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Voces, CSIC Balears: Complex networks, football and the rental market
Feb. 18, 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 ...
A study analyses how microplastics sink in the Mediterranean Sea
Feb. 16, 2021
A study, with participation of IFISC (UIB-CSIC) researchers, describes
how microplastics sink in the Mediterranean Sea and analyses the consequences
for their dispersion and distribution throughout the water column. The work,
published in Ocean Science, proposes a model for the ...
11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021
Feb. 11, 2021
The United Nations General Assembly decided to
proclaim 11 February as International Women's and Girls' Day in Science with
the goal of achieving full and equal access to science for girls and women.
To date, 23.9 % of the ...
The Sicomoro Foundation sponsors a fellowship to study the Master's Degree in Physics of Complex Systems at IFISC
Feb. 5, 2021
Within the framework of the collaboration agreement signed between the Sicomoro Foundation and the University of the Balearic Islands through
IFISC (UIB-CSIC), the Foundation sponsors a mobility grant to study the Master's Degree in Physics of Complex Systems.
This ...
Study links anthropogenic noise in the ocean to changes in marine animals and their ecosystems
Feb. 4, 2021
An
international team of researchers, including IFISC (UIB-CSIC)
researcher Víctor Eguíluz, has documented the impact of
human-caused noise on marine animals (from invertebrates to whales)
and their ecosystems. The scientists have found evidence of its
negative effect, altering the behavior ...
IFISC People: David Abella, Annalisa Caligiuri, Juan Manuel García and Lucía Ramírez
Feb. 1, 2021
We are glad to introduce David Abella, Annalisa
Caligiuri, Juan Manuel García and Lucía Ramirez to the other IFISC members.
David Abella studied physics at Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and took the IFISC's
Master in Physics of Complex Systems ...
Experimental evidence of the Radar COVID application
Jan. 27, 2021
Identifying
the contacts with whom an infected person has been is key in any
pandemic to stop the spread of the pathogen. This can be done
manually, by asking the sick person, however it is an extremely slow
and complex ...
Conseller d’Educació, Universitat i Recerca visits IFISC (UIB-CSIC)
Jan. 22, 2021
On January 22, the conseller
d'Educació, Universitat i Recerca del Govern de les Illes Balears Martí March, accompanied by the secretaria
autonómica de Universitat, Recerca i Política Lingüística, Agustina Vilaret, and the director
general de Política Universitària i Recerca ...
Defining the 'temperature' of language features
Jan. 22, 2021
It is estimated that 'modern' human
language has been with us for at least 100,000 years. Unfortunately, the
historical evolution of languages is often poorly documented, and evidence does
not go further back in time than the moment when ...
IFISC researcher coedits a book on Mesoscopic Physics
Jan. 12, 2021
IFISC
(UIB-CSIC) researcher David Sánchez recently edited, together with Kharkiv
Polytechnic Institute researcher Michael Moskalets, a book entitled Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Systems.
The book
includes 19 review papers and research articles from a Special Issue published
in the interdisciplinary ...