Proton Spin Mystery Gains a New Clue

Published Tue, Jul 29, 2014
Protons have a constant spin that is an intrinsic particle property like mass or charge. Yet where this spin comes from is such a mystery it’s dubbed the “proton spin crisis.” Initially physicists thought a proton’s spin was the sum of the spins of its three constituent quarks. But a 1987...

UERN opens selection process for Masters in Physics

Published Fri, Jul 25, 2014 | Tags: Astrophysics, Cosmology, Physics
The State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN) is opening a public call for its Post-Graduate Program in Physics (PPGF), developed from a partnership between UERN and the Semi-Arid Federal Rural University (UFERSA), both institutions located in Mossoró/RN, Brazil.Besides granting the title of...

ICe hosts seminar with Physicist Dr. Marcelo Magnasco

Published Mon, Jul 21, 2014 | Tags: Brain, Nature
The Brain Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (ICe-UFRN) will host this Wednesday (July 23) a lecture with Dr. Marcelo Magnasco, from the Rockefeller University (USA). The presentation “Balancing on a knife´s edge: Criticality as a biological strategy for flexibility and...

ICe hosts seminar with Physicist Dr. Marcelo Magnasco

Published Mon, Jul 21, 2014
The Brain Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (ICe-UFRN) will host this Wednesday (July 23) a lecture with Dr. Marcelo Magnasco, from the Rockefeller University (USA). The presentation “Balancing on a knife´s edge: Criticality as a biological strategy for flexibility and...

New post-doctoral openings

Published Mon, Jul 14, 2014
The International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) announces the opening of new post-doctoral research positions. The candidates are expected to have proven interest and experience working in one of the following areas: Theoretical Strongly Correlated...

International Institute of Physics UFRN promotes workshop on Quantum Criticality

Published Thu, Jul 10, 2014
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) hosts from July 21 to August 1 the workshop ``Quantum Criticality in Related Materials and Systems-Model´´, at the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics of the University (DFTE-UFRN)...