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Arts & Science

IFAE joins Platform Dalí, a new art–science initiative

December 3, 2025

The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is one of the research centres partnering in Platform Dalí, a new programme launched by the Fundació Gala–Salvador Dalí to foster collaboration between contemporary artists and leading scientific institutions.

New Member

IFAE appoints Jordi Núñez Freixa as the institute’s new General Manager

December 2, 2025

The Governing Board of the Institute for High Energy Physics (IFAE), after a selection process, has appointed Jordi Núñez Freixa as its new General Manager. Núñez will take up the position on 1 December 2025.

Technology and Innovation

IFAE at the UAB Innovation Fair 2025

November 30, 2025

The fair is part of the UAB Innovation Week, aimed at promoting knowledge transfer and collaboration between researchers

Results

New CosmoHub frontend released

November 27, 2025

This major update brings a modernized interface and significant improvements to data visualization

Results

Closing event of the Quantum Communications Complementary Plan

November 27, 2025

ICFO hosted the closing event of the Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas, presenting the project’s results and new infrastructure developments in quantum communications.

Event

Closing event of the IN-CAEM project

November 27, 2025

On 26 November, the ALBA Synchrotron hosted the event marking the completion of the IN-CAEM project and the presentation of its new advanced facilities for the study of materials relevant to the energy transition. Gonzalo Merino attended on behalf of PIC.

Outreach Event

IFAE at the 4th Edition of the Biennal Ciutat i Ciència

November 24, 2025

The event took place from 18 to 23 November

Results

LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA complete their richest gravitational-wave observation run to date

November 18, 2025

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has announced the completion of O4, the most productive gravitational-wave observation run so far, yielding an unprecedented number of candidate events and high-quality data for the scientific community.

New Member

New member in the Theory group

November 5, 2025

Stefan Stelzl joined the Theory group at IFAE as a postdoctoral researcher