Professor Mauro Ferreira present seminar on "Friedel Oscillations in Graphene" at the DFTE

Published Wed, Aug 13, 2014
The Department of Theoretical and Experimental Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (DFTE-UFRN) will host this Thursday (August 14) a special seminar, delivered by Professor Mauro S. Ferreira from Trinity College Dublin – a visiting professor at UFRN for the next three years,...

IIP hosts workshop on “Geometrical Aspects of Quantum States in Condensed Matter Physics”

Published Tue, Aug 12, 2014
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) is hosting in Natal, Brazil, the workshop "Geometrical Aspects of Quantum States in Condensed Matter Physics", from August 18 to 29, 2014. The goal of the event, organized by Professors Paul Wiegmann...

IIP hosts School on Physics and Neuroscience in August

Published Fri, Aug 01, 2014
From August 11 to 17 the International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte will host a Summer School on Physics and Neuroscience in Natal. The event will take place at Imirá Plaza Hotel, located at Via Costeira Avenue. The school will have as Directors Dr....

IOP Science publish editorial about Professor Mikhail Portnoi´s research

Published Thu, Jul 31, 2014
Professor Mikhail Portnoi, visiting researcher of the International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, was cited in an IOP Science Editorial about his work on carbon materials along with Professors Richard Hartmann (De La Salle University in Philippines) and...

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...