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De Sitter Space: The Universe’s Inevitable Future?
New video in the YouTube series #IFTResponde. Miguel Montero, researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, invites you in this video to explore the fascinating de Sitter space — a theoretical proposal that could today hold the key to understanding dark energy...
Toponium: el CERN consigue la foto imposible de la partícula más efímera
Autor: Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra para The Conversation. En marzo de 2024, el experimento CMS del CERN sorprendió al mundo científico con la observación de una entidad esquiva y exótica: el toponium, una forma efímera y extrema de materia. Poco después, otro...
The physics of Photoprotection
New video in the #IFTResponde YouTube series. In the summer our exposition to the sun increases, and so does the associated UV radiation risks. In this video, Rosa Sandá Seoane, postdoctoral investigator from the IFT, exposes the principles which explain why certain...
Can ANTIMATTER STARS really exist? This signal could change astroparticle physics
As is with every other Thursday, there's a new #IFTResponde video on the IFT's Youtube channel. Are we looking at the dawn of new physics? In this video, Pedro de la Torre, postdoc investigator from the IFT, talks about new findings that could revolutionize particle...
Statement on the Situation in Gaza by the Following Members of the IFT
In the face of the massacre in Gaza of around 80,000 people, largely women, the elderly, and children, we cannot remain silent, even if nothing we do or say seems to matter. We therefore condemn the government of Israel, as well as all those who collaborate with it....
Postdoctoral position in black hole physics and holography
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in theoretical physics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT) in Madrid. The position is expected to start as soon as possible (and no later than February 1, 2026). The appointment will be for one year, but...
REDONGRA: a network to propel Spain’s role in gravitational wave astronomy
The Spanish Network of Gravitational Wave Physics (REDONGRA) has been granted significant funding under the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities 2024 call of Redes de Investigación. The financial support recognises REDONGRA’s strategic importance...
New research positions open at IFT (César Nombela 2025 programme)
The Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT UAM-CSIC) invites expressions of interest for fixed-term faculty positions under the César Nombela Research Talent Attraction Programme 2025, funded by the Madrid regional government. These are 5-year positions with an...
Is it true summer was ALWAYS this HOT?
New video in the #IFTResponde YouTube series. Are summers getting hotter or is it just you? Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra, an IFT investigator, analyzes more than 80 years worth of temperature data from Granada (Spain), using statistical analysis tools frequently...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory releases the first images of what will be the most complete ‘movie’ of the night sky ever made
The mapping is known as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and is expected to probe the nature of dark matter and characterize the evolution of dark energy. The IFT is part of the scientific collaboration in a consortium of 30 countries. The IFT, which is also...
The power of integrals
New video from the #IFTResponde Youtube series. In this video, Ángel Uranga explains, using clear and simple language, the concept of integrals and why they are a fundamental part of physics. With visual examples, Ángel shows how they can be used to add infinite...
The IFT contributes to the international MIGDAL experiment, opening a new path in the search for dark matter
The dark matter group at IFT has developed one of the optical detectors for the MIGDAL experiment, a crucial component for correctly interpreting the results of direct searches of this invisible side of the universe. Thanks to the Migdal effect, it may be possible to...