Breaking barriers in attoscience with the shortest light pulse ever created ICFO researchers have set a new record by generating the shortest soft X-ray pulse to date –just 19.2 attoseconds long. ICFO News👉 bit.ly/45hzucO

🧑‍🔬Un congrés científic on tu ets el protagonista! Estudies ESO, batxillerat o un cicle formatiu, t’agrada la ciència i la tecnologia i vols compartir el teu treball? Apunta’t al Young Photonics Congress i explica el teu projecte a estudiants i #ICFOnians! 👉 https://outreach.icfo.eu/ca/ypc26/

L’ICFO obté finançament per impulsar infraestructures estratègiques en xips fotònics i tecnologies quàntiques Els ajuts Singulars Institucionals del Departament de Recerca i Universitats i #FonsFEDER reforcen l’R+D+I en universitats i centres de recerca 🤝 👉 icfo.eu/ca/noticies/...

🍂Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of November’s top scientific news has you covered! Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month!👉https://www.icfo.eu/news/2597/november-science-news-recap/ #ICFOScienceRecap

The #Quantum Education Summit brought together the global community committed to advancing quantum education🧑‍🏫 Discussions focused on how to build strong learning pathways, support educators and prepare society for quantum technologies. #QES2025 #CATQuantumAcademy

#QuantumEducationSummit Day 1👋 This morning, our keynotes Heather Lewandowski, Bob Coecke, Aggie Branzyk, and Laura Piispanen, shared different Quantum education initiatives. #CATQuantumAcademy

The Quantum Education Summit 2025 opens today at CosmoCaixa 🙌 🌏A global meeting point to discuss how we educate, train and empower the next quantum workforce. From foundations to outreach, policy and inclusion, the program brings leaders from around the world together. #CATQuantumAcademy

S'acaba #AnyQuàntic2025 i nosaltres us compartim l'últim pòster, aquest cop sobre la Quantització, la idea que l'energia va en paquets o quanta, desenvolupada per Max Planck. Un projecte de #BISTCommunity @icfo.eu @iciq.org @icn2.bsky.social #IFAE i @perimeterinstitute.ca, amb @mariapicasso.com

Ready for the Quantum Education Summit! 🙌 #CATQuantumAcademy

Pioneering open library to identify biomolecules🧬 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social and ICFO present a key resource for progress in research into diseases such as cancer. ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2593/pi...

#ICFOSpinOff shinephi has closed its seed funding round, which will allow the company to accelerate prototype development, validate its core technology, and strengthen robustness, compactness, and scalability. ICFO News 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2592/shinephi-closes-its-seed-founding-round/880/

ICFO's #Quantum Technologies for space showcased at #SpaceTechExpoEU 🛰️ Our team is presenting the latest advances, including ultra-secure quantum communication systems for free-space networks as well as space-based missions. Fins us at the Catalonia Space Booth (S26) 📍

Con la clausura del Plan Complementario en Comunicaciones Cuánticas celebramos los avances logrados por los socios del proyecto🙌 Gracias a la colaboración entre instituciones, CCAA y el apoyo del Ministerio, España da un paso firme hacia el futuro de las tecnologías cuánticas.

👩‍💻 Durante las flash talks, el talento joven del Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas ha compartido proyectos que impulsan el futuro de la comunicación y el procesamiento cuántico en España. #NextGenerationEU #PRTR

📢Arranca la Clausura del Plan Complementario de Comunicaciones Cuánticas. La sesión institucional reúne hoy a representantes del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y universidades, comunidades autónomas y la @ec.europa.eu para trazar el futuro cuántico de España y Europa. #NextGenerationEU #PRTR

📝In a recent @physrevlett.bsky.social article, ICFO researchers have demonstrated that high-dimensional photonic states offer exceptional robustness to photon loss in the triangle network when certifying pure quantum correlations. ICFO News👉 icfo.eu/news/2586/th...

