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The call for applications will be open soon.Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for application will be open soonGrants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. �

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications will be open soon. Monitoring of patient radiation exposure provides objective information to healthcare professionals and authorities responsible for ensuring the justified and optimized use of radiation in medical practice. The benefits of monitoring patient doses ha...

The call for application will be open soonGrants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications will be open soon Endorsed by the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) of the WMO The first workshop on Organisation and Maintenance of Tropical Convection and the Madden Julian Oscillation was held at ICTP in March 2006. It is the right time, 20 years after, to reflec...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for application will be open soonGrants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for application is open. Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application This School is a certificate course providing specialized education and training on development and implementation of knowledge management programmes in nuclear science and technology or...

The call for application will be open soonGrants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for application will be open soonGrants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. �

The call for applications will be open soon. � This five-day workshop aims to establish an international consortium dedicated to addressing critical challenges in medicine through physics-based methodologies. The 2026 theme is: Advancing Medicine Through Imaging for Cancer Treatment Medica...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. �

The call for applications is now open. Please click "Apply here" on the left. This workshop is dedicated to exploring the transformative potential of�Edge Artificial Intelligence (EdgeAI)�and�Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML)�in advancing�environmental and radiation sensing�technologies. By ena...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. �

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. �

The call is now open. Click "Apply here" on the left. � Excellence in Medical Physics through Outreach, Workshops, Education and Research for Low and Middle Income Countries (EMPOWER LMICs). The 2026 ICTP College on Medical Physics is designed to empower Medical Physics in LMICs by achievi...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

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The call for application is open. Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application The School provides early stage researchers with interactive experiences of hands-on research involving table-top experiments with computer data acquisition and modeling.� Participants will...

The call for application is open. Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application This School is a certificate course introducing participants to the foundation skills and knowledge required to successfully manage and lead a nuclear energy programme. The target audience ...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for application will be open soonGrants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. �

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. This joint ICTP-IAEA workshop aims to review the state-of-the-art of different innovative nuclear energy concepts in reactor design and nuclear fuel cycle options, with a particular focus on the design a...

The call for applications is now open. Click on the left 'Apply here'. This School and Workshop explores exotic quantum phases in equilibrium and driven matter, focusing on quantum spin liquids, spin?orbit?coupled materials, experimental probes, and nonequilibrium control via Floquet engineeri...

The call for application will be open soonGrants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. ASP:� https://africanschoolofphysics.org/ To increase capacity development in fundamental physics and related applications in Africa. The ASP has evolved to be much more than a school. It is a progra...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. The School will introduce participants, with an emphasis on attendees from the Global South, to the GO-SHIP program, inverse models, international programs for observing systems, reanalysis products, and will...

The call for applications will be open soon Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' (on the left) to submit your application.An ICTP Meeting An advanced school on first-principles methods for electron-phonon physics and excited-state phenomena, featuring theory lectures and hands-on training with� EPW, Quantum ESPRESS...

An ICTP Meeting The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' (on the left) to submit your application.

An ICTP-IAEA meeting The workshop is intended for medical physicists and radiation metrologists interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills in dosimetry for diagnostic and interventional radiology. It will provide selected participants with a comprehensive and current overview of both theore...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. � An ICTP meeting organised in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute. The aim of this conference is to fuel the interaction between researchers in different aspects of Real and Complex Di...

Participation in this workshop is by invitation only. Grants:�A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee. �

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' (on the left) to submit your application.An ICTP-IAEA Meeting Participants will attend a two-week specialised school on fusion energy, featuring lectures delivered by leading experts from academia, major research laboratories and th...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) support reliable data collection in extreme environments, essential for ecological, pollution, and disaster science, especially in Asia?s remote or rural regions with frequent d...

The call for applications is now open. Please, click on the left on "Apply here". This joint IAEA-ICTP School will include a 5-day series of lectures and computing practical exercises from leading researchers to help early-career plasma physicists develop an understanding of the fundamental pr...

The aim of this school is to provide a comprehesinve introduction to quantum computing and simulation, targeted at phd students and early postdoctoral fellows working in the field. The event will feature a combination of theory lectures and experimental seminars, covering basic as well as advan...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' (on the left) to submit your application.An ICTP-IAEA meeting Many countries are exploring nuclear power as a part of their future energy mix and looking towards deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs), either for electricity or no...

The call for application is open. Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application The two-week School is designed for early career professionals from developing countries, ideally with 1-3 years of experience and working at relevant institutions in their home countries. ...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. � This conference aims to bring together global experts to discuss advances in photophysics and photochemistry with a focus on renewable energy, light-matter interactions, and interdisciplinary inno...

An ICTP meetingThe call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' (on the left) to submit your application. The School covers key aspects of Applied AI, focusing on designing, developing, and deploying practical solutions to real-world problems. It aims to equip scientists, primaril...

The call for application is open. Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application It is organised in collaboration with the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN). � ICTP's annual Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics provides pedagogic...

� Organized convective systems are often responsible for high impact precipitation extremes, and changes in convective organization have the potential to amplify or dampen future climate change. The conference follows the previous iterations of this meeting (held online, in Utrecht and Trieste),...

The call for application is open. Please click on APPLY HERE on the left, in order to submit your application A residency supporting researchers from developing countries to complete a nearly finished academic paper through dedicated writing time and mentorship at ICTP, leading to a pre-print a...

The call for application is closed. The WCRP School on Climate Prediction Across Timescales is designed for early career researchers and advanced students interested in climate prediction science and its applications. It will address the key challenges of producing, assessing, and integrating ...

