Notícies
CSIC awards a research carried out at IFISC by a young researcher
Dec. 14, 2021
Hector Vaquero was awarded best research report in the XXXII competition “Jóvenes Investigadores” organized by the Ministry of Universities and the Instituto de Juventud (INJUVE). His work, entitled “Desarrollo y aplicaciones de redes neuronales artificiales”, was developed at IFISC in …
IFISC researcher wins an Asociación Física Argentina award for her PhD Thesis
Dec. 7, 2021
IFISC postdoctoral researcher Lucía Ramírez was awarded Best PhD Thesis in Theoretical Physics in Argentina 2019-2020 in the Premio Juan José Giambiagi 2021, a competition organized by the Asociación Física Argentina. Her PhD thesis was entitled “Caracterización de los procesos …
IFISC People: Lucas Lacasa
Nov. 30, 2021
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Lucas Lacasa joins IFISC as a CSIC Tenured Scientist. Lucas was previously Reader in Applied Mathematics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (UK) as well as an associate …
In quantum mechanics, not even time flows as you might expect
Nov. 24, 2021
A team of physicists at the Universities of Vienna, Bristol, IFISC and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI-Vienna) has shown how quantum systems can simultaneously evolve along two opposite time arrows (forward and backward in time). The …
Voces, CSIC Balears: Complex networks, mathematical chemistry and COVID
Nov. 17, 2021
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) and the Institutional Representation of CSIC in the Balearic Islands join forces and create "Voces, CSIC Balears", a bimonthly podcast for the dissemination of science. Through interviews with scientists working at CSIC's centres in the Balearic Islands (IMEDEA …
Boosting the output power of lasers by breaking their symmetry
Nov. 11, 2021
More uniform light intensity profiles are possible in large-aperture semiconductor lasers if the optical aperture is intentionally deformed. An international team from Łodz University of Technology, Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics in Warsaw, Technical University of Berlin, and IFISC (UIB-CSIC) …
IFISC and IMEDEA organize the V Symposium on Ecological Networks
Nov. 5, 2021
Researchers from IFISC and IMEDEA organize the V Symposium on ecological networks (ECONET) in Palma. The event will be held between November 10 and 12, and will bring together, for the first time, biologists and theoretical physicists who work on …
Voces, CSIC Balears: Artificial Intelligence, laser and Reservoir Computing
Oct. 20, 2021
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) and the Institutional Representation of CSIC in the Balearic Islands join forces and create "Voces, CSIC Balears", a bimonthly podcast for the dissemination of science. Through interviews with scientists working at CSIC's centres in the Balearic Islands (IMEDEA …
Disease outbreak simulations reveal influence of “seeding” by multiple infected people
Oct. 14, 2021
A new computational analysis suggests that, beyond the initial effect of one infected person arriving and spreading disease to a previously uninfected population, the continuous arrival of more infected individuals has a significant influence on the evolution and severity of …
IFISC participates in the development of the CSIC's White Book on Scientific Challenges 2030
Oct. 11, 2021
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is launching 14 strategic themes to coordinate cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research teams to expand the frontiers of knowledge in areas such as the origin of life, the composition of matter, space exploration, the functioning of …