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National Geographic publishes an interactive graphic based on research done with participation of IFISC researchers
Sept. 13, 2018
National Geographic, one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world, has published on its website an interactive graphic of the results of a research carried out at IFSIC. The article, entitled “Immigrant community integration in world ...
Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for arbitrary environments
Sept. 10, 2018
Thermodynamics, the branch of physics concerned
with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work, can be
extended far beyond the large macroscopic systems of our daily lives. However, stochastic fluctuations in thermodynamic
quantities—like work, heat, and ...
How do ants move?
June 28, 2018
The behavior of social animals, such as
insects, is a paradigmatic example of a collective phenomenon that emerges from
individual behavior. A research article published by researchers at the
Institute for Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC, UIB-CSIC)
in collaboration ...
Pint of Science 2018
May 8, 2018
Pint of Science, the science popularization
festival that proposes a meeting between researchers and the public in the
bars, arrives on the 14, 15 and 16th of May in Palma de Mallorca.For three consecutive days (14, 15 and 16 ...
It's not quantum mechanics that's weird - it's us
Nov. 20, 2017
Quantum theory is famously mind-boggling. But do its paradoxes mean we haven’t yet understood it?Quantum mechanics is so notoriously difficult that Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman cheerfully admitted that even he didn’t understand it.The reason is not ...
Complex Pints
Nov. 8, 2017
On October 7, students enrolled at the the Master in Complex Systems, official
degree taught by IFISC, organized the outreach event Complex Pints at Cafè Teatre Tertúlia. As part of the “Introduction
to Complex Systems” subject the students had the ...
IFISC participated in the II Fira de la Ciència i la Tecnologia d'Inca
Oct. 31, 2017
Members of IFISC (Claudio R. Mirasso, Cristian Estarellas, Marcos Galletero and Adrián García) participated in the II Fira de la Ciència i la Tecnologia d’Inca (October 28-30). Both seniors and children were able to visit the IFISC stand in ...
PhD Thesis: Spin and charge transport in thermally and AC driven nanodevices
Oct. 19, 2017
We are proud to congratulate Maria Isabel Alomar on the recent successful defense of her thesis work, "Spin and charge transport in thermally and AC driven nanodevices", supervised by David Sánchez.Her thesis, defended on Monday 9th October, deals with ...
Reversal of thermoelectric current in tubular nanowires
Sept. 4, 2017
An international team of researchers, including an IFISC (CSIC-UIB) member, predicts an inversed current in nanowires subjected to strong thermal gradients.The thermoelectric effect arises when the sides of a conductive material are held at different temperatures. The resulting energy ...
Robin Hood, from the bow to Big Data
June 30, 2017
Tal como hiciera Robin Hood luchando contra la desigualdad en la distribución de la riqueza en Nottingham armado con su arco, un estudio publicado por investigadores españoles y franceses propone un método para promover la redistribución de oportunidades económicas en ...