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Sachiko Kuroyanagi awarded a 2024 Leonardo Grant from Fundación BBVA
Sachiko Kuroyanagi, a staff scientist at the Instituto de Física Teórica IFT UAM-CSIC, has been awarded one of the prestigious 2024 Leonardo Grants in the Physics category, granted by Fundación BBVA. Her project, titled “Innovative Machine Learning Application for...
New DESI Results Strengthen Hints That Dark Energy May Evolve
The DESI collaboration published a new analysis of dark energy using their first three years of collected data, which spans nearly 15 million galaxies and quasars. This analysis combined the DESI data with information from studies of the cosmic microwave background,...
Euclid opens data treasure trove to study the Dark Universe
The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission released its first batch of survey data, including a preview of its deep fields. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms in combination with citizen science campaigns, the Euclid Consortium scientific results include...
Supernovae: A Natural Laboratory for Studying New Physics
The SUPRISE workshop brings together 40 experts in Madrid to discuss exotic particles and new neutrino interactions through these astrophysical objects. The event is organized by the Institute for Theoretical Physics UAM-CSIC to promote international scientific...
40 High School students visit IFT to participate in the Particle Physics Masterclass
After attending introductory seminars, they had the opportunity to analyze real data from the LHC. Last Friday, March 7, 40 high school students had the opportunity to delve into the world of particle physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics (IFT). The event,...
Stellar streams from dwarf galaxies could be key to unveiling the nature of dark matter
A new study led by researchers from IFT and UAM is the first to propose searching for dark matter signals in stellar streams originating from dwarf galaxies. The goal is to detect gamma rays produced by the annihilation of WIMPs, hypothetical particles that are...
The #YoFísicaEnPódcast Challenge Brings Together 130 Participants to Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The content stood out for their originality and variety of formats, including interviews, dramatizations, and songs. The initiative aims to foster scientific vocations without gender bias, highlighting historical and contemporary women scientists such as Marie Curie,...
A new study explores the large-scale distribution of galaxies through Interpretable Machine Learning
Using innovative techniques to make Artificial Intelligence more transparent, this study published in Physical Review Letters unveils how neural networks learn from the large-scale distribution of galaxies—demystifying a process that was once considered a "black box."...
Video: Why Do We Live in 4 DIMENSIONS? (No More, No Less)
A new outreach video on the IFT YouTube channel. Our everyday experience tells us that we live in four dimensions: three spatial and one temporal. However, string theory predicts the existence of ten dimensions, six of which are compactified, making them impossible...
A New Type of Low-Mass Dark Matter Could Be Behind Two of the Most Mysterious Phenomena in Our Galaxy
· A recent study led by the IFT suggests that the annihilation of low-mass dark matter, below the gigaelectronvolt range, may be responsible for an unusual hydrogen ionization phenomenon in the Milky Way. · Additionally, researchers propose that this...
The CTAO Becomes a European Research Infrastructure Consortium
• The CTAO ERIC marks a new chapter in European astronomy, advancing the construction of the world's most advanced gamma-ray observatory. • The ERIC status provides the CTAO with legal stability and administrative advantages for operating and expanding globally. On...
The film ‘Más allá de las estrellas’, featuring the IFT, premieres on Disney+
After its initial release in May 2021, the feature-length documentary Más allá de las estrellas. Fotografiando a un agujero negro has just premiered on Disney+, joining other platforms such as Netflix, Filmin, and FlixOlé. With contributions from several researchers...











