Visit to Quinta da Bacalhoa
Thursday, September 27, 2012
We just visited the “Quinta da Bacalhoa” where moscatel and various wines are produced. Hmm….
Light David defeats the supermassive Goliath
Tuesday, September 4, 2012(or how to weigh small particles with supermassive black holes)
Supermassive black holes can be used to measure the mass of extremely light particles to unprecedented levels and rule out the existence of new exotic particles, perhaps constraining the nature of dark matter. These are the results of a recent study to be published in the prestigious Physical Review Letters. More here, for the original article click here. See also the New Scientist, Expresso, Phys.Org. and the American Physical Society coverage.
Postdoctoral positions in GR & HEP
Friday, August 24, 2012The Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofísica (CENTRA) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the area of General Relativity, High Energy physics and black hole physics, including Numerical Relativity. The appointment is for two years, subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance. Funds for one additional (third) year are possible.
More details can be found here
Baltasar in Highschool
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Our cluster Baltasar “Sete-Sóis” was visited by groups of highschool teachers and students, here in the photo with Vitor Cardoso, Andrea Nerozzi and Helvi Witek. Some of the most outstanding prospective portuguese students were visiting IST and Baltasar during June 26-27.
On the radio
The gravity group of CENTRA was featured in portuguese radio TSF program “Mundo Novo”. You can listen to it here, where Jorge Rocha makes a clear description of our activities (in portuguese).