The call for applications is open. Please click on 'Apply here' to submit your application. An ICTP Meeting How the properties of impurities are modified by their interaction with a surrounding medium is a fundamental question across several research areas and different physical systems. Yet,...

� An ICTP Meeting in person � ICTP and SISSA, in collaboration with the partner institutions of the International Master Course in Physics of Complex Systems (PCS), and with the financial support of Politecnico di Torino and Universit� Franco Italienne, are organizing the Spring College on the...

The field of quantum information technology merges two major pillars of 20th-century science: quantum mechanics and information technology. Quantum mechanics, the most precise scientific theory to date, describes the world at an elementary scale. Information technology, on the other hand, has given ...

The last two decades have witnessed giant experimental breakthroughs in different areas of the life sciences, from genomics to epidemiology. Thanks to modern high-throughput techniques, biological systems across multiple scales ?from single molecules up to entire populations? can now be probed ...

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WORKSHOP WEBPAGE � List of participants: � Ivan Sudakow (The Open University, UK) Andrej Spiridonov (Vilnius University, Lithuania) Valerie Livina (National Physics Laboratory, UK) Teresa Vaz Martins (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Scienc...

An ICTP virtual meeting � The School will introduce young scientists to the design, operation, and research opportunities offered at a modern synchrotron light source and how such sources are realized. � The school will be held over two weeks and will consist of three modules: � (1)...

Elio K�nig (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Abstract: The interplay of topological electronic band structures and strong interparticle interactions provides a promising path toward the constructive design of robust, long-range entangled many-body systems. Most recent theor...

The call for applications is open at the following link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1555741/overview Fusion is one of the most promising sources of green and limitless energy for the future. It does not produce long-lived by-products or greenhouse gases. The goal of this winter school, which i...

Abstract Constraints on infrared (IR) physics arising from ultraviolet (UV) consistency have provided deep insights into the structure of relativistic quantum field theories. We initiate an analogous programme for quantum mechanical lattice models that naturally arise in condensed matter physic...

Abstract The Habiro ring originally arose in topology as the natural home for quantum invariants of knots and 3-manifolds, but is actually a purely number-theoretical object and in fact a very interesting one, though for some reason�not yet well known to number theorists. �I will give the definiti...

Luca Chirolli (University of Florence, Italy) � Abstract:� In this work we show how to quantum design Cooper quartets in an interacting double quantum dot system coupled to ordinary superconducting leads. For attractive interactions, a fundamentally novel, maximally correlated d...

The family of Nobel Prize winner Abdus Salam set up the Spirit of Abdus Salam Award ten years ago, in 2014. The award is announced annually on the occasion of the ICTP Salam Distinguished Lectures, held at ICTP during the last week of January to coincide with Abdus Salam's birthday on 29 January. Th...

Abstract In this talk I explain how string theory leads to the unification of the dark sector: �The smallness of dark energy leads to the existence of dark matter.� Moreover I review a 2019 stringy model of the evolving dark sector, involving the prediction that the size of the extra dimensions ...

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You are cordially invited to participate in the Graduation Ceremony of the students (11th cycle) concluding their Master's of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics (MMP), a two-year advanced training programme in the field of medical physics, jointly organised by the ICTP and the University of Trieste...

The 2025 Physics Without Frontiers Annual Meeting will bring together our Volunteer Network from across the globe and showcase just some of the impactful work of some of our project leaders in their countries and regions. All welcome to attend!Register here to join us online 2-4 pm, Thursday 11 Dece...

Abstract Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of modern day physics, yet its identity remains unknown. In this talk, I will focus on light dark matter, and present new proposals for its direct detection in the laboratory that hold much promise. These include the use of superconducting nano...

Abstract I will discuss the role that different energy scales play in our direct searches for dark matter. In particular, I will discuss how, lowering the masses one is interested in probing, it becomes mandatory to account for new degrees of freedom: those typically belonging to low energy phys...

Emanuele Coccia (University of Trieste) � � Abstract: The interaction of light with matter is the subject of boundless research, ranging from astrophysics to materials science to biology and medicine. Theory is essential to interpret experimental outcomes and predict new features from, e...

How do aquatic microorganisms optimize feeding: is it more effective to swim through food, remain anchored while pumping food toward themselves, or join others to form a feeding colony? Despite how widespread and fundamental these strategies are, we still lack a systematic understanding of which ...

Abstract In this talk we will briefly recall the history of the derivation of relevant systems describing surface and internal water waves and present some of the mathematical challenges they offer. � Link to Zoom registration https://zoom.us/meeting/register/yvNq1HEQS-qF8nCwNX92CQ �

The 2025 ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries has been awarded to Prof. Claudio Mu�oz* of the University of Chile for his fundamental contributions to dispersive partial differential equations. The award recognizes his remarkable work on the long-time behaviour...

This intensive, five-day training school is designed to equip postgraduate students, early-career researchers, and academics with the foundational and advanced skills necessary for mathematical modelling and data analytics using the R programming language. Participants will master techniques essenti...

This School supports IAEA Member States in fostering a culture for safety in nuclear and radiological facilities, helping professionals integrate safety into their decisions and actions at all levels. The School will engage participants through lectures, case studies, practical exercises, and pe...

Abstract: In this talk, I will first review the Mano-Suzuki-Takasugi (MST) method and use it to properly define the tidal response function. Then, I will show the formulation of a parametrized formalism for calculating the tidal dissipation numbers (TDNs) of static and spherically symmetric blac...

