LIP NewsLIP News 14 September, 2026

LIP Summer Internships 2026 brought together 67 students across 36 research projects

The 2026 edition of the LIP Summer Internships brought together 67 students in projects carried out in Lisbon, Coimbra and Braga, spanning several areas of the laboratory’s research

LIP NewsLIP News 11 September, 2026

LIP brings research, instrumentation and science communication to the National Meeting on Astronomy and Astrophysics

Radiation and space weather, instrumentation, and science communication were among the topics brought by three LIP groups to the 36th National Meeting on Astronomy and Astrophysics, held in Porto

LIP NewsLIP News 09 September, 2026

Our most recent PhD graduate

Beatriz Pereira successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Radiation Damage of Optical Components in Scintillator Detectors: from the ATLAS/LHC Tile Calorimeter to Future Experiments”

LIP NewsLIP News 09 September, 2026

Our most recent PhD graduate

Cristiana Rodrigues successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Development of Microdosimetric Detectors for Radiobiology in Hadron Therapy Facilities”

LIP NewsLIP News 04 September, 2026

BepiColombo’s arrival at Mercury has begun

LIP’s SpaceRad group leads the operation and scientific analysis of BERM, the radiation monitor travelling on board the Mercury Planetary Orbiter

LIP NewsLIP News 02 September, 2026

LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter

An interaction observed in the LZ experiment could be interpreted as a WIMP signal, but more data will be needed to confirm this.