ICTP - News archive 2010

08/12/2010 - Trieste

GianCarlo Ghirardi to talk at ICTP's Colloquium Series

"Conceptual aspects and problems of the quantum view of natural processes"

02/12/2010 - Trieste

ICTP's openEyA Earns International Recognition

Automated recording system's "potential applicability in the developing world" cited

02/12/2010 - Trieste

NEW: Call for Proposals for ICTP Scientific Activities

Proposals are invited from the international scientific community

Joseph Niemela, Vasudeva Lakshminarayanan and Zohra Ben Lakhdar showing the 2011 SPIE Educator Award certificates, which were awarded during ICTP's Winter College on optics in imaging science in February 2011.

26/11/2010 - Trieste

Optics Prize Spotlights Hands-on Education

ICTP in winning collaboration to improve optics education in developing world

Guglielmo Marconi laboratory inaugurated

24/11/2010 - Trieste

Guglielmo Marconi ICT Wireless Laboratory Inaugurated

ICTP campus houses the wireless laboratory

22/11/2010 - Trieste

Glimpses from ICTP's After 45 celebrations

Words from the speakers

19/11/2010 - Trieste

Luis von Ahn at ICTP

Computer scientist to discuss "Human Computation"

12/11/2010 - Trieste

ICTP, IAEA Launch School of Nuclear Energy Management

Comprehensive training provided on peaceful use of nuclear technology

11/11/2010 - Trieste

ICTP LaserFest 13 November 2010

Event celebrates 50 years of laser innovation

10/11/2010 - Trieste

ICTP 's Dirac Medal Turns 25

Centre holds day of lectures in honour of prestigious physics prize

09/11/2010 - Trieste

ICTP "an open window to the world scientific community"

Day 2 of "After 45" conference focusses on regional science issues in the developing world

08/11/2010 -

Live Video Streaming

ICTP after 45 covered live

08/11/2010 - Trieste

ICTP announces new strategy

"After 45" event sets stage for future directions

05/11/2010 - Trieste

Video Streaming of ICTP's After 45 Celebrations

ICTP's after 45 celebrations will be streamed live

27/10/2010 - Trieste

ICTP After 45

Major science/policy event to focus on science and development for a changing world

27/10/2010 -

M-Science Book Launched

ICTP authors detail how mobile technology can enhance research

21/10/2010 - Hyderabad, India

TWAS honours ICTP Director

Quevedo elected as Associate Fellow

16/10/2010 - Jordan

Synchrotron in the Middle East

ICTP details programme of joint activities with Jordan facility

12/10/2010 -

In Memoriam

Mohammad Hossein Sarmadi

07/10/2010 - Trieste

Medical Physics Prizes

Outstanding participants earn top honours

Andre Geim (right) lecturing at ICTP's Graphene Week 2008

05/10/2010 -

2010 Physics Nobel Announced

Award goes to graphene researchers with ties to ICTP

28/09/2010 - Trieste

Nature Publishes Volcano Research

ICTP post-doc is lead author

16/09/2010 - Bologna, Italy

ICTP at Italian Physical Society Meeting

Meeting Claudio Tuniz keynote speaker on use of physics in archeology

Vinod Sharma (right) accepting Gold Medal award at African workshop

15/09/2010 - Abuja, Nigeria

Former TRIL Fellow Honoured

Advancement of renewable energy in Africa cited

08/09/2010 -

Top Prize for ICTP Alumna

Former Diploma student wins award for thesis

01/09/2010 - Rome

In Memoriam - Nicola Cabibbo, (1935 - 2010)

Nicola Cabibbo, Italian physicist and chair of ICTP's Scientific Council, died Monday 16 August in Rome.

31/08/2010 -

ICTP Diplomas Awarded

Students complete rigorous, pre-doctoral study programme

27/08/2010 -

New Bodies Electric

ICTP hosts workshop on strongly correlated electronic systems

26/08/2010 -

Fields Medal 2010 and ICTP

Two of this year's winners have lectured at ICTP

17/08/2010 - Rome

In Memoriam

Nicola Cabibbo, (1935 - 2010)