Darrick Chang (The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain) Abstract: One of the most exciting directions associated with the rapid advance of quantum science is the possibility to utilize synthetic quantum systems to realize and explore strongly correlated quantum phenomena. Generally, ...

An ICTP Meeting This school and conference will feature pedagogical school lectures and conference style talks on Quantum Spin Liquids in an intertwined manner over two weeks. Our aim is to communicate the exciting developments to students and young researchers as well as present state-of-the-art in...

10:00 -10:30 Rubio Gunawan (ICTP & SISSA) Uniformly Expanding Full Branch Maps with Unusual Attractors 10:45-11:15 Raul Chavez (ICTP & PUC-Rio, Brazil) Non-statistical behavior arising from fluctuation laws 11:30-:12:00 Rizwan Ullah (KTH, Sweden) Doubly intermittent singular skew products

� Please note unusual venue � Abstract: I will present a class of nonlocal conformal field theories (CFTs) in 2d which are obtained as deformations of the Virasoro minimal models. The construction proceeds by coupling a relevant primary operator$\phi_{r,s}$ of the m-th minimal model t...

This is the second Colombian Meeting on High Energy Physics (2nd ConHEP School). We hope to bring young students from Colombia and abroad to discuss recent progress in particle physics, cosmology and related areas. In this version, we will focus on the following topics: Standard Model Beyond ...

The First Guatemalan School of Biophysics aims to create an interdisciplinary space where local students and early-career researchers from fields such as physics, biology, biochemistry, computer science, and related disciplines can explore modern quantitative tools to address scientific questions at...

Please note unusual venue Abstract: Love numbers quantify how compact objects deform under external tidal fields. They are key gravitational wave observables and provide a direct probe of compact-object structure. At linear order, black hole (BH) Love numbers vanish - a consequence of the hidde...

Timetable and venue: Monday 24 November: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Tuesday 25 November: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Wednesday 26 November:� 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Thursday 27 November: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room �Link to zoom registration:https://zoom.us/meeting/r...

Within the framework of the cooperation agreement between the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and ICTP, the ICTP Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Unit is organizing a one-week training activity for eight visitors from Kuwait, including four employees of The Scienti...

Abstract: We examine the nature of loop corrections during inflation, distinguishing between trivial contributions ?removable by counterterms? and non-trivial ones that yield genuinely new physical effects. We identify the essential ingredients required for non-trivial loop corrections to tree-lev...

10:00 - 10:30 - Rubio Gunawan (ICTP & SISSA) Uniformly Expanding Full Branch Maps with Unusual Attractors 10:45 - 11:15 - Raul Chavez (ICTP & PUC-Rio, Brazil) Non-statistical behavior arising from fluctuation laws 11:30 - 12:00 - Rizwan Ullah (KTH, Sweden) Doubly intermittent singular skew products

Microbes in fluctuating environments must balance rapid growth against fast adaptation (short lag times). Using proteome allocation models, we show evolution drives populations to an evolutionary stable strategy that optimally balances this trade-off. In predictable environments, populations evol...

Physics without Frontiers (an initiative of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ? ICTP) in collaboration with the Central America High Energy Physics and Scientific Computing Network, is very pleased to announce its Central America Symposium in Quantum Science and Technologi...

Abstract: The thermal partition function, Z, of a CFT_4 on S^{3} is parameterized by the inverse temperature $\beta$ along with 2 angular velocities $\omega_i$. In this project we investigate the behaviour of this partition function when the $\omega_i$ are scaled to unity (the largest allowed va...

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This two day online conference will bring together Afghan physics students from around the world along with international scientists who support the students? education and research. The online activity will run from 9am CET (12:30pm DST) until 2pm (5:30pm DST) on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th Noveme...

An ICTP Meeting This winter school is focused on the mathematical aspects of topics in arithmetic geometry, particularly arithmetic aspects of the Langlands program, which have appeared in the context of string theory and quantum field theory. This activity will also focus on developing explici...

� DEVELOPING THE FUTURE OF PHYSICS IN AFRICA The African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASFAP) is a continent-wide initiative to define a 10-year roadmap for physics research and education, with a 20-year vision. It connects experts internationally to set priorities, drive col...

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Angelo Vulpiani is a distinguished theoretical physicist known for his contributions to chaos theory, complexity, and non-equilibrium systems. He earned his degree in Physics from the University of La Sapienza in Rome in 1977, where he later became a Full Professor of Theoretical Physics. His ...

Timetable and venue: Monday 10 November: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Tuesday 11 November: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Wednesday 12 November:� 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Thursday 13 November: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar roomLink to zoom registration:https://zoom.us/meeti...

ICTP Physics Without Frontiers, in collaboration with the National Nuclear Research Institute of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission is organizing a one-week Training Workshop in Machine Learning from November 10-14, 2025, at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission?s Research Reactor Training Centre. In an er...

An ICTP Meeting Seventy years after the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou investigations, we revisit its legacy in classical and quantum systems, exploring slow relaxation, ergodicity breaking, and emergent phenomena shaping modern nonlinear and many-body physics. Seventy years after the pioneering numerical...

An ICTP-IAEA meeting The workshop provides specialized training on safety standards and best practices for radiation protection of patients and staff in nuclear medicine, thereby supporting the reduction of potential radiation risks and fostering a strong safety culture while ensuring optimal pati...

� The periodic symposia organized by the Beacon Satellite Group of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Commission G offer an exceptional platform for ionospheric scientists worldwide to meet, collaborate, and deepen their understanding of the ionospheric effects on radio pr...

