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Watch the 2025 Chemistry Nobel laureate Omar M. Yaghi as he presents cutting-edge research on covalent organic frameworks (COFs), molecular weaving, and AI-driven materials discovery. This special...

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We celebrate 100 years since the birth of ICTP founder and Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam by asking our High Energy Physics diploma students about his work and legacy. ICTP Postgraduate Diploma ...

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We celebrate 100 years since the birth of ICTP founder and Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam by asking our High Energy Physics diploma students about his work and legacy. ICTP Postgraduate Diploma ...

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We celebrate 100 years since the birth of ICTP founder and Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam by asking our High Energy Physics diploma students about his work and legacy. ICTP Postgraduate Diploma ...

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We celebrate 100 years since the birth of ICTP founder and Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam by asking our High Energy Physics diploma students about his work and legacy. ICTP Postgraduate Diploma ...

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We celebrate 100 years since the birth of ICTP founder and Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam by asking our High Energy Physics diploma students about his work and legacy. ICTP Postgraduate Diploma ...

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We celebrate 100 years since the birth of ICTP founder and Nobel laureate Prof. Abdus Salam by asking our High Energy Physics diploma students about his work and legacy. ICTP Postgraduate Diploma ...

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Ashoke Sen, one of the world’s best-known physicists to work in the field of string theory, is interviewed by ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar. The two discuss Sen's far-ranging work on various aspe...

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Ignacio Cirac, director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, has been awarded the inaugural ICTP-IBM Richard Feynman Prize in Quantum Computing for for his seminal contributions to quant...

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The ICTP-IBM Richard Feynman Prize in Quantum Computing, named in honour of quantum mechanics pioneer Richard Feynman, is open to established career researchers who have made significant contributi...

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ICTP-Arab Fund Associate Hand Zenia is a condensed matter physicist working on theoretical modelling and first-principles simulations of nano- and mesoscopic systems. He is associate professor at t...

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ICTP Arab Fund Associate Nada Abbas is a medical physicist from Sudan and an assistant professor at Taibah University, in Saudi Arabia. In her research, she studies how to optimize radiation levels...

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In 2026, ICTP celebrates the centennial of its founder, Abdus Salam, who would have turned 100 on 29 January 2026. This short video was composed to commemorate Salam's centennial and the indelible...

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Atac Imamoglu (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Atac Imamoglu graduated from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. In 1991, he obtained his PhD from Stanford University. Between 1993 and 200...

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On Thursday 29 January, ICTP will hold a panel discussion titled "Opportunities and Challenges of Quantum Science and Technology", featuring quantum experts from academia and industry who will disc...

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Lecture 4 Prof. Ignacio Cirac (Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Germany) The Salam Distinguished Lecture Series is an annual presentation of talks by renowned, active scientists. The aim is ...

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Lecture 3 Prof. Ignacio Cirac (Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Germany) The Salam Distinguished Lecture Series is an annual presentation of talks by renowned, active scientists. The aim is ...

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Lecture 2 Prof. Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck, Austria) The Salam Distinguished Lecture Series is an annual presentation of talks by renowned, active scientists. The aim is to showcase im...

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Lecture 1 Prof. Peter Zoller (University of Innsbruck, Austria) The Salam Distinguished Lecture Series is an annual presentation of talks by renowned, active scientists. The aim is to showcase im...

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