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On language preferences in multilingual societies
Nov. 15, 2023
Researchers at IFISC (UIB-CSIC) mathematically model linguistic ideologies to understand why some languages are spoken more than others.The study, published in Chaos, examines the influence of interaction between populations on linguistic dynamics. Researchers at the Institute for Cross-disciplinary Physics ...
Ciència a tot tren: A scientific route on rails from Palma to Sóller
Oct. 30, 2023
Scientists will give thematic micro-talks on their advances and research aimed at all audiences.The event, which is free and requires prior registration, will be held on Saturday, 11 November, from 10am to 5pm.The activity also includes visits to ...
Heterogeneity leads to increased marine plankton blooms, model shows
Oct. 24, 2023
The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that dilution
and mixing of water patches with different properties can significantly
increase plankton biomass growth in response to local nutrient injections.The approach used allows a deeper and more precise understanding of ...
Monitoring the economy through air transport
Sept. 4, 2023
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) researcher Massimiliano Zanin has successfully secured the "RE-TE" (Regional Economy-Travel Expectations) project. This project is part of the ERC Proof of Concept initiative and its main
objective is to monitor the economic situation at European, national and local ...
How networks avoid collapsing under heavy navigational use?
July 25, 2023
IFISC researchers discover that the evolution of networks has a hidden mechanism for naturally creating bypasses that facilitate navigability.The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, shows how bypasses exist in various networks ...
Dr. Ernesto Estrada, IFISC researcher, elected Fellow of the Network Science Society
July 14, 2023
Dr. Ernesto Estrada, researcher at IFISC
(CSIC-UIB), has been elected Fellow by the prestigious Network Science Society
(NetSci). As one of only six individuals elected in the class of 2023, Dr.
Estrada's exceptional contributions to the field of network ...
IFISC People: Sara Cloux and Dhafer Ferchichi
July 6, 2023
We are glad to introduce Sara Cloux and Dhafer Ferchichi to the other IFISC members.Sara Cloux completed her doctorate in Marine Sciences, Technologies, and Management at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Her research focused on the Lagrangian transport ...
IFISC hosts the Complexity72h workshop
June 23, 2023
IFISC (Institute of Cross-disciplinary Physics
and Complex Systems, UIB-CSIC) will host
the fourth edition of the Complexity72h workshop, which will take place at
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on June 26-30 2023.
Complexity72h is an interdisciplinary workshop
for young researchers in ...
The language puzzle: how Physics helps unlock linguistic mysteries
June 22, 2023
The field of language dynamics, which
applies physics to linguistics, is a relatively new interdisciplinary area of
research. Physicists have successfully used their methods to study various
aspects of language. By analyzing linguistic data and using mathematical
models, physicists have ...
Unveiling the role of Coulomb interactions in high-energy electron collisions
June 15, 2023
A group of three research teams, in which IFISC
(UIB-CSIC) researcher Sungguen Ryu participated, have conducted groundbreaking
experiments demonstrating that high-energy
electrons repel each other upon collision in a beam splitter due to strong
Coulomb interactions. These results clearly show ...