The International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) is an annual global celebration dedicated to advancements in the field of medical physics. The event can be attended and followed online, via zoom on November 7th from 2 pm (Italian time): https://zoom.us/j/95666912498 ID: 956 6691 2498 PSW: 506...

For three decades, statistical physics has framed neural-network analysis, but its reach to expressive, feature-learning deep models was unclear. We answer yes by studying supervised learning in fully connected multi-layer nets whose hidden layers scale with input dimension?favoring feature learni...

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An ICTP-IAEA meeting Dosimetry is fundamental for radiotherapy including brachytherapy. It has been recognised that harmonising dosimetry internationally is essential. The IAEA, working with various professional societies, has been key in writing international codes of practice for dosimetry. I...

� The ionosphere is the part of the Earth?s upper atmosphere where free electrons and ions are present in quantities sufficient to affect the propagation of radio waves. It is a highly dynamic medium that exhibits significant weather variations with altitude, latitude, longitude, local time, ...

A series of talks on selected topics in physics and related scientific fields is delivered online by experts in their fields. Given the current situation on the ground in Palestine which makes holding in-person scientific activities almost impossible; the ICTP Physics Without Frontiers (PWF) in Tr...

Balazs Pinter (European Research Council Executive Agency) � As the premier European funding organization for excellent frontier research, the European Research Council (ERC) supports investigator-driven frontier research, including collaborative projects, across all domains of scienc...

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97022729149 Prof. Ralf Kaiser Head of Programmes, ICTP The talk will be about the modern scientific career landscape and how best to navigate expectations, potential opportunities and challenges, both in and outside academic science. There will be a Q&A after t...

I will analyze some selected examples of complex behaviors through the lens of decision-making theory. The aim is to identify minimal models that explain how agents process information and perform actions (with Giorgio Nicoletti).

� Lev Vidmar (Jožef Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana) Abstract: Recent decades of research contributed significantly to our understanding how an interacting quantum system, evolving in isolation from environment, approaches a thermal equilibrium. The process in whi...

Physics Without Frontiers and Universit� de Lom� present an Advanced DFT Course: Theory and Applications This advanced training course is provided at the University of Lom� in collaboration with the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The training is provides participants with both�...

An ICTP-IAEA meeting The school will cover key aspects of detector signal processing and machine learning methods using FPGA-based systems-on-chip (SoC-FPGA) for scientific instrumentation and reconfigurable computing, with emphasis on applications in nuclear science and particle physics. Modern...

14:00 - 15:00 Aleksander Simonič (Univ. of Primorska, Slovenia) Title: An explicit form of Ingham's zero density estimate Abstract: Ingham (1940) proved that $N(\sigma,T)\ll T^{3(1-\sigma)/(2-\sigma)}\log^{5}{T}$, where $N(\sigma,T)$ counts the number of the non-trivial zeros $\rho$ of the Rie...

With a generous support from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development,�Lebanon?s First Quantum Technology Workshop, organised by�Ali Lezeik, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, with Dr.�Michel Kazan, at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon�will bring the ideas of quantum technolog...

Thomas Schaefer (University of Trieste) Abstract: Quantum materials in which electrons strongly interact with each other exhibit fascinating examples of contemporary condensed matter physics. Thrilling instances include the celebrated cuprates, organic charge-transfer salts, heavy fermion co...

For practical applications, one is often interested in interacting systems in a phase which is thermodynamically�unstable in parameter regimes of interest. In traditional approaches, such phases are stabilised�through intervening in the dynamics of all system constituents or introducing additiona...

An ICTP Meeting The physics of quantum gravity in de Sitter space, namely with positive cosmological constant and therefore relevant for quantum cosmology in the real world, remains to date a rather mysterious subject, despite its significance and despite the tremendous progress made in anti de...

Abstract Ultralight scalar fields coupled to photons or neutrinos can leave distinctive imprints on astrophysical observables, particularly through measurements of pulsar spin-down luminosities and black hole superradiance. If such scalars are sourced by the electromagnetic fields of neutron st...

Simple stochastic models are widely used to describe complex phenomena, as they provide an interpretable connection between minimal microscopic descriptions and macroscopic statistical patterns. A central challenge in this approach is selecting the appropriate model?and its parameters?to accurate...

Leon Mixa (University of Hamburg) � � Abstract: Quantum droplets are an exotic state of matter which emerges from zero-point energy corrections to the ground state resulting in a self-bound many-body system. We present a theoretical framework for a new type of quantum droplet. In our...

Simple stochastic models are widely used to describe complex phenomena, as they provide an interpretable connection between minimal microscopic descriptions and macroscopic statistical patterns. A central challenge in this approach is selecting the appropriate model?and its parameters?to accurate...

This School is a certificate course providing specialized education and training on development and implementation of knowledge management programmes in nuclear science and technology organizations. It is intended for young professionals in current or future leading roles in managing nuclear kn...

This workshop is designed to introduce undergraduate students to essential computational techniques used in cosmology and high-energy physics. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on coding sessions, and interactive projects, participants will gain practical experience in simulations, data analy...

� Please note starting time has been changed to 16:30 Abstract The Higgs Branch of Superconformal Field Theories (SCFT) with 8 supercharges is a notoriously intricate object to characterize. While the magnetic quiver framework has recently provided a powerful indirect description - by rela...

Vivian V. Fran�a (S�o Paulo State University, Brazil) Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss how the analysis of local observables?most notably the single-site entropy?can unveil the collective structure of strongly correlated one-dimensional systems described by the standard and exte...

