Note for this Friday holiday

Published Wed, Oct 01, 2014
This Friday, October 03, the International Institute of Physics will be on recess due to the state celebration day for the Martirs of Cunhaú and Uruaçú. The administrative and the support staff will not be present at the IIP, but our administrative Manager, Mr Rodrigo Soares, will be available...

Seminar on Quantum States for Fields around Black Hole Space-times with Professor Marc Casals at the IIP

Published Mon, Sep 29, 2014
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) will host this Tuesday, September 30, a talk with Professor Marc Casals, from the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF), who will present the seminar “Quantum States for Fields around...

Double event on High-Energy Physics and QCD to be hosted by the IIP in October and November

Published Thu, Sep 11, 2014
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) will host in October a double international event that will gather students and researchers from different countries in Natal. The School and Workshop “New Trends in High-Energy Physics and QCD”...

Minister Henrique Paim visits the IIP

Published Tue, Sep 09, 2014
The Brazilian Minister of Education and Culture, Henrique Paim, visited the International Institute of Physics last Monday (September 8), when he talked with professors and researchers currently working at the IIP in Natal. The visit was part of Paim’s participation in the Motores do...

The Feynman Lectures on Physics now available for free in an on-line version

Published Fri, Sep 05, 2014
Richard Feynman is one of the most memorable Physicists in History, not only for his role in the Manhattan Project and his work over the investigations about the 1986 Challenger disaster but also for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics. This contribution granted him a...

Workshop “Correlations, Criticality, And Coherence In Quantum Systems” to be held in Évora in October

Published Fri, Aug 29, 2014
From October 06 to 10, 2014, the workshop “Correlations, Criticality, And Coherence In Quantum Systems” will be hosted in Évora – Portugal, promoted by European and US projects, as well as European and Chinese research centers. The main focus areas of the workshop will be quantum criticality...