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IFAE has been awarded 10,000€ in competitive funding from the Ginjol call to support the maintenance of the VIP technology patent, developed by Prof. Chmeissani.

The High Energy Physics Institute (IFAE) is one of four research centres that collaborate with the Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) in a series of events called “Radical Science”, a cultural initiative that showcases how cutting-edge scientific research is transforming our world.

Researchers from the Quantum Computing and Technologies (QCT) group at the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) have published a new result in Physical Review Letters reporting the direct observation of spontaneous photon down-conversion in a superconducting quantum circuit. The work demonstrates that a single microwave photon can decay into three lower-energy photons at a Josephson junction, revealing a new regime of light–matter interaction relevant for quantum optics and superconducting qubit technologies.

Arnau has 10 years experience as EU Project Manager

On January 7, 2025, the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) was officially recognized as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) by the European Commission.

The IFAE COVID-19 group has published the final results of an I+D+I project funded under the AGAUR PANDÈMIES-2020 programme, which developed a powerful stochastic simulation framework to assess the impact of COVID-19 in Catalonia. Using detailed demographic and mobility information together with extensive health datasets, the study published in Nature Scientific Reports quantifies the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination, providing an evidence-based framework to evaluate pandemic response strategies.

Joaquim Matias has been awarded the 2024 ICREA Acadèmia. The announcement was made this week following the resolution of the ICREA Acadèmia 2024 call, managed by AGAUR.

IFAE gamma-ray astronomy researcher Cosimo Nigro has joined the UAB Physics Department Faculty as Lecturer (Professor Lector) in the High Energy Physics Unit (Unitat de Física d’Altes Energies). Cosimo had already been teaching in the Department as a Teaching Associate (Professor Associat) during his postdoctoral stay at IFAE.

Guillermo Del Riego has joined the QCT group as a PhD student