This online workshop is organised at Palestine Technical University?Kadoorie in collaboration with the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Islamic University of Gaza, Al-Aqsa University, University College of Applied Sciences - Gaza, Scientists for Palestine, and Palestine Young Aca...

Deborah Perco (University of Trieste) � Abstract: Describing the oxidation of solid surfaces can be straightforward, with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) being one of the most widely used experimental techniques for probing the chemical environment of atoms. However, when the size of ...

Jens Bardarson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) Abstract: I will review the information lattice, which we recently introduced as a way to decompose information in a quantum state into local information in position. Using this decomposition allows both universal characterisat...

Vojtech Kostal (Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry) � � Abstract: Molecular dynamics simulations rely on empirical fixed-charge force fields to achieve atomistic resolution at biologically relevant scales. Traditional parameterization pipelines typ...

Computational simulations let researchers watch biological molecules move at atomic resolution, test ?what-if? hypotheses in silico, and connect theory with experiment. When combined with modern AI, these simulations run faster, explore rare conformational states more efficiently, and reveal patte...

Understanding why some species persist while others vanish remains a central challenge in ecology. Traditional approaches either rely on mechanistic models that are conceptually clear but hard to apply to real-world scenarios, or on statistical tools that lack generality and interpretability. Her...

Uzbekistan is expanding its capabilities in materials science, and Namangan State University?home to active groups in physics, chemistry, and engineering?will host a dedicated� school focused on simulation-driven discovery. This program provides senior BSc and MSc students with a brief practical int...

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting This workshop offers an opportunity to explore nuclear structure and decay data and their applications, gain practical experience with modern nuclear databases and become familiar with the evaluation process used to produce the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF). T...

Yuval Gefen (The Weizmann Institute of Science) Abstract: Weak measurement is an alternative to von Neumann?s dogma of the ?collapse? of a wave function: it avoids the necessity of the latter?s complete destruction, while capable of extracting partial information from the system measured...

Tissues in higher organisms are organized as hierarchically structured cell populations, where only a small number of cells, the stem cells, have the capacity for infinite self-renewal. In this talk, we explore how stochastic models are used to show that such hierarchies protect against uncontrol...

The call for applications is open. � For ?students? Please apply here The deadline is: 30/05/2025 � For ?experts? Please apply here to submit your abstract The deadline is: 11/07/2025 With more and more of our daily life depending on space technology it is critically important to hav...

The College will provide analytical training and information on the assessment of energy system and energy technologies when developing analyzing energy transition and demand and supply options in line with the global climate treaty of Paris Agreement. � Transition to low carbon future depends...

Light refreshments will be served before the Seminar at 1:30PM on the Leonardo Building terrace (or at the bar in case of bad weather). Madhavi Krishnan (University of Oxford) � Abstract: The interaction between charged objects in solution is expected to recapitulate two central princ...

Francisco Vieyra (University of Buenos Aires) � Abstract: Expanding the range of Protospacer Adjacent Motifs (PAMs) recognized by CRISPR-Cas9 is essential for broadening genome-editing applications. Here, we combine molecular dynamics simulations with graph-theory and centrality a...

Abstracts and more information can be found at the Conference website: �https://sites.google.com/view/alinamarian/copy-of-current-developments-in-moduli-theoryAll lectures will take place in the Euler-Lagrange Lecture Hall in ICTP's Leonardo building, with the following schedule: https://sites.googl...

The open-source community is experiencing significant growth and has become a valuable resource, especially for countries with limited access to advanced computer and IT systems. The IAEA's initiative, Open-Source Nuclear Codes for Reactor Analysis (ONCORE), addresses the identified challenges by ...

An ICTP Meeting Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) is a network architecture designed to ensure reliable data delivery in environments with intermittent or unreliable connectivity, using store-and-forward techniques for robust communication. While primarily developed for space missions, DTN has ...

The workshop, which will take place as part of the African Conference of Fundamental Physics (ACP2025) will introduce LHC Open Data and the CERN Open Data Portal to participants, for students and scientists wishing to use the data for research and for education. Open Data for education is used by le...

Abstract: Gravitational waves open a new avenue to study dark matter through the dynamics of compact objects. Non-annihilating dark matter captured by neutron stars can induce their collapse into low-mass black holes, leading to subsolar-mass mergers detectable by current and future observat...

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Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94027397321 � Meeting ID: 940 2739 7321 Passcode: 100110 11:00 - 12:00: Andrea Olivo (BCAM - Bilbao, Spain) Title: Some new thoughts on weighted Gagliardo?Nirenberg?Sobolev inequality Abstract: It is well known that the celebrated Gagliardo e...

This is an informal talk that will present the idea of the global phenospace, focusing on how this concept is defined in terms of quantitative data and on open questions and challenges.

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting During this INPRO School, the IAEA and international experts will share their insights and experience to familiarize the participants with the basic concepts, methodology and tools for performing modelling, analysis and sustainability assessment of nuclear energy systems. ...

This online school is aimed towards bachelor?s and master?s students from Bangladesh* who have completed basic coursework on Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity. The school plans to train students starting from basics of quantum field theory in both canonical quantisation and path integral quan...

Michele Parrinello �(IIT Genoa, Italy) Michele Parrinello has been full Professor of Computational Science at ETH Zurich since July 2001. Until March 2003 he was Director of the Swiss Center for Scientific Computing (CSCS) in Manno and is now with the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, ...

Abstract The classification of 5d SCFTs has a strong resemblance to a mathematical classification problem: we want to list classes of� (physical) objects, and to elucidate the relations (morphisms) among them. Indeed, this is more than a coincidence, as M-theory naturally rephrases the problem ...

