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This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

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  • Olga Atanackovic. Credit: Miguel Briganti (SMM, IAC)
    Interview
    Olga Atanackovic: “Numerical methods in radiative transfer can also be used in many other fields, like engineering and industry”
    When Olga Atanackovic, professor at the Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade (Serbia), finished her PhD thesis, she was the only one person in Serbia working in radiative transfer, an astrophysical problem which studies the interactions between radiation and matter with the goal of understanding the properties of stars and galaxies. Nowadays, the number of specialists in numerical methods in radiative transfer has increased to six, thanks to her efforts as university professor. “Numerical methods in radiative transfer can also be used in many other fields
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  • Fotogramas del cuarto vídeo de la serie “Niñas que rompieron un techo de cristal mirando al cielo”, del IAC y la FECYT. Crédito: IAC.
    Press release
    A new chapter in the series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”
    To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we publish the fourth chapter in the audiovisual series “Girls who broke a glass ceiling looking at the sky”. It will be available in the social networks and the video channels (YouTube and Daylimotion) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), and its objective is to continue drawing attention to the work that women in this Institute carry out, and to encourage the youngest girls to opt for scientific and technical careers.
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  • Poster of the activity "Habla con ellas: Mujeres en Astronomía"
    Press release
    Encourage scientific and technological vocations among younger women
    Because of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and International Women’s Day, women scientists and engineers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias will participate, throughout February and March, in a number of activities to show the role of women in science and to arouse interest in science in young girls.
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  • Imagen de la región más interna de ESO428-G14 en la línea de [SiVI] solapada con la emisión del jet (contornos en azul) en radio. Los números 1 a 6 denotan las regiones donde la emisión del jet es más intensa. La región 1 coincide con la posición del AGN. Crédito: D.May et al.
    Press release
    A galaxy which outshines the rest
    Gas is essential to the process of forming a galaxy. During the first stages the amount of gas present determines the number of stars which will be in the galaxy. The galaxies with active nuclei (AGN) are those with a region of intense brightness in their centres. This brightness is produced by the presence of a supermassive black hole whose gravity makes it accumulate matter around it, in a process known as accretion. Supermassive black holes cause the surrounding gas to heat up, and some of it is driven towards the outer part of the galaxy (feedback effect). Until now it was believed that
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