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15/05/2012 - Trieste

Mathematics Research Fellowships 2013

Fellowships for outstanding mathematicians from developing countries

10/05/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Biophysicist Joins ICTP Scientific Council

Princeton scientist brings expertise in new ICTP research area

08/05/2012 - Trieste

Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship on Quantitative Biology

Deadline for submitting applications 31 July 2012

04/05/2012 - Trieste

Promoting 'nuclear security culture' in the developing world

ICTP, IAEA to hold 2nd School on Nuclear Security

03/05/2012 - Trieste

Translating Research Ideas to Business Models

Researchers and engineers from developing countries learn entrepreneurship concepts

26/04/2012 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP vs Malaria

Climate modelling vital tool in preventing disease outbreaks

20/04/2012 - Trieste

From Physicists to Entrepreneurs

Workshop to impart entrepreneurial skills to scientists

19/04/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Science Diplomacy and World Peace

Advisor to US Secretary of State speaks at ICTP event

18/04/2012 - Trieste, Italy

To the Edge of the Universe

Lord Martin Rees takes audience through journey in time, space

16/04/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Photovoltaics vs Fossil Fuels

Investment in policy, R&D needed to ensure bright future

13/04/2012 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP Hosts Major International Physics Forum

Event connects science with industry

16/04/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Watch Physics Forum Live on Web

Live webstreaming for lectures available all week

13/04/2012 - Trieste

Understanding Climate Change and Sensitivity

Professor Michael Ghil lectures at ICTP's Colloquium Series

12/04/2012 - Trieste

ICTP to Receive European Commission Contract

Centre will provide GNSS training in Africa

02/04/2012 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP Prize Awarded

Recipient has discovered single nanotube properties

26/03/2012 - Trieste

Non-molecular CO2 Under Pressure

ICTP scientist and former diploma student authors in PNAS paper

28/02/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Collaboration on Social Networks

Statistical Physics Research Published in PNAS

20/02/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Abel and Ramanujan Meet in Mumbai

Ramanujan Prize to be presented at Abel Symposium

23/02/2012 - Cameroon

African Energy Solutions

Conference highlights solar energy for Africa

22/02/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Post-Doctoral Fellowships Available

Research Opportunities for Scientists from Central and Eastern Europe

22/02/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Home Honours for TRIL Fellow

Solar energy researcher cited for promotion of science

14/02/2012 - Trieste

Developing Excellence

An ICTP-SISSA Training Programme For Extraeuropean Post-Graduate Students

06/02/2012 - Sao Paulo, Brazil

ICTP in Brazil

Centre opens ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research

14/02/2012 - Trieste, Italy

2012 Optics Prize Awarded

Annual research award goes to Turkish scientist

06/02/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Science at Ground Zero

ICTP building science capacity in Haiti

30/11/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Call for Proposals

ICTP seeks activities for its 2013 Scientific Calendar

01/02/2012 - Trieste

Questions, Answers, and Paradoxes in Fundamental Physics

Arkani-Hamed's talks kick-off Salam Lecture Series

16/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Ramanujan Prize Announced

2011 Ramanujan Prize goes to African Mathematician

26/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP to Broadcast Lecture Series

Talks by Nima Arkani-Hamed available live, online

19/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Salam Lecture Series 2012

ICTP inaugurates series with renowned physicist

27/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP Announces Logo Contest Winner

Design was one of nearly 200 contest entries

24/01/2012 - Trieste

South African Delegation at ICTP

Representatives publicize bid to host SKA

19/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Call for Nominations

2012 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries

19/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

AGU highlights ICTP Research

Paper selected for 'Editor's Choice' column

16/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Atomic Movers and Shakers

Colloquium highlights collective behaviour of active particles

12/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP Alumnus Awarded APS Prize

Honour cites human-rights efforts

12/01/2012 - Trieste, Italy

Quantum Quest for Sustainable Energy

Solar future lies in atomic scale

12/01/2012 - Trieste

New Year, New Colloquium Series

Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith lectures on international collaboration, energy

23/12/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Hot off the Press

New book highlights ICTP nanophysics research

15/12/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Open Source, Open Science