Physics Latam�is pleased to announce an online course in�Quantum Field Theory, open to undergraduate and graduate students from Latin America and other developing countries. The course will be held online from�September 8, 2025, to January 30, 2026, and will be taught by�Jonathan Lozano...

The IICII hands-on school, conducted in collaboration with ICGEB in Trieste and co-organized with IFOM and Institute Curie, focuses on Quantitative Biology. The school covers a broad range of biology topics, from genetics to physiology and ecology, attracting participants from different discipline...

One of the new scientific frontiers in climate science is High-Resolution Kilometer-Scale Climate Projections. In the last years the role and potential of AI has been explored to complement the standard physically based dynamical models to overcome the main limitation due to the need of massive co...

An ICTP Meeting The ICTP will organize, with the support of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP), the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), the Federation of African Medical Physics Organizations (FAMPO), the Middle East Federation of Medical Ph...

Physics Latam�is pleased to announce an online course in�Riemannian and Complex Geometry, open to undergraduate and graduate students from Latin America and other developing countries. The course will be held online from�September 8, 2025, to January 30, 2026, and will be taught by�Dani...

Physics Latam will offer an online course in 2D Conformal Field Theory (CFT) for undergraduate and graduate students in Latin America and other developing countries. The 2D Conformal Field Theory course will be taught online from 8th September 2025 to 30th January 2026�by Jiaxi Cao from Stony Br...

The conference will be live-streamed, CLICK HERE to see the playlist. � This workshop gathers global experts to advance atomistic simulation methods and explore frontier applications in physical and chemical sciences. It features an interdisciplinary mix of topics, including physics, chemistry...

We are pleased to announce the workshop on machine learning and data science designed to enhance capacity building and collaboration in Space Science across East Africa. This workshop will provide insights into space weather impacts on communication and navigation systems, hands-on training in iono...

Abstract Yang-Lee criticality is the simplest non-Hermitian conformal field theory. The model was first reported as a phase transition of Ising model in imaginary longitudinal magnetic field more than half a centry ago. Since then, many qualitative and quantitative properties of YL criticality hav...

This conference aims to be a platform where young African scientists will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with global experts on physical processes at all length and time scales.� � The conference will cover a wide range of topics related to volcanic processes from the subsurface...

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss two different ways to search for dark matter.� � In the first part of my talk, I will discuss how one can use the JWST data to probe eV-scale QCD axion dark matter or axion-like particle dark matter.� These dark matter particles can decay into two photons in th...

• The Postgraduate Diploma Programme is an intense, pre-PhD programme and it prepares talented students for further academic achievements, supporting its mission to promote advanced scientific research in developing countries. • The fields are High Energy, Condensed Matter, Mathematics, Earth S...

Since 1982, the ICTP Prize recognises young scientists from developing countries who have made outstanding and original contributions to physics. Each year, the ICTP Prize is given in honour of a scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the field in which the prize is given. The 2024 I...

As we age, our brains undergo substantial structural and functional changes, which can be either accelerated or slowed by various factors. In this talk, I will demonstrate how these processes can be modeled using non-invasive neuroimaging data. I will present results obtained through machine learnin...

Abstract I will show that regular black holes arise as the unique spherically symmetric solutions of broad families of generalizations of Einstein gravity involving infinite towers of higher-curvature corrections in D?5 spacetime dimensions. Our results are facilitated by the use of a class of t...

Roderich Moessner (MPI, Germany) � Roderich Moessner is director at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden. After� his DPhil in theoretical physics at Oxford University, he was postdoc at Princeton, and held faculty appointments at �cole normale sup...

An ICTP Hybrid meeting Within the CORDEX international program?s mission, this workshop aims to enhance the capacity of scientists in developing nations to engage in advanced climate modeling research. By aligning with the IPCC?s initiative, it seeks to increase awareness among young climate scient...

An ICTP Meeting This School aims to teach a modern course in condensed matter and statistical physics, combining basic concepts with recent structural and interdisciplinary developments, with a special focus on the interactions between information, light and matter. The leitmotif of the school will...

An ICTP Meeting The advanced workshops are a week-long hands-on activity that exposes participants to advanced techniques/approaches in specialized areas. Participants are expected to have a suitable background or have participated in a prior Summer School part of of this activity. Four applie...

I will discuss stochastic models of evolutionary dynamics in structured populations, focusing on evolutionary graph theory and its extension to game-theoretic interactions. I will present recent work showing how spatial Moran processes converge, in the large-population limit, to continuum models ...

Pre-School Hackathon: Online, 7 May ? 15 June 2025 � The fifth edition of the ?School of Programming for Scientific Research ? EPIC V? addresses the pressing need for advanced computational training among physics and life sciences students in Ecuador and Latin America. While local university cu...

An ICTP Meeting This workshop and school, featuring lectures, tutorials, roundtables, and talks, will explore strongly correlated electron systems, focusing on novel phases, quantum criticality, exotic magnetic states, fractional excitations, moir� physics, and non-equilibrium phenomena. This w...

Abstract: As one of the most critical tumor suppressors, the p53 protein orchestrates cellular physiological activities through an intricate signaling network. Crucially, the temporal evolution of p53 concentration significantly regulates cellular stress responses. Through theoretical modeling an...

Mohammad Ali Rajabpour (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil) Abstract: Fermionic Gaussian states appear naturally as ground states and time-evolved states of exactly solvable models, such as the transverse-field Ising chain and the XY model, and serve as remarkably good variational...

