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IFISC researchers uncover universal spatial patterns in coral reefs worldwide
Dec. 18, 2024
Researchers reveal universal spatial patterns in coral reefs, uncovering consistent ecological laws across diverse marine environments.These findings provide new insights into reef conservation and restoration by linking coral reef structures to mathematical principles.A groundbreaking study published in the ...
IFISC highlighted in Nature Communications as a model of interdisciplinary research
Dec. 12, 2024
The article highlights
that the Institute explores scientific territories at the frontiers between
traditional fields, facilitating the emergence of new areas of knowledge.
The Institute for Cross-disciplinary
Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC, UIB-CSIC) is the protagonist of a new
article ...
IFISC researchers discover how collective learning emerges in neural networks
Nov. 13, 2024
A study published in Physical Review Research reveals that, by coupling different neural networks, they can learn from each other without the need to exchange data, and collective learning emerges abruptly, through phase transitions.The work developed by IFISC scientists ...
IFISC People: Josu Blanco, Sreetama Das and Javier Osca
Nov. 11, 2024
We are pleased to introduce Josu Blanco, Sreetama Das and Javier Osca to the rest of the IFISC members.Josu Blanco, originally from Donostia-San Sebastian, holds a degree in Physics from the University of Cantabria and a Master's degree ...
David Abella, IFISC researcher, awarded at the second edition of the UIB Chair of Urban Studies Awards
Nov. 11, 2024
The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), through the Chair of Urban Studies, has announced the winners of the second edition of its annual awards. On this occasion, the prize for doctoral research has been awarded to David Abella Bujalance ...
New mathematical framework reveals architecture of biotic interactions
Oct. 25, 2024
An interdisciplinary team with IFISC participation has developed a model that integrates multiple types of biotic
interactions in a single framework. What is innovative about this
mathematical framework is that it is not limited to ecological networks, but
can be ...
Researchers analyze how our relationships affect the adoption of innovations
Oct. 21, 2024
The study, published in PNAS Nexus, reveals that indirect connections in social networks influence the adoption of innovations, with an impact that reaches up to two-thirds that of direct contacts.The experiment demonstrates that the influence of friends of friends ...
How European vineyards dodged a devastating American disease
Oct. 15, 2024
Study
reveals how Europe escaped Pierce's disease and warns of increasing risk due to
climate change
A team of researchers, including
researchers from IFISC (UIB-CSIC), has revealed the reasons why European
vineyards escaped the devastating Pierce's disease, caused ...
Breaking the Barrier: Engineered Dissipation to Overcome Barren Plateaus in Quantum Algorithms
Oct. 7, 2024
A team of researchers from the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) has unveiled a groundbreaking approach to tackle one of the most significant challenges in quantum computing: barren plateaus. This phenomenon severely restricts the performance of variational ...
Signed networks model enhances understanding of global conflicts and alliances
Sept. 9, 2024
Researchers at IFISC
and the University of Milano-Bicocca develop a model using signed networks to
understand international relations.The study, published
in the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, proposes a local balance
index to evaluate countries' contributions to global ...