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Overlaps at the Frontiers of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics at the XXXIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics The type of matter we are made of and we are familiar with accounts only for 5% of the Universe. The rest is the so called Dark Universe, made of something named dark matter (27%), and something named dark energy (68%), two big mysteries. This year the Winter School of Astrophysics of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has gathered renowned researchers on three fundamental fields: Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle Physics, which converge into the
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La ciencia se escribe con muchas letras. Se escribe con f de física, con e de electrónica, con i de ingeniería. La ciencia se escribe también con m de mujer. En las jóvenes mentes de las investigadoras del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) habitaba una pequeña chispa científica que daría inicio a sus carreras. Niñas que contaban estrellas para dejarse dormir y que lucharían años más tarde por llegar al día en que sus sueños se hicieran realidad. Para poder observar y entender los secretos que esconde el Universo se necesita tecnología. De esto se encarga el IACTEC, un espacio de
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