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  • Poster of February 11th, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Design: Inés Bonet (IAC)
    Press release
    February 11th: an unceasing commitment to equality
    Again this year the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is showing its commitment to gender equality by organizing a large number of activities around February 11th, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The main aim of this day, which was declares by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2015 is: ‘to recognize the important role that women and girls play in science and technology’ In recent years the number of women in science and technology carrees has increased significnatly. In 2017 there were six countries with more women scientists and engineers than men
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  • Imagen de stand durante la semana de la ciencia en La Palma
    The XV Science and Innovation Weeks in the Canaries have ended
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, (IAC) has participated, with a number of activities, in the XV Edition of the Science and Innovation Weeks organized bby the Canary Agency of Research, Innovation, and the Information Society (ACIISI) of the Government of the Canaries, in this way making a contribution to the popularization of science and technology in the society of the islands. The main theme of the event was the Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements, because 2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table which was proposed by Dimitri Mendeev just 150 years ago.El IAC ha
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  • Nayra Rodríguez, IAC astrophysicist divulger, during the presentation of the course "Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands"
    Press release
    Teachers from five countries embark on a new astronomical adventure in the Canaries
    The V International Summer Course “Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands”, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and designed to train primary and secondary school teachers, has started. For a week 30 teachers from 5 countries will particate in lectures and practical workshops on astronomy, and will gain first hand experience of how work is carried out in the Observatories.
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  • Fotograma de la serie audiovisual IAC Investiga.
    Press release
    An award for the audiovisual series “The IAC investigates”
    The audiovisual series “The IAC investigates” produced by the IAC within its Unit of Communication and Scientific Culture (UC3) with funding from the Severo Ochoa programme, received the prize for the best scientific audiovisual production in the category of Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+I) in the XXIX edition of the International Bienale of Science Cinema BICC2018 Ronda-Madrid-Mexico.
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  • Caitlin Casey durante su estancia en el IAC. Crédito: Viktor Rivera (IAC).
    Interview
    CAITLIN CASEY: “Queremos saber cómo se formaron las galaxias más extremas en el universo primitivo”
    Cuando era una niña, Caitlin Casey acudía al planetario de su escuela con mucha frecuencia, fascinada por los objetos celestes que allí podía descubrir. Años después, ya como profesora de Astronomía en la Universidad de Texas, Austin (EEUU), confiesa que su pasión por esta ciencia nació en esa época y hoy disfruta enseñándola e investigando sus temas predilectos: las galaxias más masivas y luminosas del Universo, unos objetos tan extremos y complejos que suponen un reto a la hora de hacer simulaciones cosmológicas. Utilizando observaciones submilimétricas, se propone conocer cómo estas
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