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Álvaro de Rújula receives the Medal of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics

For "his exceptional scientific career in the field of theoretical physics, which has made him a world leader".

Open call for postdocs positions at the IFT within the 'La Caixa Junior Leader' program

There is an open call for postdoc positions in Theoretical Physics at the IFT Madrid: 3-year positions, due to start between 2nd May and 31st December 2023. They are endowed with a competitive salary plus additional funds for research expenses.

Participation of the IFT in Campus Gutenberg's outreach efforts in science

The YouTube channel is the flagship of the outreach activity of the Institute for Theoretical Physics IFT UAM/CSIC. With more than 653,000 followers and more than 86 000 000 views, the channel addresses fundamental physics issues every week and answers questions posed by users.

The IFT joins the European Night of Researchers at CSIC

On Friday, September 23rd and Friday, September 30th, 2022, the centers of the National Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) located on the Cantoblanco campus will join together one more year to celebrate the European Night of Researchers.

Welcome to the IFT

We are very happy to welcome you to the Institute of Theoretical Physics UAM-CSIC (IFT).

Netflix premieres ‘Watch Beyond the Stars: Photographing a Black Hole’ with the participation of the IFT

After its premiere in May 2021, the film Watch Beyond the Stars: Photographing a Black Hole was released this week on Netflix.
Featuring several IFT scientists, the documentary aims to be a faithful portrait of the Spanish scientific community, including the team that took the first black hole photograph ever.

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June 26, 2025
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Cluster cosmology is potentially one of the most powerful observational probes of structure formation.
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Light Dark World 2025 (LDW'25) is the tenth meeting of the annual Light Dark World International Forum, which will take place between September 16 and September 19, 2025
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