Published Wed, May 07, 2014
A theoretical physicist has explained a way to capture particles of light called photons, even at room temperature, a feat thought only possible at bone-chillingly cold temperatures.
Alex Kruchkov, a doctoral student at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), has built the first... Published Tue, May 06, 2014
We regret to inform that, since last Friday, our institutional webmail service is facing critical problems in its server, located in the University campus. The UFRN IT team is working to solve this problem and expects to have a solution by today. Meanwhile, the IIP administrative staff will be... Published Fri, May 02, 2014
Dark matter, the invisible and mysterious stuff that makes up most of the material universe, might be hiding itself in microscopic black holes, says a team of Russian astrophysicists.
No one knows what dark matter is. But scientists do know that it must exist, because there is not enough visible... Published Mon, Apr 28, 2014
From May 5 to 9 the International Institute of Physics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (IIP-UFRN) will host the school “Challenges in Modern Cosmology: Dark Matter and Dark Energy”. The event will gather scientists from all over the world in Natal to discuss the future and... 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... 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...  |  |  |  |  |  |  |