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Juan García-Bellido, National Research Award in Physical Sciences
The prize, awarded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, recognizes his career in theoretical cosmology, especially in cosmic inflation and the early universe. Researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT, UAM-CSIC) and Professor of...
The IFT brings the science of the invisible world to the European Researchers’ Night in Madrid 2025
The event was held on Friday, September 26, at Espacio Fundación Telefónica. A team from the IFT offered the general public a double cloud chamber experience. Juan García-Bellido represented the IFT in the talent contest, combining art and science. On September...
The Story of Quantum Mechanics: ‘God Plays Dice with the World’
Speaker: Giuseppe Mussardo (SISSA & INFN) Date: September 23, 2025, 15:00 Location: Instituto de Física Teórica (Blue Room), Calle Nicolás Cabrera 13-15, Cantoblanco, Madrid Free entry until full capacity. The talk will be given in English. Event description: In...
Scientists from around the world gather in Madrid to unveil the secrets of the invisible universe
Madrid, September 2025.– The Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT UAM-CSIC) hosted the Light Dark World 2025 (LDW25) conference from September 16 to 19, bringing together around 70 researchers from across the globe to discuss the latest advances in the search for...
Entangle This VI: Quantum Physics Lives Its Second Revolution 100 Years Later
One century after its birth, quantum mechanics is undergoing a profound scientific transformation, with information emerging as its foundational principle. The international conference Entangle This VI—featuring world-renowned researchers such as Ignacio Cirac and...
100 Years of Quantum Physics, with Juan Ignacio Cirac, José Ignacio Latorre, and Miguel Peiró
As part of the International Year of Quantum Science, the IFT and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum held the event 100 Years of Quantum Physics, a public outreach gathering that brought together science, art, and philosophy. Before a full auditorium, physicists José...
Ten years after the discovery, gravitational waves verify Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole Area Theorem
LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA celebrate the anniversary of the first gravitational waves detection and announce verification of Stephen Hawking's Black Hole Area Theorem. The exceptionally clear GW250114 signal confirms Hawking’s area law and may open a window onto black-hole...
The CSIC Calls You Tonight: European Researchers’ Night 2025
The IFT co-organizes the science fair together with the other CSIC research centers on the Cantoblanco campus. There will be various educational workshops, a Nobel and non-Nobel Women Escape Road, and a scientific talent show. The event will take place on September 26...
UAM researcher Ana Cueto obtains an ERC Starting Grant for the Plusphoton project
This line of research will explore new modes of Higgs boson production using data from the ATLAS experiment at CERN. Ramón y Cajal researcher in the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Faculty of Sciences of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Ana Cueto, has...
Elisa Ramírez García, physicist, mathematician and young science communicator, begins her stay at the IFT thanks to a CSIC-Fundación BBVA grant
As a beneficiary of the CSIC-BBVA Foundation 2024 grant for science communication, Elisa will spend time at the IFT from September 1 to October 15, joining the communications department. This opportunity will allow her to experience the center's research work...
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...