Elusive 'Exotic Hadrons' Really Do Exist, CERN Research Shows

Published Wed, Apr 16, 2014
The existence of exotic hadrons — a type of matter that doesn´t fit within the traditional model of particle physics — has now been confirmed, scientists say. Hadrons are subatomic particles made up of quarks and antiquarks (which have the same mass as their quark counterparts, but opposite...

IIP's work schedule during the Easter and Tiradentes Day Holidays

Published Tue, Apr 15, 2014
Because of a confluence of national holidays in Brazil, the International Institute of Physics will have no services from the administrative or housekeeping staff (including lunch services) from April 17 to 21. The Institute researcher leaders, visiting researchers and post-doctors will still have...

IIP opens new short-term post-doctoral research fellowship under the Science Without Borders program

Published Thu, Apr 10, 2014
The International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte offers short-term post-doctoral research fellowships under the Science without Borders (SWB) Program of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. The SWB grants financed research on the following...

IIP Cine forum exhibits the movie "Abdus Salam. The Dream of Symmetry"

Published Tue, Apr 01, 2014
Continuing the series of events held with the participation of the members of the International Advisory Council (IAC) of the International Institute of Physics- UFRN, another edition of Cine Forum will be presented on April 04th, in a single session. This time the cine forum exhibits the 2011...

Cine Forum with the movie "Maksimovic: The Story of Bruno Pontecorvo"

Published Thu, Mar 27, 2014
This 2013 documentary, written by Giuseppe Mussardo - member of the International Scientific Council of the IIP, tells the story of how the Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo fled to the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Born into a Jewish family settled in Pisa, early on Pontecorvo stood out as a...

UFRN hosts Master Class with Professor Gerard ‘t Hooft

Published Mon, Mar 24, 2014
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte hosted on last March 19 the opening ceremony of its 2014.1 academic semester, with the lecture of professor Gerard ‘t Hooft – 1999’s Physics Nobel Prize honored – who presented a Master Class on “The Recently Discovered Higgs Particle”....