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Dispersion as a destabilizing mechanism of ecosystems
Nov. 30, 2020
Ecosystems are one of the paradigmatic examples in
complex systems science. A large number of species interact with each other in
various ways, either by feeding upon each other, competing for the same
resource, or even collaborating. But within an ...
IFISC and the CSIC Representation in the Balearic Islands present a podcast for the European Researchers' Night 2020
Nov. 23, 2020
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) and the Institutional Representation of CSIC in the Balearic Islands join forces and create "Voces, CSIC Illes Balears", a monthly podcast for the dissemination of science. Through interviews with scientists working at CSIC's centres in the Balearic ...
Robustness to extinction and plasticity derived from bipartite mutualist networks in ecology
July 7, 2020
Ecosystems are a
paradigmatic example of a complex system: a large number of species, both
animal and plant, which interact in a variety of ways. These interactions can
be positive like mutualism, negative like predation or neutral like neutralism,
and ...
New method based on geolocated data from Twitter detects refugee flows worldwide
April 22, 2020
A
team led by researchers of IFISC (CSIC-UIB) has developed a new
method to detect refugee flows worldwide. The work, based on
geolocated data from the social network Twitter and carried out in
collaboration with UNICEF, has allowed researchers to ...
Why it is difficult to control epidemic outbreaks in a world that moves so much
March 31, 2020
In
the last 20 years our way of moving has changed radically, we are
used to stepping on an airport several times a year, either for work
or to go on holiday. According to IATA data, in less than 15 ...
Navegando por la complejidad del siglo XXI: Enredados en la Complejidad
Feb. 19, 2020
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 ...
Picosecond detection of electron motion
Dec. 17, 2019
Quantum electronics consists in the
generation and manipulation of quantum states encoded in the electronic degrees
of freedom of a conductor. In the case of small closed systems such as quantum
dots, the orbital degree of freedom can be used ...
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 ...
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 ...