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IACTEC and the prompt detection of a diabetic foot
The technology which is used in astrophysics research is useful not only in space; many of the sophisticated techniques can be put to very good use in the field...
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NewsIACTEC develops a model to simulate pathologies of a diabetic footToday, November 14th, World Diabetes Day, the programme of IACTEC-Medical Technology of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) dedicated to the transfer...
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NewsIACTEC develops a system which can analyze subcutaneous tissues for early detection of illnessesThe first tests of a concept using microwave radiometry have yielded promising results for the measurement of subcutaneous temperatures in biological tissues...
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NewsIACTEC: commited to technological trainingSince it started in 2017 this technological and business unit of the IAC has hosted over 20 university students for short term stays. Thanks to this training...
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NewsIAU Symposium: Professional and Amateur astronomers, united in the same causeDuring the past week over a hundred specialists from all over the world have been meeting in La Laguna to discuss the study, in different areas of astrophysics...
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NewsIce and organic compounds found on the surface of the asteroid ThemisA thin layer of ice and complex organic molecules covers the surface the asteroid Themis (the largest of a family of asteroids to which it gives its name), a...
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NewsIdeas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizationsA 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...
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NewsIdentificado un pariente muy cercano de PlutónInvestigaciones realizadas desde el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos demuestran que el objeto transneptuniano 2005 FY9 es muy similar al histórico último...
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NewsIdentified around galactic halos, a fraction of the "missing" normal matterAn International team of scientists, which includes Ricardo Génova Santos of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries (IAC), has identified in the data...