🎃🌰 Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of October’s top scientific news has you covered! Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month!👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2584/oc... #ICFOScienceRecap

🗨️ “I am honoured and thankful to receive the ESP Young Investigator Award. This recognition strongly motivates my newly established group at ICFO.” — Prof. Dr. Nicoletta Liguori on being awarded the @EurSocPhotobiol Young Investigator Award 2025. 👉 https://ow.ly/4uQM50XouBY

🧠Bridging Brain Science and Clinical Care in the 4th Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting Gathering of experts focuses discussion on clinical unmet needs and uses of photonic techniques in neuroscience, medicine & clinical care. ICFO News👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2585/br...

Very grateful to @icfo.eu MINDLAB workshop organizers for inviting me to share my research & visit the institute. I may have gone more bio for my postdoc, but my love of engineering has yet to fade & my passion for photons grows with every experiment. Feeling very inspired by this community 🔬 💗

⏲️⚛️Descobreix el món de la #quàntica en 5min! Per celebrar la Setmana de la Ciència un grup d'investigadors de l'ICFO ens explicarà per què la quàntica és important per a la seva investigació i per a la societat. Apunta't amb la teva classe! 👉 https://ow.ly/vwR050XmhK5

📝Simpler, yet just as precise: the new spectromicroscopy technique proposed at ICFO The technique, described in ACS Nano, could bring high quality together with greater accessibility and simplicity to this kind of research. ICFO News 👉 bit.ly/4i1l2Lv

🧠The Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Annual Meeting illustrated how diverse disciplines converge to bridge fundamental brain science with clinical care.

We started the BMPN Annual Meeting program with talks by experts featuring a spectrum of cutting-edge methodologies in the study of the brain 🧠

Kicking off the 4th Annual Barcelona Medical Photonics Network Meeting, for the first time happening at ICFO! 🙌 This event brings together experts in photonics, neuroscience, biology, and clinical medicine. An intersection of disciplines where new ideas emerge! 💡

📣Final call for the Quantum Education Summit 2025. 📅Registrations close November 9. Join international experts, educators, and researchers in Barcelona to explore the future of quantum learning and collaboration. Limited capacity. Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/

📣 Last days to apply! #Fellowships available for undergraduate and master students to conduct a research internship at ICFO with one of our Research Groups. 📅 Apply by November 6 👉 https://bit.ly/47lNq78

📝New clues on how physical forces spread in neurons ICFO researchers & collaborators have uncovered new insights into how physical stresses (which might encode mechanical information) spread across the membranes of neurons. 🔗NaturePhysics ICFO News👉 bit.ly/4omezx2

CARLA Camp: Photonics Career Symposium 💡 Explore photonics careers, tech talks & researcher stories! 📅 Dec 4, 2025 | 09:00 – 14:00 CET | CosmoCaixa Register now👉 https://quantumeducationsummit.eu/workshops/#tab-11772

📢 Last chance to register! Registration for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network closes tomorrow, October 28. Don’t miss it! 👉https://www.icfo.eu/event/4095/BMPN/ 🗓️ November 4 | 📍ICFO

📝Exposing graphene’s surface without sacrificing quality ICFO researchers have developed a new technique capable of selectively removing the top hBN layer while preserving the electronic quality of graphene. 🔗The Journal of Physics: Materials 👉http://bit.ly/4oC2LWV

📢Up to 9 fellowships available to undertake an internship or master’s thesis in #quantum at a different CQA institution or a non-CQA institution!​ ​ The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.​ Send your applications👉 https://bit.ly/4nTkDfU

ICFO postdoctoral researcher Luciano Iván Pereira Valenzuela has been recognized by CSIC for his outstanding doctoral thesis, carried out at the Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFF-CSIC)🙌 Congratulations Luciano for this award! 👏 ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2578/cs...

🍂 Whether you missed a few of them or just want a quick recap, our summary of September’s top scientific news has you covered! Dive in and catch up on everything that happened last month! 👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2569/september-science-news-recap/880/ #ICFOScienceRecap

📍En la marc del #DiaDeLaFotònica, la doctoranda Diana Méndez va participar en el taller Investiga'm a la Biblioteca de Castelldefels amb la xerrada “De la Tierra al cerebro: usando átomos para medir campos magnéticos”. 🧠Va compartir la seva recerca i va conversar amb el públic!

