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Formation of biological patterns by pulsed signals
Feb. 6, 2023
Alan Turing first described
how regular patterns found in living things, such as the stripes of
zebras, appear.A collaborative study
between IFISC and Princeton University proposes an alternative
mechanism to explain this pattern formation.
Understanding how regular shapes (patterns ...
11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
Feb. 3, 2023
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly
decided to proclaim 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in
Science with the aim of achieving full and equal access to science for girls
and women.
This year IFISC ...
Modeling the spread of Pierce's disease of grapevines
Jan. 30, 2023
Wine production is being
decimated in some places by Pierce's disease, caused by the
bacterium Xylella fastidiosa.
Researchers propose a model
that takes into account the effect of ambient temperature to see how
climate change will affect its spread ...
Traveling patterns in seagrass meadows
Jan. 9, 2023
In seagrass meadows there are patterns associated with high mortality of plants capable of moving while maintaining their shape.Researchers propose a model that reproduces these traveling patterns and at the same time is a diagnostic tool for the health ...
12 IFISC researchers in Stanford University's world ranking of scientists
Nov. 18, 2022
Stanford University has published the World’s Top 2 % Scientists 2022, a global ranking of the world's most cited scientists in various
disciplines. This ranking is considered one of the most prestigious in the world and it’s based ...
IFISC People: Hira Ali, Dimitrios Chalkiadakis and Pablo Rosillo
Nov. 15, 2022
We are glad to introduce Hira Ali, Dimitrios Chalkiadakis and Pablo Rosillo to the other IFISC members.Hira Ali attended the IFISC’s Master in Physics of Complex Systems. At IFISC she will work as a PhD student together with ...
The Balearic Islands science of excellence
Nov. 9, 2022
The research institutes IFISC (UIB-CSIC) and IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), both located in the Balearic Islands, receive the accreditation of "María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence". The Ministry of Science and Innovation, through the State Research Agency (AEI), has granted the Institute ...
Former IFISC researcher wins Emerging Researcher Award from the Complex Systems Society
Oct. 24, 2022
Former IFISC postdoctoral researcher, Aleix Bassolas, has been awarded the Emerging Researcher award. The award, given at the closing ceremony of the Conference on Complex Systems Congress (CCS) by the Complex Systems Society, has highlighted Bassolas' research work and his ...
Conference on Complex Systems CCS 2022
Oct. 13, 2022
IFISC
(UIB-CSIC) organizes the Conference on
Complex Systems, CCS 2022. The conference will take place next October,
17-21 at the Palma Auditorium. More than 600 researchers, from all over the
world and from different fields of complexity science, will gather ...
IFISC researcher Massimiliano Zanin to share best practices at Balearic Islands ERC Proposal Reading Days
Oct. 6, 2022
IFISC, together
with the UIB European Projects Office (OPE), the Spanish Foundation for Science
and Technology (FECyT), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the
Direcció General de Política Universitària i Recerca (DGPUR) are organizing a
full day activity in ...