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...
Ideas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizations
A researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is the lead author of a study with proposals for “technosignatures” -evidence for the use of...
IGOR NOVIKOV: “Dentro de 100 años, la máquina del tiempo será teóricamente viable”
Este atrevido astrónomo ruso de 60 años, experto en Cosmología y física cuántica, ha presidido la Comisión de Cosmología de la Unión Astronómica Internacional...
Impressions and observations of a trip to Tenerife
"The famous astronomer Jean Mascart of the Paris Observatory came to Tenerife in 1910 along with other scientists to carry out various studies, including the...
Impressive images of the Ring Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
An international team of astronomers, in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias are taking part, share the intricate and delicate...
Ionized gas kinematics and massive star formation in NGC 1530
Abstract. We present emission line mapping of the strongly barred galaxy NGC 1530 obtained using Fabry-P´erot interferometry in Hα, at significantly enhanced...
JEFFREY R. KUHN: “In our lifetime we are going to wake up some morning to the news that we have discovered life”
The Sun is not the live coal that Anaxagoras described. We can imagine hell in its interior, and we know that there are darker spots on its surface which, when...
JO PULS: “One of the current prime challenges is the evolution of massive binaries”
His interest about the radiative transfer began in a lecture about "Stellar Atmospheres" he attended when he was studying his Physics degree. He was previously...