A lecture on Inflation by Professor D. Baumann, Princeton

11/08/2010 -

Cosmic Axis

Summer School in Cosmology at ICTP

11/08/2010 -

ICTP on Facebook

Official Centre fan page now available

Workshop participants line up outside the ICTP headquarters

10/08/2010 -

Made to Disorder

July workshop explored new states of matter emerging in magnetic systems

Nicola Cabibbo (left) and Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan

08/08/2010 -

Dirac Medallists 2010

Award cites work on fundamental force of nature

02/08/2010 -

Meteorite Study Published

ICTP junior associate co-authors Science article

02/08/2010 -

Researchers wanted

ICTP seeks applicants for new Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships

Padma Shukla, Roald Sagdeev and Robert Bingham at the Adriatico Guesthouse terrace

01/08/2010 -

Plasma Traditions

ICTP hosted advanced workshop on the frontiers of plasma physics

01/08/2010 -

In Memoriam

Matey Mateev

29/07/2010 -

First African School of Physics

ICTP-supported school brings cutting-edge physics to sub-Saharan Africa

26/07/2010 -

Probing the Universe

ICTP Summer School in Cosmology now in session

A gold (Au) octahedron sliding over a graphite substrate after being given a 'kick'

23/07/2010 -

Gold Slides on Graphite Tides

Nature Materials paper on ballistic nanofriction co-authored by ICTP researcher.

Group picture of the participants and organisers of the Carpathian Summer School 2010, Romania.

23/07/2010 -

Cosmic Cultures

ICTP co-hosts Romanian "Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2010"

Photograph of W.V.D. Hodge by Paul Halmos. Excerpted from P R Halmos, I have a photographic memory (Providence, 1987)

19/07/2010 -

Hodge theory at ICTP

School and conference at ICTP introduces young mathematicians to an essential field

15/07/2010 -

ICTP Highlights of 2009

Report summarizing Centre achievements now available

Ernesto Lupercio giving his acceptance speech.

14/07/2010 -

Lupercio receives the 2009 Ramanujan Prize

Mexican mathematician claimed the prestigious international award Tuesday at ICTP

09/07/2010 -

Internet hotspots in India

The ICTP wireless training kit is making waves

Poincare's way of representing a hyperbolic plane in a Euclidean plane.

07/07/2010 -

Poincare's first breakthrough

Colloquium describes how a young man proved a fundamental theorem

01/07/2010 -

A Shared Frontier

Lecture reveals connections between physics, gene therapy

29/06/2010 -

Quantum in motion

ICTP hosts a workshop on the dynamics of strongly correlated quantum systems

28/06/2010 -

Focus on Clean Energy

New ICTP grant programme supports training, research in renewable energy

24/06/2010 -

ICTP Scientist Honoured

Particle physics festival celebrates Goran Senjanovic

ICTP scientist Claudio Piani (front centre) with students at the Summer School on Water in the Anthropocene

22/06/2010 -

ICTP Summer School

Scientists conduct Earth system physics workshop at United World College

ICTP Assistant Director Claudio Tuniz with IAEA representative Françoise Mulhauser at the SESAME facilities in Jordan.

17/06/2010 -

Synchrotron in the Middle East

ICTP details programme of joint activities with Jordan facility

16/06/2010 -

In Memoriam

Jan S. Nilsson, 1932 - 2010

09/06/2010 -

ICTP Prize Ceremony

Event honours climate scientist from Uruguay

ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo and Honorable Usman Bayero Nafada, deputy speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives

08/06/2010 -

ICTP, Nigeria Cooperation

Agreement supports Nigerian science, technology policy

07/06/2010 -

In Memoriam

Vladimir Arnol'd, 1937-2010

07/06/2010 -

Earthquake Research Online

Work appears on "Science Watch" website

07/06/2010 - Paris, France

In Memoriam

Vladimir Arnol'd, 1937-2010

03/06/2010 -

Kavli Prizes 2010

Awards for astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience

02/06/2010 -

World Science Festival

Festival events available to view online via live streaming video

02/06/2010 -

N. Africa Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards

ICTP trains young scientists in pre-earthquake disaster studies

21/05/2010 -

Dirac Medal Ceremony

2009 Medallists Car and Parrinello honoured in Trieste

21/05/2010 -

Physics at the Nanoscale

ICTP hosts Spring College on Computational Nanoscience

20/05/2010 -

ICTP in Nigeria

Delegation offers science and technology advice to National Assembly

Clement Onime (centre) reviewing NASS technology.

