Welcome to the ICTP Multiverse

ICTP now has a new outlet for its international community to communciate with each other and the world. The Centre has launched a new blog, called Multiverse, to showcase stories on the science, culture and lives of scientists in the ICTP network, focusing on what is happening at and because of ICTP. 

For more than fifty years, thousands of scientists have studied at, worked at, visited, collaborated with, or been supported by ICTP. Each of those scientists has many stories--about their science, cultures, challenges, and lives--stories that sometimes go untold because they don’t necessarily qualify as “news.”

Multiverse is a new home for those stories, to make sure they get told. Research doesn’t happen in a vacuum: scientists are human too, and humans are a storytelling species. The blog will provide a backstage look, a glimpse into the process and lives of scientists and the science they publish.

The first two posts discuss challenges for women in physics and how speedy publication is hurting science quality in developing countries.

We hope you take a look, tell your friends and colleagues, and check back regularly to see new posts. Enjoy!