Milestone
IFAE publishes its 2025 Annual Report
October 20, 2026
IFAEThe Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) has published its 2025 Annual Report, presenting the institute’s main scientific achievements, technological developments and institutional activities throughout the year.
The report highlights IFAE’s contributions to fundamental physics, from particle physics and cosmology to gravitational waves and gamma-ray astronomy, as well as advances in quantum technologies and scientific instrumentation.
Among the highlights of 2025 are new results from the DESI collaboration on the nature of dark energy, important developments in the ATLAS experiment at CERN, and progress in gravitational-wave research and quantum technologies. The report also reflects IFAE’s scientific output, with more than 370 publications in indexed journals during the year.
The Annual Report is available in two complementary formats: an interactive web version, featuring scientific highlights and detailed information on the institute’s activities, and a 24-page PDF summary, offering an accessible overview of IFAE’s research areas and capabilities.
Explore the 2025 Annual Report:
Event
IFAE brings physics to CosmoCaixa for the European Researchers’ Night 2026
September 17, 2026
IFAE will bring fundamental physics closer to the public at CosmoCaixa during the European Researchers’ Night 2026, with activities developed within the European Project PICO New Horizons, including an interactive cosmology workshop for families and a live jazz and physics performance.
Activity
IFAE launches ‘Ask the Universe’ for the European Researchers’ Night
September 16, 2026
IFAE launches Ask the Universe (Pregunta a l’Univers), a new educational outreach initiative inviting young people to share the questions about the Universe that most intrigue them. The activity is part of IFAE’s programme for the European Researchers’ Night 2026 and has been developed within the European project PICO New Horizons.