20/05/2010 -

High-tech Help

ICTP experts review Nigerian National Assembly IT infrastructure

School participants at Addis Ababa University

13/05/2010 -

Solar Energy in Africa

ICTP workshop promotes low-cost, nano-structured photovoltaics

10/05/2010 -

ICTP, Italy Research Partnership

Centre signs agreement with Italian National Research Council

10/05/2010 -

ICTP Prize Awarded

String theorist from India receives 2010 award

07/05/2010 -

Nanoscale Research Published

Paper appears in Nature Nanotechnology

07/05/2010 -

Seismic Sensibilities

ICTP helps developing countries reduce vulnerability to earthquakes

29/04/2010 -

Business 101

ICTP promoting technology transfer in developing countries

28/04/2010 -

ICTP in Space

European Space Agency adopts Centre's ionospheric model

28/04/2010 -

Science for Cultural Heritage

Proceedings from ICTP conference published

23/04/2010 -

Satellite Navigation in Africa

Annual workshop for developing countries now in second year

22/04/2010 -

ICTP Malaria Project

EU-funded research looks at climate/health interactions

21/04/2010 -

Grant Winners Announced

Support provided for educational webcasting in developing countries

21/04/2010 -

Climate Change and Energy Systems

ICTP-IAEA explore ways to reduce vulnerability of energy systems

16/04/2010 -

ICTP and Nuclear Security

Centre, IAEA to establish school of nuclear security for developing countries

30/03/2010 -

New Era in Particle Physics

LHC conducts record-breaking particle collisions

25/03/2010 -

Abel Prize 2010

Abel Prize to John T. Tate for path-breaking work

ICTP Assistant Director Seif Randjbar-Daemi giving opening remarks at the Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics.

22/03/2010 -

Superstring Theory at ICTP

Annual spring school runs from 22 to 30 March

ARPL's Sandro Radicella (far left) with Dr. Ladi Hamalai, Honorable Chukwuemeka N. Ihedioha, and ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo.

17/03/2010 -

ICTP to Advise Nigeria

Country taps ICTP's wireless technology expertise

Former ICTP Diploma student Reinabelle Reyes

16/03/2010 -

Astrophysics in Nature

Former ICTP Diploma student is 1st author for journal paper

16/03/2010 -

ICTP Colloquium Series

New lectures promote interdisciplinary physics

11/03/2010 -

Front-page Feature

Physics journal cover highlights ICTP research

Claudio Tuniz, head of ICTP's MLab, discussing research activities at the 2 March building dedication ceremony.

03/03/2010 -

ICTP Building Dedication

Trieste institutes celebrate joint purchase of MLab building

03/03/2010 -

Nature Geoscience Highlight

Research on asymmetry in mantle below ocean floors appears in March issue

01/03/2010 -

In Memoriam

Praveen Chaudhari

Luigi Stasi's son and widow next to a memorial plaque that will be placed at the entrance to the Luigi Stasi Seminar Room.

26/02/2010 -

ICTP Room Dedication

Luigi Stasi remembered for vital role in ICTP's founding

Workshop participants display their homemade antennas, built with help from ICTP lecturer Carlo Fonda (far left).

26/02/2010 -

Wireless for Developing Countries

Workshop attendees learn to build and secure wireless networks

24/02/2010 -

Award for Former ICTP Director

AAAS honours Sreenivasan's international efforts

Mendonca (centre), with ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo (left, with Mrs. Quevedo), and ICO President Maria Calvo (right) and ICTP researcher Joseph Niemela.

17/02/2010 -

Optics Prize Awarded

Brazilian physicist cited for work bridging optics, chemistry

Project steering committee finalizing training activities. From left: Mike Nxele and Robert Shaw of ITU, and Marco Zennaro and Sandro Radicella of ICTP.

04/02/2010 -

A Wireless Africa

Project to improve wireless networking in Africa

03/02/2010 -

College on Optics and Energy

How to use optics, photonics for energy production

Example of a simple openEyA hardware setup.

27/01/2010 -

New Webcast Grant

ICTP aids online learning in developing countries

27/01/2010 -

Physics for the Birds

Giorgio Parisi lecture at ICTP looks at complex, disordered systems

ICTP physicist Erio Tosatti (top right corner) lecturing at nanophysics workshop in Hanoi.

19/01/2010 -

ICTP in Vietnam

Centre holds nanophysics workshop in Hanoi

12/01/2010 -

Statistical physics research published

Work based on former ICTP Diploma student's thesis

12/01/2010 -

African Physical Society launched

Voice for African physics and astronomy

07/01/2010 -

2009 Ramanujan Prize

Researcher from CINVESTAV, Mexico, honoured

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