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New Member

New member in the Theory group

September 4, 2025

Ennio Salvioni has joined the Theory group as a tenure-track Ramón y Cajal fellow in the Department of Physics at the UAB and researcher at IFAE.

Event

IFAE will take part in European Researchers’ Night 2025 with a week of public science activities

September 1, 2025

The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) will participate in European Researchers’ Night 2025 (ERN 2025), the major Europe-wide celebration of science that will take place on Friday, 26 September 2025.

Milestone

Cavern Excavation Completed for Hyper-Kamiokande

September 1, 2025

The completion of the underground cavern for Hyper-Kamiokande in Japan marks a key research milestone in the construction of a next-generation neutrino observatory. The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) participates in the project through its Neutrino group, contributing to detector development and the scientific programme of this major international research infrastructure.

Event

ET‑PP Annual Meeting Gathers Einstein Telescope Community in Barcelona

July 25, 2025

The three-day gathering helped drive forward the strategic planning efforts for the Einstein Telescope’s next phase.

Publication

New QCT Group Paper on Superinductors and Ultrastrong Coupling

July 17, 2025

A new study by the Quantum Computing and Technologies (QCT) group at IFAE reports an advance in superconducting quantum circuits, demonstrating ultrastrong coupling between a flux qubit and a resonator using a superinductor based on granular aluminium. The result, obtained in a device designed, fabricated and characterized locally, stems from fundamental research in circuit quantum electrodynamics and is part of the European Quantera SiUCs project.

Severo Ochoa Award

IFAE Receives Severo Ochoa Excellence Award in Zaragoza

July 16, 2025

On July 16, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, and the Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría, presided over the official award ceremony for the 2024 Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu Centers and Units of Excellence in Zaragoza.

Network

IFAE joins EU‑selected SUPREME consortium to scale industrial production of superconducting quantum chips

July 11, 2025

The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is one of the 23 partners from eight EU member states in SUPREME, a new European project selected under the Chips Joint Undertaking to establish pilot lines for the industrial production of superconducting quantum chips.

Network

IFAE joins REDONGRA, a network to propel Spain’s role in gravitational wave astronomy

July 7, 2025

The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is one of the key partners in REDONGRA, the new Spanish Network of Gravitational Wave Physics. The initiative brings together 20 research institutions to coordinate Spain’s contribution to gravitational wave science.

New Member

New member in the Theory group

July 3, 2025

Guillermo Baltà joined the Gamma Rays group as a PhD student