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IFAE takes part in Escola en Residència , an educational programme led by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), with a project focused on the physics of the Universe. The initiative is developed together with students from the Institut Miquel Tarradell , and aims to bring fundamental physics into the classroom through dialogue, curiosity and collective exploration.

The #científiques initiative — a joint programme of the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació (FCRI) and the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) — has released the image for its 2026 edition, featuring Tamara Vázquez Schröder, researcher at IFAE, as the scientist highlighted in this year’s campaign.

The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has allocated new funding to Spain’s participation in major international gravitational-wave infrastructures, with the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) designated as the institution through which these contributions will be channelled.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.