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Study suggests climate change opens the door to a vine disease that Europe dodged 150 years ago
Feb. 20, 2025
A collaboration between IFISC and the company Tragsa analyzes the global expansion of Pierce's disease, which has been spreading in the Mediterranean for a decade.Until the 21st century, the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, responsible for causing Pierce's disease ...
IFISC researchers discover critical link between mobility and epidemic spread
Feb. 19, 2025
A new study, led by IFISC researchers, studies epidemics in light of a critical mobility threshold that can trigger major epidemic outbreaks.This research provides valuable information for the design of mobility-based epidemic containment strategies, with significant implications for public ...
IFISC coordinates a European doctoral training network to drive innovation in post-digital computing
Feb. 17, 2025
IFISC coordinates the European Doctoral Network POSTDIGITAL Plus to train researchers in brain-inspired and unconventional computing technologies.The initiative aims to develop energy-efficient computing paradigms, training 17 doctoral students for the future of post-digital technologies.The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics ...
IFISC People: Carmen Martínez
Dec. 23, 2024
We are pleased to introduce Carmen Martínez, who has recently joined IFISC as an administrative manager.Carmen holds a degree in Political Science and pursued a career in public administration by passing the competitive examination for the Civil Administration Management ...
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 ...