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Urban hierarchical structure through mobility: connecting the structure of cities with transport, emissions and health
Oct. 23, 2019
More than half the world's population lives in
cities. This has led to a rapid process of urbanization of different areas in
order to have enough space to accommodate this large number of people. In this
context, understanding the ...
Study involving IFISC researchers featured in National Geographic magazine
Sept. 2, 2019
National Geographic, one of the largest non-profit scientific and
educational organizations in the world, has published in its September issue the
infograph “Tweets of Many Tongues” based on the results of the study "Immigrant community integration in world cities". The ...
Cities as Gravitational Mobility Wells
Aug. 30, 2019
Urban pollution, air quality, the demand for
new infrastructure, the spread of epidemics, the structure of the city or
economic conditions are some of the issues that can benefit from the study of
human mobility. From a theoretical point of ...
Characterizing spontaneous quantum synchronization
July 29, 2019
The spontaneous synchronization between different interacting units is a
paradigmatic example of a collective phenomenon. In the last decade there has
been a growing interest among the scientific community to investigate this
phenomenon in the context of quantum systems, in ...
PhD Thesis: Electrically and thermally driven transport in interacting quantum dot structures
May 28, 2019
We are proud to congratulate Miguel
A. Sierra on the
successful defense of his thesis work, "Electrically
and thermally driven transport in interacting quantum dot structures",
supervised by David
Sánchez.
His thesis, defended on Thursday 11th
April, deals with one ...
Pint of Science 2019
May 13, 2019
Pint of Science (PoS) 2019, the popular Science festival that proposes a meeting between researchers and the public in bars,
returns to Palma on 20th, 21st and 22nd of May for the third consecutive year. The festival has an international ...
Navegando por la complejidad del siglo XXI: La información como motor
March 5, 2019
Publicizing the world of complex systems and
interdisciplinary science through outreach activities has been one of the main
objectives of IFISC (UIB-CSIC) from its inception to the present day. With this
goal in mind, the series of talks "Navegando por ...
Characterizing graphene quantum contacts
Feb. 8, 2019
Graphene has
attracted an ongoing interest in the scientific community since its outstanding
properties were unveiled: from bulletproofing to nanotechnology, studying how
graphene behaves in certain situations is opening the way to new applications
of this material. Similarly, quantum contacts ...
11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2019
Feb. 7, 2019
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.
February 11, 2018 was a turning ...
Neuro-inspired pattern recognition
Jan. 22, 2019
Pattern recognition is a cognitive task that
humans are especially good at; identifying a visual or auditory stimulus (and
being able to act accordingly) is an essential quality for the survival of
living beings. With this in mind, it is ...