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The Department of Physics and the Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE) present the colloquium "How constant is the Cosmological Constant? New evidence for evolving Dark Energy from the DESI collaboration" on April 9 at 3 pm at S of the Faculty of Sciences and Biosciences (UAB) with Dr. Andreu Font-Ribera, from the Observational Cosmology Group,IFAE.

The UAB will host the PLANCKS 2025 final from May 1 to May 5. The competition finalists will visit research centers and connect with companies.

Professor Joaquim Matias from the Department of Physics has been awarded the ICREA Academia prize for the second time by AGAUR to intensify his research over the next 5 years. Simultaneously, he has received the IPPP DIVA Award in UK for distinguished visiting professors.

Researchers from the Department of Physics have managed to experimentally develop a new magnetic state: a magneto-ionic vortex or “vortion”. The research, published in Nature Communications, allows for an unprecedented level of control of magnetic properties at the nanoscale and at room temperature, and opens new horizons for the development of advanced magnetic devices.

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has secured funding from the European Union to lead the Marie Sklodowska Curie COFUND PHYNEST initiative, a project of scientific excellence under the Horizon Europe programme. This funding will support the recruitment of 25 PhD students, fostering leaders in advanced materials and interdisciplinary solutions for environmental sustainability. Coordinated by the Department of Physics and led by Dr. Eva Pellicer, the project brings together various UAB departments and institutes, research centres, tech companies, and associated international partners.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the results of the final round of its Proof of Concept 2024 Grant competition, with a total of 134 projects selected. ICREA researcher from the UAB Department of Physics Jordi Sort has been selected as one of the winners, with a grant of €150,000 for the SECURE-FLEXIMAG project, aimed at improving data security with new magnetic devices.

Next Wednesday, December 11, at 3 p.m., the Auditorium of Building C will host the conferences dedicated to the 2024 Nobel Prizes. The event will feature the participation of UAB experts who will delve into the scientific advances awarded in Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Physics.

IFAE has joined the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, strengthening its contributions to international gravitational wave research using terrestrial interferometry. This milestone further establishes IFAE as a key player in global efforts to push the boundaries of our understanding of the cosmos.

Next Tuesday, November 26 at 1:00 p.m., we will host this presentation with the participation of Ignasi Fina Martínez (senior scientist at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), and the award winners Daniel Martín Jiménez (post-doctoral researcher at ICMAB-CSIC) and Martí Perarnau Llobet (Ramón y Cajal post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Physics at the UAB). Both of them are coming to present to us the physics they have in mind!

Diego Blas, ICREA researcher at the IFAE, and Kostas Kostarelos, ICREA research professor and Severo Ochoa distinguished professor at the ICN2, have been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grants for the development of research projects under the EU’s Horizon Europe programme.