Notícies
How networks avoid collapsing under heavy navigational use?
July 25, 2023
IFISC researchers discover that the evolution of networks has a hidden mechanism for naturally creating bypasses that facilitate navigability.The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, shows how bypasses exist in various networks, such …
Dr. Ernesto Estrada, IFISC researcher, elected Fellow of the Network Science Society
July 14, 2023
Dr. Ernesto Estrada, researcher at IFISC (CSIC-UIB), has been elected Fellow by the prestigious Network Science Society (NetSci). As one of only six individuals elected in the class of 2023, Dr. Estrada's exceptional contributions to the field of network science …
IFISC People: Sara Cloux and Dhafer Ferchichi
July 6, 2023
We are glad to introduce Sara Cloux and Dhafer Ferchichi to the other IFISC members.Sara Cloux completed her doctorate in Marine Sciences, Technologies, and Management at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Her research focused on the Lagrangian transport of …
IFISC hosts the Complexity72h workshop
June 23, 2023
IFISC (Institute of Cross-disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, UIB-CSIC) will host the fourth edition of the Complexity72h workshop, which will take place at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on June 26-30 2023. Complexity72h is an interdisciplinary workshop for young researchers in …
The language puzzle: how Physics helps unlock linguistic mysteries
June 22, 2023
The field of language dynamics, which applies physics to linguistics, is a relatively new interdisciplinary area of research. Physicists have successfully used their methods to study various aspects of language. By analyzing linguistic data and using mathematical models, physicists have …
Unveiling the role of Coulomb interactions in high-energy electron collisions
June 15, 2023
A group of three research teams, in which IFISC (UIB-CSIC) researcher Sungguen Ryu participated, have conducted groundbreaking experiments demonstrating that high-energy electrons repel each other upon collision in a beam splitter due to strong Coulomb interactions. These results clearly show …
The eminent scientist Margarita del Val will give a lecture at UIB on interdisciplinary research in epidemics
June 13, 2023
The CSIC Representation in the Balearic Islands, the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and the Institute of Cross-disciplinary Physics in Complex Systems (IFISC, UIB-CSIC) are organizing the lecture "Investigación interdisciplinar en epidemias desde la Plataforma de Salud Global del …
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) researchers present a new quantum method of pattern classification
June 1, 2023
Researchers at IFISC (UIB-CSIC) have proposed a novel method for pattern classification using a single nonlinear quantum oscillator instead of a lattice of spins (bits). The study, published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters, focuses on the implementation of …
New tool to predict the optimal time of intervention to control the nymphs of Philaenus spumarius, insect vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe
May 18, 2023
Researchers from two CSIC institutes developed a predictive tool that can help limit the populations of the main insect vector of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, which causes diseases that seriously affect several key crops in our agriculture, such as olive …
Pint of Science 2023: the festival in Palma that brings science closer to the bar
May 18, 2023
IFISC and IMEDEA, two CSIC-UIB institutes located in the Balearic Islands, are organizing the fourth edition of the Pint of Science Festival in Palma, in which researchers from the UIB will also participate.The event will take place at the Café …