Physicist Pedro Ferreira awarded prestigious honour from the Royal Astronomical Society
The Técnico alumnus has been awarded for his research in theoretical astrophysics. He is the first Portuguese to receive the Eddington...
CENTRA delivers science outreach activities in Madeira Island
The activities will be delivered by CENTRA researchers until 25th November, in several schools, in Madeira Island....
Professor Sergei Bulanov: «I felt so fascinated by the power and beauty of theoretical physics that I did everything I could to become a theoretical physicist»
In this interview professor Sergei Bulanov shares his journey, challenges and unanswered questions....
Técnico researcher involved in the earliest detection of a type Ia supernova to-date
The results of this observation, that include the participation of Santiago González-Gaitán, were published in Nature Astronomy....
PT-CERN PhD grants 2021/2022 – Open Call
FCT and LIP agreed to promote a programme of PhD grants in high energy physics and related scientific and technological domains...
Astronomy Summer School 2021
EVA is organised by NFIST and aims to stimulate the curiosity of secondary school students in Astronomy and Astrophysics....
Jorge Dias de Deus (1941-2021), the professor who “enjoyed exploring and disseminating Physics”
The Técnico professor died this Monday at the age of 79, after a long-term illness....
Técnico scientists show how gravitational waves could point to quantum gravity
The results of this research are explained in an article published in Physical Review Letters magazine....
SAG10 – 10th School on Astrophysics and Gravitation (2021)
EAG10 is mainly aimed at university students of Physics, Mathematics and Engineering who want to improve their knowledge in Astronomy, Astrophysics...
10th IDPASC School – Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology
This European school is organised annually by IDPASC, of which Técnico is a participant institution (IDPASC - Portugal doctoral programme)....
22nd Particles and Nuclei International Conference – PANIC 2021
The registration is open until 15 August, 2021, or sooner if the maximum number of participants is reached. ...
The “impressive” work of the 2019 Nobel laureates in Physics
The Técnico professors and CENTRA researchers, Vítor Cardoso and José Sande Lemos, work in the field of astrophysics and have no...
DF-IST Colloquium – Pedro Gil Ferreira
“Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 and tests of General Relativity with Cosmology” (16h, PA2)...
2019 Astronomy Summer School
Técnico will organise the 1st Astronomy Summer School on 10th, 11th and 12th July 2019, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m....
IWDMS 2018 – Workshop “Dark Matter and Stars”
The international workshop on Dark Matter and Stars organised by CENTRA will take place on 11th and 12th December 2018. Venue:...
Técnico researcher leads an European Consortium on gravitational wave astrophysics
Vítor Cardoso, professor and researcher at the Multidisciplinary Centre for Astrophysics (CENTRA) of Instituto Superior Técnico, is leading a Consortium under...
Unveiling the observational cosmology by Paolo de Bernardis
The professor and award-winning researcher spoke about the evolutions and the various paradigms of the area....
The discoveries of Astrophysics by Shane Larson
Gravity, the new vision of the Cosmos and LIGO project were some of the topics addressed by professor Shane Larson....