Published Thu, Jun 05, 2014
In an attempt to solve the mystery of the Universe´s missing antimatter, physicists have achieved the most precise measurement yet of the proton´s inherent magnetism.
Publishing in Nature on 28 May, a group of researchers has mastered a technique to measure the magnetic moment of a proton —... Published Mon, Jun 02, 2014
Scientists in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in the Franco-Swiss border, have confirmed few weeks ago the existence of the tetraquark particle and may have discovered a new form of matter. Named as provocative particle Z(4430), the idea was first postulated by physicists in Japan, after the... Published Fri, May 30, 2014
Because of the FIFA World Cup, many host cities in Brazil will operate with special calendars due to possible major increase of traffic jams. Public institutions such as UFRN will not open during those days.
Therefore, following the University’s calendar, the IIP will be closed during the... Published Thu, May 22, 2014
The International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) received last May 20 the neuroscientist Sidarta Ribeiro, director of the UFRN´s Brain Institute, a Latin American reference in research and innovation. On the occasion, Professor Ribeiro presented... Published Mon, May 12, 2014
The school on "Challenges in Modern Cosmology: Dark Matter and Dark Energy" came to an end last May 9th, after a week of presentations and debates on the issue that gained notoriety in the media recently: the study of Dark Matter and Dark Energy. The event, organized by the International Institute... Published Thu, May 08, 2014
Neutrons bouncing in Earth´s gravity are helping to shed light on two of the greatest mysteries in the universe, dark matter and dark energy, researchers say.
Dark matter is an invisible substance thought to make up five-sixths of all matter in the universe. The strength of its gravitational pull...  |  |  |  |  |  |  |