This is the fifth edition of a joint ICTP-Trieste/ICTP-SAIFR two-week Cosmology School, aimed at providing students and young researchers with the necessary tools for understanding the current issues in modern cosmology and to familiarize them with how recent �observations can be used to constrain...

An ICTP Meeting This activity focuses on building a range of data-related skills that are vital for addressing trans-disciplinary challenges in contemporary research work. The Summer School which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, builds competence in data analysis and security fo...

Abstract I will explain the conjectured holographic duality between DSSYK at infinite temperature and 1+1 dimensional de Sitter space.

Elies Gil-Fuster (Freie University Berlin) � Abstract: The quest for successful variational quantum machine learning (QML) relies on the design of suitable parametrized quantum circuits, as analogues to neural networks in classical machine learning. To date, a few general design principles...

Dr.�Jo�o�Pita Costa IRCAI - International Research Institute on Artificial Intelligence under the Auspices of UNESCO, Ljubljana, Slovenia Abstract: Entering the age of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence is feeding the data-driven digital transformation across industries and evidence-based decis...

Ali Ghiami Shomami (University of Udine) � � Abstract: Proton transfer is one of the most fundamental reactions in chemistry and biochemistry. It can occur across various phases - gas, liquid (both aqueous and non-aqueous), and solid - as well as in different states, including ground...

�Hours: 2:00pm - 4:00pm (Paris time zone) Link to join the courses: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Zrd3zbFWSTqMtwvf8Tj7pQ � Meeting ID 933 3491 9927 pwd 834818 Timetable and venue: Monday 21 July: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Tuesday 22 July: 2:00 PM - Luigi Stasi seminar room Wedne...

An ICTP Meeting The main goal of this satellite meeting is to bring together experts working in different areas of quantum physics (stat-phys, quantum information, cold-atom and ion-trap experiments, tensor networks) with the common interest in non-equilibrium quantum statistical physics. Th...

A School in collaboration with� AMU, CIMPA, ISP, CoRE-Math, and University of Rwanda An ICTP Meeting in person This school focuses on the foundations of real and harmonic analysis, and their interactions with other areas of pure and applied mathematics. � Real analysis studies the fine ...

DEADLINE 19 May 2025 � In the application OU Certificate for chosen track, OU Certificate for Political Economy and supporting documents are mandatory � The Energy Modelling Platform ? Global 2025 (EMP-G) will be held from 21st July to 1st August. Hosted by the International Centre for Theor...

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Abstract: In the talk we will investigate a special family of piecewise linear maps on dendrites. This so-called family of Markovian maps is a direct generalisation of Markov maps on topological trees. We will show some results on the specifics of Markovian dynamics on the Gehman dendrite. Then we...

Maxime Allemand (Universit� Paris-Saclay, France) Abstract: Beyond critical exponents associated to scaling, the universal critical properties of second order phase transitions are also characterized by the evolution of the entire probability distribution of the order parameter across the...

Lauriane Chomaz (University of Heidelberg, Germany) Abstract: Ultracold atomic gases offer a rich platform for studying quantum many-body effects thanks to their high degree of control and tunability. Ultracold gases of highly dipolar atoms exhibit unique interaction properties leading to st...

The call for applications will be open soon � Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

Abstract In this talk, I shall present our recent ongoing work on� a model-agnostic reconstruction of the cosmic expansion history by combining DESI-DR2 BAO and DES-SN5YR data, with a focus on geometric determination of characteristic redshifts where notable tensions in the expansion rate are foun...

Andrea Pizzi (University of Cambridge) Abstract: At the level of local observables and due to the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH), isolated systems of many interacting particles tend to quickly thermalize and forget about their past. This paradigm needs not apply to wavefunction a...

Advancing in understanding the Gulf of Trieste coastal dynamics through interdisciplinary research.

The II S�o Paulo School on Gravitational Physics is an initiative led by early-career researchers to explore and promote the multifaceted aspects of gravity. In 2025, we invite students with prior experience in general relativity to learn more about twistors and tests of strong gravity, while younge...

The talk of Dr. Omima Osman (Trieste Observatory of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy) will follow the lecture of�Dr. Hassan Abdallah (The Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) given on June 30th 2025. The abstract of Dr. Osman's talk: For decades, dust has been recognize...

ICTP and IBM have established an annual prize for outstanding young researchers working in AI for Science/Science for AI. The prize, worth ?10,000, is supported by a five-year sponsorship by IBM and has been established to promote research focusing on approaches to AI and science that can benef...

Foundation models, defined as deep learning (DL) models trained on extensive collections of unlabeled data and capable of adapting to various tasks with minimal fine-tuning, have emerged as pivotal tools for driving scientific discovery in different research fields (e.g. Molecular chemistry, Bioin...

An ICTP Meeting in personConfirmed speakers:� � 1. Asem Abdelraouf (SISSA/ICTP) 2. Fabrizio Andreatta (Universit� degli Studi di Milano) 3.�Giulia Gugiatti (University of Edinburgh) 4. Rob de Jeu (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) 5. Ariel Pacetti (Universidade de Aveiro)� 6. Gonzalo Torn...

Satellite meeting of StatPhys29 School on complex systems (5-6 July) Workshop (7-10 July) The first-ever StatPhys satellite meeting hosted in Africa aims to bridge the African and International scientific communities in statistical physics, data science, nonlinear dynamics, and related app...

Abstract: Understanding the complex dynamics of excitation and inhibition within the cortex offers crucial insights into neural ensemble behavior across multiple states, from wakefulness to sleep. By leveraging tools from dynamical systems and analogies from statistical physics, this body of work...

