Mon, Jun 27, 2016
The International Institute of Physics (IIP-UFRN) will host next June 05 a special lecture given by Professor Riccardo Sturani, member of the LIGO project (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory). This activity will be open to the local scientific community, specially to the...

Workshop on Quantum Non-Equilibrium at IIP

Published Tue, Jun 21, 2016
The IIP hosted from June 06 to 18 the workshop “Quantum Non-Equilibrium Phenomena”, dedicated to present the latest achievements of theoretical and experimental physicist in this field. During the two weeks of the event, scientists from different institutions in 18 countries discussed...

School and Workshop Strings at Dunes to be hosted by the IIP

Published Mon, Jun 20, 2016
From July 04 to 15 the International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte will host the School and Workshop Strings at Dunes, an event dedicated to explore new developments related to string theory. Divided into two parts, the program will gather young physicists...

LIGO Does It Again

Published Thu, Jun 16, 2016 | Tags: A Second Robust Binary Black Hole Coalescence Observed
The two LIGO gravitational wave detectors in Hanford Washington and Livingston Louisiana have caught a second robust signal from two black holes in their final orbits and then their coalescence into a single black hole. This event, dubbed GW151226, was seen on December 26th at 03:38:53 (in...

Nature Magazine publish paper with collaboration of UFRN researcher

Published Thu, Jun 09, 2016
The latest issue of Nature Magazine published a paper developed by a team of experimental and theoretic physicists on manipulation of atomic systems. The publication had the collaboration of Professor Tommaso Macrì, from the UFRN’s Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics and...

IIP Facebook Page

Published Mon, Jun 06, 2016
The International Institute of Physics (IIP-UFRN) is now available on Facebook, with photos, videos, and news about the activities taking place in the Institute and in science worldwide. This new space will also be an interactive channel between the institution and researchers interested to...