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, workshop keeps up with the times

09/12/2011 - Trieste

Building Foundations: School on Nonlinear Physics in Cameroon

International School on Nonlinear Dynamics in Complex Systems attracts 115 participants

22/12/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Postgraduate Diploma Deadline

Applications for 2012-2013 programme due 31 December

28/11/2011 - Trieste

Senior Postdoctoral Position in High Energy Physics

Academic Years 2012 - 2017

28/11/2011 - Trieste, Italy

TWAS Honours ICTP Director

Fernando Quevedo inducted as Associate Fellow of TWAS

22/11/2011 - Trieste

Workshop on Advancing Science in Caucasus and Central Asia

Participants hope to promote science and foster scientific interest in the region

14/11/2011 - Trieste

Zeroing in on Seismic Activity in Central America

ICTP workshop focuses on scientific issues and capacity building

11/11/2011 - Trieste

Two Postdoctoral Positions in Climate-­Health Applications

Positions in the Earth System Physics section

07/11/2011 - Trieste

Salam Documentary Opens Trieste Film Festival

10 November screening at Science+Fiction film festival is free to the public

02/11/2011 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP Seeks Creative Types

Centre launches logo design contest

01/11/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Superfluidity in Quantum Systems

Research targets phase transition of superfluids to insulators

27/10/2011 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP Welcomes Postgrad Students

Year of intense study through Postgraduate Diploma Programme underway

26/10/2011 - Trieste

Can We Improve Regional Climate Projections?

ICTP climate scientist Filippo Giorgi interviewed for article in the journal Science

25/10/2011 - Trieste

Boosting Renewable Energy

ICTP workshop focusses on storage, efficiency and affordability

20/10/2011 - Trieste, Italy

In Memoriam

Adriano Lucatello

22/12/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Call for Proposals for Mathematics Schools, Conferences

Call includes a new collaboration with ESF in Geometry and Dynamics

26/10/2011 - Trieste

ICTP Researcher Appointed to Hirzebruch Chair

The position is at the Max-Planck-Institut for Mathematics

19/10/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Watching the Future of Water Resources

ICTP climate researchers contribute to international water assessment

06/10/2011 - Trieste

String Along

A series of seminars on string theory

04/10/2011 - Trieste

Faster than light...or not?

ICTP senior particle physicist Alexei Smirnov, a neutrino expert, gives perspective to recent findings

28/09/2011 - Trieste

Throwing Light on Neutrino Behaviour

OPERA researcher explains team's findings on neutrino velocity

27/09/2011 - Trieste

Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematics for 2012

Shiing-Shen Chern Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship

04/10/2011 - Trieste

Postdoctoral Positions in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

Two-year appointments begin 2012

20/09/2011 - Trieste

Postdoctoral Positions In Theoretical High Energy Physics

Academic Years 2012 - 2014

19/09/2011 - Trieste

Researchers' Night 2011

ICTP in Trieste science celebration

20/09/2011 - Trieste

Beyond the Standard Model

Physicists gather at ICTP to discuss the latest results from the LHC

08/09/2011 - Trieste, Italy

Abdus Salam: The Dream of Symmetry

New documentary premieres 19 September at ICTP

08/09/2011 - Trieste

Call for Nominations for the 2011 Ramanujan Prize

Deadline for nominations 30 October 2011

25/08/2011 - Trieste

Deadline Extended: ICTP Prize

Nominations for 2011 prize due end September

14/09/2011 - Trieste

Science in the Desert

Jordan's synchrotron facility an oasis of discovery

12/09/2011 - Trieste

Cosmic Rays Past and Present

ICTP Colloquium highlights Italian research contribution

09/09/2011 - Trieste

Projecting Climate Impacts

School on modelling targets health, crops and water

08/09/2011 - Trieste

On Black Holes, Cold Materials, and Hot Nuclei

Using gauge/gravity duality as a tool to understand physics in different systems

01/09/2011 - Trieste, Italy

ICTP launches iTunes U site

Includes free downloads of ICTP lectures, conferences,documentaries

25/08/2011 - Trieste

On Matters of the Brain

ICTP colloquium on the complex workings of neural circuits

25/08/2011 - Trieste

Future Leaders in Nuclear Energy Hone Their Skills

Young professionals attend school on nuclear energy management

22/08/2011 - Trieste

ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Certificates Awarded

Ceremony marks 20th year of programme

08/08/2011 - Trieste

ICTP awards 2011 Dirac Medal

Work on conformal field theories cited

11/08/2011 - Trieste

Deadline Extended for TRIL Grant Application

TRIL programme offers grants for "Science and Technology for Geothermal Energy"

