Published Wed, Oct 29, 2014
TAP Airlines announced that the company will stop its activities from October 30 to November 1, due to a worker´s strike. The situation has already resulted in the reschedule of 25 thousand TAP flight reservations.
Since Portugal is the main airline connection between Europe/ Asia and Natal, the... Published Mon, Oct 27, 2014
In response to an invitation by the University of Exeter, the International Institute of Physics´ (IIP-UFRN) project manager, Mr. Rodrigo lopes, was in England this month to present the work developed by the IIP. In this opportunity Lopes got to know more about administrative infrastructure of the... Published Fri, Oct 24, 2014
Due to the celebration of “Public Servant Day” in all Brazilian public institutions, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte will close next Tuesday, October 28th. The International Institute of Physics is following the University calendar, which reserves this day for appreciation for the... Published Tue, Oct 14, 2014
After decades of searching, physicists at Princeton University say they´ve observed an elusive particle that behaves both like matter and antimatter.
Yes, the discovery is an exciting step forward for particle physics, but it may also help advance the creation of powerful quantum computers.
In... Published Mon, Oct 13, 2014
Professor Itamar Procaccia received last Friday the Medal of the National Order of Scientific Merit. This is an honor granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCTI) to personalities from Brazil and abroad who have contributed significantly to the country’s scientific and technological... Published Wed, Oct 08, 2014
Two researchers from the University of Nagoya (Japan) and One from UC Santa Barbara (USA), were announced today by the Royal Science Academy of Sweden as the 2014 laureated for the Nobel Prize in Physics. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura developed together blue light-emitting diodes,...  |  |  |  |  |  |  |