News

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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  • Left to right:Miquel Serra-Ricart, administrator of the Teide Observatory; José Pablo Suárez, Vice-Rector of Research of the ULPGC; Rafael Rebolo, Director of the IAC; Rafael Robaina, Rector of the ULPGC, and Juan Ruiz Alzola, Proffesor of Image Technolog
    Press release
    The Rector and the Vice-rector of Research of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria visit the IAC and the Teide ObservatoryPHOTONEWS
    The Rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Rafael Robaina, and the Vice-Rector of Research, José Pablo Suárez, together with the Professor of Image Technology of the same university, Juan Ruiz Alzola, visited the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Teide Observatory (Izaña, Tenerife). Accompanied by the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, they were told about the research and technology projects at the IAC, among them the Project for cooperation with industry and technology transfer IACTec, working for the development of commercial depth in the
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  • Left to right:Miquel Serra-Ricart, administrator of the Teide Observatory; José Pablo Suárez, Vice-Rector of Research of the ULPGC; Rafael Rebolo, Director of the IAC; Rafael Robaina, Rector of the ULPGC, and Juan Ruiz Alzola, Proffesor of Image Technolog
    Press release
    The Rector and the Vice-rector of Research of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria visit the IAC and the Observatorio del Teide
    The Rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Rafael Robaina, and the Vice-Rector of Research, José Pablo Suárez, together with the Professor of Image Technology of the same university, Juan Ruiz Alzola, visited the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Teide Observatory (Izaña, Tenerife). Accompanied by the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, they were told about the research and technology projects at the IAC, among them the Project for cooperation with industry and technology transfer IACTec, working for the development of commercial depth in the
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    El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China y una delegación del NAOC visitan el IAC y los Observatorios de CanariasFOTONOTICIA
    El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China (CAS), En-Ge Wang, y una delegación científica del NAOC (National Astronomical Observatories de la CAS), encabezada por su director, Gang Zhao, visitaron el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y los Observatorios del Teide, en Izaña (Tenerife), y del Roque de los Muchachos, en Garafía (La Palma). Esta visita ha contribuido a impulsar, tal y como recogía uno de los puntos del memorandum firmado entre el IAC y el NAOC en mayo de 2016, la colaboración en el desarrollo de instrumentación científica para el Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC
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  • Carlos Allende, investigador del IAC; Romano Corradi, director del GTC, En-ge Wang, vicepresidente de la CAS; y Gang Zhao, subdirector general del NAOC, en la sala de control del GTC. Crédito: Daniel López/IAC.
    Press release
    El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China y una delegación del NAOC visitan el IAC y los Observatorios de Canarias
    El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China (CAS), En-Ge Wang, y una delegación científica del NAOC (National Astronomical Observatories de la CAS), encabezada por su director, Gang Zhao, visitaron el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y los Observatorios del Teide, en Izaña (Tenerife), y del Roque de los Muchachos, en Garafía (La Palma). Esta visita ha contribuido a impulsar, tal y como recogía uno de los puntos del memorandum firmado entre el IAC y el NAOC en mayo de 2016, la colaboración en el desarrollo de instrumentación científica para el Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC
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  • Ignacio Cirac, during his seminar at the IAC. Credit: Miguel Briganty, SMM (IAC).
    Interview
    IGNACIO CIRAC: “We are at the beginning of a second quantum revolution”
    “With a quantum computer we will be able to solve problems which are imposible with present day supercomputers” “For our day to day transactions by internet (purchases, private messages etc) we code the information using mult-digit keys which ensures that no current computer can decipher them” “The experiments with quantum entanglement carried out at the IAC’s Observatories, between telescopes on Tenerife and La Palma will help us to develop technologies based on entanglement and quantum teletransportation”. By Hector Socas (IAC) The discovery of quantum physics gave rise to one of the most
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