Welcome to our new website!

Published Tue, Feb 03, 2015
The IIP website has a new look. Developed by the Institute's webmaster Waldelino Duarte, it brings new tools and an easier navigation as part of its new proposal. The website also features the 2015 Institute logo, developed by our designer Juliano Barreto. The page now has a simpler event...

IIP hosts Workshop on “Weakly Bound Exotic Nuclei” in May

Published Fri, Jan 16, 2015
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte has opened the registration process for the workshop “Weakly Bound Exotic Nuclei”, to be hosted in Natal from May 24 to 30. The event is dedicated to students in post-doctoral level and senior researchers,...

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...