The members of this body are assessing the centre's scientific work in person in Santiago

IGFAE welcomes its Scientific Advisory Board

International collaboration

Galicia plays a key role in HADRON-2030, the new European infrastructure project to explore the strong interaction

49 organisations from 15 countries join forces to share experimental facilities, theoretical resources and quantum computing technologies, with the aim of better understanding one of the pillars of the Standard Model

Art and Science

Quantum mechanics inspires “Outro e sobre si”, the exhibition by Andrés Rivas born from the IGFAE ArtLab Residencies

The exhibition can be visited at the Gaiás Museum in the Cidade da Cultura in Santiago de Compostela until 10 January 2027

Open Day

Ciencia Singular commemorates its 10th anniversary by bringing cutting-edge research at USC to the public

CIMUS, CIQUS, CITIUS, CRETUS, and IGFAE open their doors on Saturday, October 24 with workshops, experiments, guided tours, and outreach talks

Francis Halzen, Nobel Prize in Physics 2026

The leader of the IceCube experiment chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the IGFAE and has collaborated with researchers such as Enrique Zas, Ricardo Vázquez or Jaime Álvarez

Open call for the second ArtLab IGFAE Residency, for projects connecting arts and physics

The initiative is open to artists or collectives of any discipline linked to the Galician art scene, who can submit their proposals until 1 February 2027

Antón Baleato Lizancos gets an ERC Starting Grant to understand why the expansion of the universe is accelerating

He will join IGFAE to develop the ACCELLENS project, analysing data from the cosmic microwave background and the distribution of galaxies

Outreach

IGFAE collaborates on “Galiverso explora o ceo”, an immersive experience for the solar eclipse on 12 August

The centre is participating in the development of an application to recreate the astronomical event from space and various points in Galicia

The CERN Festival Programme places Galicia on the international map of science outreach

The IGFAE hosted the presentation of the “Waves and Particles” stage, which will be installed from September 10 to 13 at the Revenidas festival, in Vilaxoán de Arousa

The CODEX‑beta prototype at CERN records its first data, aiming to find physics beyond the Standard Model

The IGFAE of the USC, together with the UDC, participates in the development of this detector, which focuses on what are known as 'long-lived particles'

The director of the Spanish State Research Agency visits the IGFAE facilities

José Manuel Fernández de Labastida held a meeting with the centre's staff as part of his stay in Galicia

Future Circular Collider

IGFAE aims to coordinate the construction of a prototype for CERN’s Future Circular Collider

It means a strategic project for Galician science and industry, with the collaboration of the Xunta de Galicia, the CDTI, and the IGFAE itself