Tehran Meeting on Modified Gravity

Published Tue, Nov 10, 2015
The Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) in Tehran will host in January 2016, at its School of Astronomy, the “Tehran Meeting on Modified Gravity”, a school/workshop dedicated to gather some of the most prominent experts in theories of modified gravity and...

ICe-UFRN invites scientific community to symposium this week

Published Mon, Nov 09, 2015
The Brain Institute of the UFRN (Ice-UFRN) will host this week, from November 13 to 14, an scientific event, open to the local scientific community. The “House Symposium: From cellular mechanisms to population codes in neuronal health and disease” will take place at the auditorium of the...

China to start work on super, super-collider by 2020

Published Wed, Nov 04, 2015
China will begin work on the world's largest super-collider in 2020, state-run media reported Thursday, in an attempt to increase understanding of the Higgs boson, or "god particle". The facility, designed to smash subatomic particles together at enormous speed, will reportedly be at...

IIP hosts Mini-workshop on Quantum Correlations in November

Published Tue, Nov 03, 2015
The IIP-UFRN will host from November 09 to 13 an event dedicated to quantum physics. This special meeting will be conducted by Professor Marcelo Terra Cunha (Unicamp, Campinas –SP). The Mini-workshop, “Quantum Correlations, Contextuality, and All That Again”, will take place in the...

Professor Leo Kadanoff dies at 78

Published Tue, Oct 27, 2015
It is with great sadness that the International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte informs its community of the passing of Professor Leo Kadanoff this Monday, October 26, 2015. Professor Kadanoff was 78 years old, the beloved husband of Ruth and loving father...

IIP offers set of lectures in the 2015 CIENTEC

Published Wed, Oct 14, 2015
The CIENTEC is one of UFRN’s most important events. During this cultural and scientific fair, the university is open for the local community. This year, the IIP hosted a special series of lectures on theoretical physics, as part of the official program. “This was a great opportunity for...