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ICCUB and IN2UB publish Quantum Tycoon, an educational video game about quantum computing available on Google Play
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CA
The Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB) of the University of Barcelona have released Quantum Tycoon, a new educational application that can now be downloaded for free on Google Play.
ICCUB news
Inauguration of the 2024-2025 ADMIRA Academic Year: Particle Physics in the Classroom
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CA
On the 13th of September a group of secondary school teachers, students and scientists from the University of Barcelona and CERN gathered for a workshop to inaugurate the academic year 2024-2025 of the ADMIRA initiative. The ADMIRA initiative is an activity with the objective to bring state of the art hybrid pixel detectors developed by the Medipix collaborations to secondary school classes.
ICCUB news
Particle Physics
‘La veu còsmica’ premieres its first episode, a podcast combining art and science
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CA
The podcast, available on YouTube, Spotify and Ivoox, features interviews with scientists to bring research in astrophysics and cosmology closer to the general public
ICCUB news
Dani Marín at the La Caravana program of Ràdio Estel
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CA
The pre-doctoral researcher of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona Dani Marín, accompanied the program La Caravana of Ràdio Estel last Wednesday, December 7 to talk about the discovery of the black hole that is closest to Earth, 1,600 light years away in the constellation of Ophiuchus or Serpentarius.
ICCUB news
Gravitation
Calendar of activities
International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025
The year 2025 has been declared the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) to commemorate 100 years of the foundations of
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Workshops & fairs
Master and Degree students
The ICCUB in the European Researchers Night
European Researchers’ Night is a science outreach event held simultaneously in over 400 cities across 30 European countries, supported by the European Commission through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie
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Workshops & fairs
Open to all
A one-way ticket to eternal darkness
In this outreach talk on dark energy, we'll explore the depths of the universe to understand one of its greatest mysteries.
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Cristian Moreno, ICCUB
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Time
Talks
Open to all
Cosmology
A new perspective on the universe with gravitational waves
In 2015, a new window was opened to observe the universe: the first signal of gravitational waves was detected on Earth. What are gravitational waves?
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Helena Ubach Raya, ICCUB
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Astroalella
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Talks
Open to all
Cosmology
Gravitation
Featured Materials
Books & Handbooks
Optimitzant la gestió de residus radioactius amb el detector Timepix
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A radioactive material is any substance that emits ionizing radiation.
Research project
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Several
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CA
Particle Physics
Videos
Aboard Beagle T2. Are the expectations created with nuclear fusion energy realistic?
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Arnau Ríos, Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB, is cautious about the latest experiment carried out with nuclear fusion energy at the Lawrence Livermore National
Interview
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Arnau Ríos, ICCUB
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CA
Atomic-Nuclear
Slides
Presentation: Elementary Particles, detectors and accelerators (Carla Marin i Ricardo Vázquez)
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Presentation: Elementary Particles, detectors and accelerators by Carla Marin and Ricardo Vázquez.
Presentation
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Several
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CA
Particle Physics
Slides
Teaching and research at the Physics Faculty (Eugeni Graugés)
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Presentation "Teaching and research at the Physics Faculty " by the Faculty Dean Eugeni Graugés.
Presentation
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CA
Particle Physics
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