What are D-branes in STRING THEORY and how do they bring us closer to the Standard Model
New video from #IFTResponde YouTube series. In this video, Ignacio Ruiz, predoctoral investigator from the IFT, clearly explains what D-branes are in the context of String Theory. D-branes let us understand the relation between open and close strings and force...
DESI Collaboration to Receive 2026 Berkeley Prize
The DESI collaboration is being honored with the 2026 Berkeley prize for their work creating the largest 3D map of the universe, enabling the study of the effects of dark energy over cosmic time, and particularly for precise measurements of baryon acoustic...
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...