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IFISC researchers reveal how quantum network boundaries shape machine learning performance
June 10, 2025
Researchers from IFISC (CSIC-UIB) show that the learning ability of quantum neural networks can depend entirely on how their boundaries are connected.Published in Optica Quantum, the study reveals how the Liouvillian skin effect enables control of information processing through dissipation. …
New study uncovers the early-warning signals hidden in dynamical plant formations
March 17, 2025
IFISC-led research, published in PNAS, demonstrates the critical role of self-organized plant patterns in maintaining ecosystem resilience under harsh conditions.These findings provide valuable tools for monitoring and predicting ecosystem decline, with implications for environmental management and policy.A new study led …
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 in vineyards, was …
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 journal Global …
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 - …
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 can …
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 by the …
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 stability.The …