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Grants Severo Ochoa for centres of excellence Call 2019
The IAC is the most important astrophysics research centre in Spain. Its new Strategic Plan mainly seeks excellence in science and to strengthen and consolidate...
GTCAO LGS. Adaptative Optics and Laser Guide Star for GTC
The Adaptive Optics (AO) for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) corrects the effect of the atmospheric turbulence on the light, to exploit the high spatial...
IAC contribution to SPICA and multiwavelength scientific exploitation
In the last two decades, Spain has built up a strong infrared community which have successfully contributed, at Co-I level, to the construction and to the...
IAC participation in the development of the HARMONI instrument (SO 2021-2023)
HARMONI is a first light optical / infrared spectrograph of integral field and high spatial resolution for ELT. Its design and construction is carried out by an...
IACTEC and the prompt detection of a diabetic foot
The technology which is used in astrophysics research is useful not only in space; many of the sophisticated techniques can be put to very good use in the field...
IACTEC develops a model to simulate pathologies of a diabetic foot
Today, November 14th, World Diabetes Day, the programme of IACTEC-Medical Technology of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) dedicated to the transfer...
IACTEC develops a system which can analyze subcutaneous tissues for early detection of illnesses
The first tests of a concept using microwave radiometry have yielded promising results for the measurement of subcutaneous temperatures in biological tissues...
IACTEC Large Telescopes: New Robotic Telescope - NRT
The NRT (New Robotic Telescope) is a project to design and build a 4-meter telescope within five years, which from the ORM will operate in a totally autonomous...
Implementation of actions to improve OCAN" - ACT2.- EUROPEAN SOLAR TELESCOPE (EST)
EST se construirá en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, y será el mayor telescopio solar europeo. Dispondrá de un espejo primario de 4 metros y de la...