By: Elena Mora Cuesta

“Boson stars”, new IGFAE’s outreach video in collaboration with the youtuber Quantum Fracture
July 26, 2021

What are boson stars? Could we have already detected them using gravitational waves? To answer these questions, the Instituto Galego de…

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Prof. Francis Halzen, chair of IGFAE’s Scientific Advisory Board, awarded with the Homi Bhabha Medal and Prize
July 15, 2021

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) has recognized Prof. Francis…

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Summer fellows arrive at the IGFAE
July 1, 2021

Eight students of Physics’ degree from the Universities of Barcelona, Cantabria, Granada, Complutense de Madrid and Santiago de Compostela have joined…

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LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA finds elusive mergers of black holes with neutron stars
June 29, 2021

The Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE) of the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) participates in the first…

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New portable device for automated radon detection
June 22, 2021

An interdisciplinary research team with IGFAE participation has created a prototype for radon gas detection, a modular system to monitor and…

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IGFAE technology to unmask elusive neutrinos
June 10, 2021

A team from the Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE) is working on the development of a new detection…

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Towards simulating LHC physics in a quantum computer
May 12, 2021

A new study led by the Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE) proposes a novel strategy, based on quantum…

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Bin Wu, new ‘Distinguished Researcher’ at IGFAE
April 27, 2021

The Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), a joint centre of the University of Santiago (USC) and the Xunta…

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The physics of words: Anna R. Figueiredo will participate in the cycle “Transfronteirizas, talks of art and science” of the IGFAE this Thursday
April 5, 2021

The vice-president of the Association of Writers in Galician (AELG) and Ph.D. in Physics, Anna R. Figueiredo will participate next Thursday,…

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Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN suggest hints of a violation of the Standard Model of particle physics
March 23, 2021

The LHCb results strengthen hints of a violation of lepton flavour universality Today the LHCb experiment at CERN, in which IGFAE…

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