Note about the use of the Altix UV 1000

Published Tue, Jan 13, 2015 | Tags: Altix UV 1000
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) informs that the activities on its Altix UV 1000 computer will be temporarily suspended. The suspension is caused by the moving of the equipment to its permanent headquarters at the new IIP...

IIP’s III Northeast String and Brane meeting to be hosted in December

Published Tue, Dec 02, 2014 | Tags: String theory
On December 12 and 13 the International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) will host the III Northeast String and Brane Meeting. The event is expected to gather in Natal scientists from Northeast to discuss the future prospects of research in string...

Position opportunity at the Federal University of Santa Catarina

Published Wed, Nov 26, 2014 | Tags: Position UFSC
The Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) opened eight (08) positions for assistant professor in different areas, in a public selection process. The positions are for the Blumenau Campus and the Araranguá Campus, and offer a salary of R$ 8.717,64.Both processes are for candidates with PhD...

LHCb observes two new baryon particles

Published Thu, Nov 20, 2014
Today the collaboration for the LHCb experiment at CERN´s Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of two new particles in the baryon family. The particles, known as the Xi_b´- and Xi_b*-, were predicted to exist by the quark model but had never been seen before. A...

School on High Energy Physics and QCD discusses developments of discovers made at the LHC

Published Mon, Nov 10, 2014
From October 21 to November 06 the International Institute of Physics of the federal university of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) held in the Praiamar Hotel the Workshop and School “New Trends in High-Energy Physics and QCD”, a double event for students and researchers from different countries....

New IIP building to be concluded in 2015

Published Sun, Nov 09, 2014 | Tags: IIP building
The IIP is in countdown to move in to its new building inside the UFRN campus. The project developed by the architect Sileno Cirne Trindade will provide a better infrastructure to the staff, students and researchers of the Institute.Inspired by the shape of a seashell, the construction was made...