On January 7, 2025, the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) was officially recognized as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) by the European Commission.
[Direct Detection of Down-Converted Photons Spontaneously Produced at a Single Josephson Junction](https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.013804) by Alba Torras and collaborators has been published in Physical Review Letters.
IFAE has been awarded 10,000€ in competitive funding from the Ginjol call to support the maintenance of the VIP technology patent, developed by Prof. Chmeissani.
The High Energy Physics Institute (IFAE) is one of four research centres that collaborate with the Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) in a series of events called “Radical Science”, a cultural initiative that showcases how cutting-edge scientific research is transforming our world.