Andrea Grisafi (Sorbonne Universit� - CNRS) Abstract: Machine-learning methods are playing a prominent role in the atomistic simulation of materials. When it comes to electrochemical systems, however, the effective implementation of these approaches presents unique challenges. Notably,...

� An ICTP Hybrid Meeting How creative is generative AI:�3 - 5 July 2025 Youth in high dimensions: 7 - 9 July 2025� The ICTP-IBM Brahmagupta AI Prize for Young Scientists:�10 July 2025 � In the first part of this activity, we will discuss to what extent generative artificial inte...

Dr. Emiliano Sefusatti (Trieste Observatory of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics) will present a historical introduction to cosmology and talk about dark energy in his talk. Dr.��Sultan Hassan�from New York University, USA, will give a lecture on��key concepts in cosmology on July 7th....

Abstract In this talk, we will discuss tree-level scattering of two massless and two massive particles with arbitrary�integer spin (Compton Scattering).�The amplitude plays an important role in gravitational wave physics.� We discuss the contributions of exchange diagrams and the role of contact t...

Ginestra Bianconi (Queen Mary University of London) Abstract: Gravity is derived from an action given by the geometrical quantum relative entropy coupling matter fields with geometry. The fundamental idea is to relate the metric of Lorentzian spacetime to a quantum operator, playing th...

The ICTP PWF: Physics for Bangladesh Online Summer Internship is designed to acquaint students across Bangladesh with advanced research topics in physics and mathematics. It is open to individuals currently enrolled in a bachelor?s or master?s program in Bangladesh, as well as recent graduates, pro...

Holographic Himalaya IV is a monthly research journal club on "Quantum Information of Space-time and Matter". The host institute is St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, and the project is organized in partnership with� Physics Without Frontiers and Ejalo Academy for otureach. The journal club...

An ICTP Meeting in person The school will be aimed at training young researchers and non-experts on the following topics:� � 1. Diophantine Geometry 2. G - Functions 3. Algebraic K-theory and Regulators 4. Shimura Varieties 5.�Arithmetic Differential Equations � Confirmed lectures ...

Advancing the theoretical and methodological skills of East African physics students and faculty is a prime requirement to develop their ability to be not just consumers of developed theoretical methodology, but also active contributors to it. There is currently little research output in methodologi...

IMPORTANT: All presented lecture material is available at the following GitHub link Computational tools are an integral part of many areas of research nowadays. Also computational models and algorithms are becoming more diverse, detailed, and complex and thus require scientists to write eff...

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting in person The demand for Accelerator-based MeV single ion techniques is rapidly growing for applications in biomedicine, materials and semiconductor science, and quantum technologies. Next generation applications and technologies will require unprecedented control over the ion ...

Abstract: This talk presents a unifying applied mathematics/theoretical physics framework that bridges core components of modern generative AI -- diffusion models, reinforcement learning, and transformers -- through the lens of contemporary applied mathematics. Central to this framework are ...

Prof. Sandro Scandolo will give a talk on his research in computation modeling of materials at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature.� The talk follows up the lecture given by Natasa Stojic,�ICTP, giving an overview of computational materials science and ab initio methods on June 25th. Abst...

Abstract: Diffusion models are a class of generative models in machine learning that iteratively transform data into noise through a forward diffusion process, typically converging toward a Gaussian distribution. A corresponding reverse process then reconstructs data-like samples by denoising t...

Nathaniel Craig is a full professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he works on topics in particle theory ranging from quarks to the cosmos. He is a recipient of an Early Career Award from the US Department of Energy and a Cottrell Scholar Awa...

Abstract: This is a general audience talk on a very interesting connection between the travelling wave solutions of the Harry Dym equation and the study of local volatility in the context of option pricing in the Black-Scholes model. I will try to make this presentation a general public one. It is b...

Abstract: All living organisms need to respond to changing environmental signals for their survival. Therefore, organisms have developed elaborate intracellular and intercellular signaling mechanisms to respond appropriately to environmental changes [1, 2]. In this talk, I will focus on our study...

Abstract: The theory of semi-normalized classes of differential equations is studied and generalized by using the extended algebraic method of group classification of such classes. We prove the theorems on factoring out symmetry groups and invariance algebras of systems from semi-normalized classe...

The talk of Prof. John Ellis follows up a lecture of Prof. Arbab Ibrahim Arbab (Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) giving an overview of selected topics in theoretical physics on June 16th 2025. The abstract of Prof. Ellis's talk: In 2012 experiments at CERN?s Large Hadron Collider discover...

Leonardo Banchi (University of Florence) Abstract: The ability to extract general laws from a few known examples depends on the complexity of the problem and on the amount of training data. For learning tasks with "quantum data", e.g. quantum states and channels, the learner's performa...

Giacomo Gradenigo (Gran Sasso Science Institute) Abstract: We explain how accurate large-deviations estimates allow to compute the microcanonical partition function of the Discrete Non-Linear Schroedinger Equation (DNLSE), revealing all the peculiarities of the high-energy localized ph...

Oceanography Unveiled Webpage � � Module 1a: Climate response to the uptake of anthropogenic carbon and heat by the ocean - time scales and the role of the Southern OceanModule 2b: The role of ocean circulation and extreme weather events in driving ocean heat and carbon uptake responses

Cultural heritage studies are essential for preserving the rich and diverse artifacts of Latin America. However, conventional X-ray analytical instruments used to study historical samples are often specialized and expensive. Reconfigurable instrumentation presents a cost-effective alternative, red...