29/07/2011 - Trieste

Combining Perspectives on Strongly-Correlated Quantum Systems

Workshop focused on cross-fertilization of ideas from analytical and computational approaches to studying condensed matter

28/07/2011 - Trieste

Correlated Tunneling in Hydrogen Bonds

Seminar examined how the molecular structure of water and ice is affected by quantum mechanics

21/07/2011 - Trieste

Astrobiology in Latin America

Seminar discussed research and education endeavors of new NASA affiliate

21/07/2011 - Trieste

Leverhulme Visiting Professorship

ICTP scientist will undertake research in the UK

27/07/2011 -

Deadline Extension for TRIL Application

TRIL felowships for "Recent Developments in Science and Technology for Renewable Energy"

18/07/2011 - Trieste

Order Emerging

Colloquium explored the nature and formation of patterns

13/07/2011 - Trieste

Stig Lundqvist Conference covers cutting-edge research

Topics include topological insulators, ultra-cold atoms

13/07/2011 - Trieste

Combining Climate Models

Two events highlight the importance of integrating information from different climate models

12/07/2011 - Trieste

Brains, Bones, and Microbes

Physics of the Living State seminar series continues on 13 July

13/07/2011 - Trieste

Looking at the Neutrino Sky

ICTP workshop discusses production, propagation, and detection of high energy cosmic neutrinos

05/07/2011 - Trieste

Supercritical Conditions

ICTP/IAEA joint school looks to the future of nuclear reactor design

21/06/2011 - Trieste

Particle Physics at ICTP

Two-week school on particle physics a stellar success

20/06/2011 - Trieste

From Nuclear Technology to Hydrogen Energy

ICTP/IAEA joint school looks at the role nuclear technology could play in hydrogen production

15/06/2011 - Trieste

One Green Step At a Time

ICTP's entry for "Greening UNESCO Video Clip Competition"

06/06/2011 - Trieste

Scientific Capacity Building in Bangladesh

ICTP facilitates donation of high performance computing equipment

30/05/2011 - Trieste

Physics Prizes for ICTP Council Chair, Scientist

Awards honour contributions to high energy physics

27/05/2011 - Trieste

Grant Winners Announced

Support promotes e-learning in the developing world

27/05/2011 - Trieste

ICTP Postdoc Receives Prestigious Indian Award

Indian National Science Academy recognizes work on aerosols and climate change

17/05/2011 - Trieste

Climate Computing

Conference looks at role of e-infrastructure in climate research

18/05/2011 - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Quantum Activity in Argentina

Non-equilibrium quantum systems is topic of 2-week college

04/05/2011 - Trieste

Understanding the ionosphere to improve communication systems

New ionosphere sensing technique being implemented in Africa

18/05/2011 - Trieste

Library Exhibit Honours Scientist-Philosopher

Display highlights achievements of Rudjer Boskovic

18/05/2011 - Trieste

Success for Diploma Programme Alumnus

Paper based on thesis published in Physical Review Letters

13/05/2011 - Trieste

Before the Big Bang, beyond the Cosmos

Alexander Vilenkin explains the new worldview at ICTP colloquium series

16/05/2011 - Trieste

The Trieste-Malawi Connection

ICTP researcher runs for charity

- Trieste

Mathematics Fellowships

Mathematics Research Fellowships 2012

10/05/2011 - Trieste

2010 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony

Chinese mathematician Yuguang Shi receives the honours

- Trieste

Optics Prize Spotlights Hands-on Education

ICTP in winning collaboration to improve optics education in developing world

12/05/2011 -

In Memoriam

Stanislav Mikheyev, 1940-2011

05/05/2011 - Trieste

Tosatti Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Joins ranks of Einstein, Oppenheimer and Edison

