IIP Professor Appointed as Associate Fellow at ICTP-Italy

Published Mon, Jul 08, 2024
Professor Farinaldo Queiroz, IIP research leader of the Particle and Astroparticle research group, has been selected as an Associate Fellow for the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), a research center for physical and mathematical sciences located in Trieste,...

IIP-Education Staff Members Visits the Secretary for Education of the Rio Grande do Norte State Government

Published Wed, Jul 03, 2024
Leading researchers associated with educational programs of the International Institute of Physics (IIP) of UFRN visited the State Secretary of Education and Culture of Rio Grande do Norte last Tuesday, July 2, to discuss the educational and scientific projects focused on high school students and...

IIP Researcher Appointed to the Physical Review Letters Editorial Board

Published Tue, Jul 02, 2024
The scientific journal Physical Review Letters (PRL) announced this week the appointment of Professor Rafael Chaves, a research leader in Quantum Information and deputy director of the International Institute of Physics at UFRN, as a new member of its editorial board, serving as Divisional...

Young students working with international program visit IIP

Published Tue, Jun 25, 2024
Young people from 13 nationalities visited IIP-UFRN between June 24 and 25, as part of the Global STEAM Academy intercultural program organized by AFS. The initiative aims to bring together young people from different cultures to work together on projects related to science, technology,...

Collaboration between CERN, IFRN, and IIF promotes masterclass in particle physics

Published Fri, Jun 21, 2024
On June 17th -18th, the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) hosted the 19th edition of the International Masterclass in Particle Physics. Recognized by CERN, the event is free and open to the public. This year, the organization had the active...

Random discoveries

Published Thu, Jun 20, 2024 | Tags: IIP researcher publishes article in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper
Professor Rafael Chaves, research leader of the Quantum Information group at IIP-UFRN, published an article in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper this Wednesday (06/19) in the Science Fundamental column. The physicist discusses the current situation of science investments in Brazil and the...