📢 ICFO welcomes applications for the DigiQ Student Research Fellowships Students can undertake an internship or master’s thesis project within ICFO’s Quantum Science and Technologies research groups Learn more👉 jobs.icfo.eu?detail=947 #DigiQ

Today we celebrate the #DayOfPhotonics and recall our #ICFOOpenDay ✨ Through lab tours, hands-on activities, and conversations with researchers, attendees discovered how #photonics help us understand and improve the world around us. ICFO News👉 icfo.eu/news/2576/op...

📝Roadmap for photonics with 2D materials and for quantum nanophotonics with free electrons ICFO researchers played a leading role in developing two roadmaps, published in ACS Photonics and coordinated by ICREA Prof. Javier García de Abajo. ICFO News👉 https://ow.ly/TS1t50XcYYu

ICFO receives the FEI 2025 award 🏆 The jury highlighted the center's track record in photonics research and its role as an international benchmark in the transfer of knowledge and cutting-edge technology, as well as a source of innovative companies. ICFO News 👉 https://ow.ly/UihK50Xct8B

📢Up to 4 fellowships available for students who want to undertake an internship and/or master’s thesis in #quantum at a CQA institution! ​ The #CATQuantumAcademy launches the Research Fellowship Call for outstanding students applying.​ Apply here👉 https://bit.ly/42FT0i8

📢The program for the Annual Meeting of the Barcelona Medical Photonics Network is out! Discover how photonics helps bridge brain science and clinical care 🧠💡 🗓️ Nov 4 | 📍ICFO Register by October 28th 👉 www.icfo.eu/event/4095/B...

📣 @icfo.eu is now accepting applications for its Student Research Fellowships, including the SPIE@ICFO María Yzuel Awards, which support women in the field of #optics and #photonics. Join top scientists for up to 12 months of research! Apply now: https://jobs.icfo.eu/?detail=1040 #WomenInSTEM

📢Up to 9 fellowships available to undertake an internship or master’s thesis in #quantum at a different CQA institution or a non-CQA institution!​ ​ The #CATQuantumAcademy launches its Mobility Call for outstanding students.​ Send your applications👉 bit.ly/4nTkDfU

#ICFOSpinOff @luxquanta.bsky.social secures €8 Million in Series A Funding to Accelerate Global Deployment of Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Solutions. This milestone funding marks LuxQuanta’s transition from a promising startup to a global scale-up. ICFO News 👉 icfo.eu/news/2573/lu...

A la tarda, hem donat la benvinguda a famílies! 🙌 A través d’activitats, experiments i xerrades, hem compartit la nostra recerca amb públic de totes les edats. #ICFOOpenDay

Apropant la #fotònica i les seves aplicacions als estudiants! 💡 Un matí complet de visites a laboratoris, xerrades amb #ICFOnians i activitats per descobrir què fem a l'ICFO. #ICFOOpenDay

Comença l'#ICFOOpenDay! 🙌 Aquest matí rebem estudiants de batxillerat amb ganes de descobrir l'impacte de la recerca #fotònica en la societat💡

👋 La Diana, el Miguel, la Rebecca i el Chunyu ens obriran les portes dels seus laboratoris! Demà, a l’ #ICFOOpenDay, ells i altres #ICFOnians voluntaris acompanyaran els grups que ens visitaran en un recorregut per diversos laboratoris i activitats 🔬

💡 The research group led by ICFO Prof. Michael Krieg has been awarded a BBVA Foundation Fundamentos Grant to study disordered proteins in neuronal cells in collaboration with @irbbarcelona.org. ICFO News 👉 www.icfo.eu/news/2566/ic...

📝Interconnecting quantum memories for the quantum internet ICFO researchers have recently achieved a milestone towards the distribution of entanglement over long distances, which could serve as one of the building blocks of a worldwide quantum internet. In @physrevlett.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/4qggyV1