06/05/2011 - Trieste

Commitment to Communications

ICTP, International Telecommunication Union strengthen ties

29/04/2011 - Trieste

ICTP Teaching the Teachers

Joint UNESCO workshop upgrades knowledge, science teaching skills

27/04/2011 -

ICTP and Perimeter Institute Strengthen Ties

Memorandum of Understanding to encourage scientific visits and collaborations

14/04/2011 - Trieste

Making the Most of the Sunshine

Expert on Photovoltaics at ICTP's Colloquium Series

11/04/2011 - Trieste

School on Nuclear Security

ICTP, IAEA promote 'nuclear security culture' in developing world

23/03/2011 - Oslo, Norway

Abel Prize Winner Announced

2011 award goes to John Milnor

08/04/2011 - Vienna, Austria

Earth System Physics Spotlight

ICTP presence at European Geosciences Union conference

14/03/2011 - Trieste

Technology for a Greener World

Wireless sensors offer affordable environmental monitoring options

07/04/2011 - Trieste

ICTP Promotes E-Learning

Grants available for openEyA automated recording system

07/04/2011 - Trieste

ICTP Research Highlights

ICTP scientists' publications in prominent journals

11/03/2011 - Trieste

The Cambridge Connection

ICTP signs agreement with Stephen Hawking research centre

28/02/2011 - Trieste

ICTP, SISSA Announce Joint PhD

New PhD programme is for students from developing countries

28/02/2011 - Trieste

Video Spotlight: Joint ICTP-SISSA PhD Programme

ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo promotes new degree

14/02/2011 - Trieste

ICTP on YouTube

Videos from "After 45" event now on popular video site

12/01/2011 - Trieste

Focus on Clean Energy

New ICTP grant programme supports training, research in renewable energy

08/02/2011 - Trieste

Icy Giants' Composition Re-examined

Molecular analysis of interior challenges current theories

21/02/2011 - Trieste

Quantum Mechanics at ICTP

Interdisciplinary aspect appeals to young scientists

28/01/2011 - Trieste

Ramanujan Prize Winner Announced

2010 award goes to Chinese mathematician

16/02/2011 - Trieste

A bright future for Africa

ICTP supports new African solar energy network

08/02/2011 - Trieste

Optics Prize Awarded

Filipino, Mexican physicists share this year's prize

09/02/2011 - Trieste

Towards a Healthy Future in Africa

ICTP scientists part of the EU "Healthy Futures" project

07/02/2011 - Trieste

New Director for TWAS

Physicist Romain Murenzi of Rwanda appointed

26/01/2011 - Trieste

Hiring: Senior Researcher in Mathematics

ICTP recruiting for a position in its Mathematics section

25/01/2011 - Trieste

ICTP After 45 Products

Where to find online videos and presentations from ICTP After 45 event

03/02/2011 - Trieste

ICTP, OGS Renew Agreement

Joint effort benefits scientists from developing world

02/02/2011 - Trieste

Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects President

ICTP Scientific Council member is new leader of Academy

28/01/2011 - Trieste

Abdus Salam Online

Renewed website launched on Abdus Salam’s 85th anniversary

26/01/2011 - Trieste

Praise for ICTP Statistical Physics

Nature article highlights work on systemic stability of financial markets

18/01/2011 - Goa, India

Ultra-cold Conference in Goa

Conference features research frontiers in ultra-cold atomic and molecular gases

21/01/2011 - Trieste

Technology for Learning

ICTP Inaugurates SDU Lab/Seminar Room

17/01/2011 - Trieste

Computational Physics at ICTP

Workshop explored computation methods to further physics research

12/01/2011 - Trieste

Call for Nominations

ICTP Prize 2011

ICTP in numbers

Since 2000, ICTP has organised 71 training activities in collaboration with IAEA and welcomed more than 3000 (3038) visitors. Twenty percent of the course participant came from Africa.