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Academic unit: Faculty of Physics


View of the ATLAS detector at CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), showcasing intricate engineering and scale.

UC Chile Joins the Major Leagues of World Science

The efforts of UC Chile’s researchers have transcended national borders, reaching the global scientific stage through international partnerships and alliances…

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New Supercomputer Bolsters Chile's Astronomical Observation Capabilities

Funded by the Center of Excellence in Astrophysics and Associated Technologies (CATA, as per its Spanish acronym) and installed at the UC Institute of…

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How Were Galaxies Formed?

UC Institute of Astrophysics researchers are participating in the LAGER project, an international initiative aimed at discovering the origins of galaxies.

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SAPHIR Millennium Institute: what are we made of at a fundamental particle level?

Where did matter come from? What are the laws that govern the subatomic world? What can technological applications be developed from Particle Physics? These…

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Art and Science: A Firm Commitment to Interdisciplinarity

Exploring nanotechnology and neurology is unusual from an art and design point of view. But for the ArTeCiH Contest, that is the goal: to cross the boundaries…

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World Economic Forum Highlights 2 UC Researchers

Francisca Garay seeks to understand the behavior of tiny particles. Diego García-Huidobro aims to reduce childhood obesity and addictions with family-centered…