Last Thursday, 22 October, the 1st Fine Arts Gala @bellasartesaltea was held at the Altea campus. The event took place in the Mascarat building and benefited from the technical support of our #SATDI colleagues, Josep Galvany (audiovisual controls) and Roc Gomar (3D printing of the awards). The event brought together art, music and recognition of emerging [...]
A study by the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) shows that rising water temperatures increase the toxicity of certain chemicals found in plastics, threatening tiny organisms that play an essential role in maintaining healthy marine ecosystems. Climate change and plastic pollution may pose a greater combined threat than previously thought. A study led by researchers at [...]
Picture: Carmelo López / Taylor & Francis A team of palaeontologists from the Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis has identified remains belonging to a Diplodocus at the La Tejería fossil site in El Castellar, Teruel. The dinosaur lived around 150 million years ago, during the Late Jurassic. The discovery, published in the scientific journal Journal of [...]
Postcard and letter from Einstein received by Julio Rey Pastor – Photo: Pablo Monge CSIC Recovers the Valuable Unpublished Archive of Mathematician Julio Rey Pastor The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has received a valuable and previously unpublished historical treasure consisting of 131 documents and objects belonging to the Spanish mathematician Julio Rey Pastor (1888–1962). The legacy, [...]
Simulation of a type of galaxy that ARRAKIHS will observe. The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the green light to the development of ARRAKIHS, the first ESA scientific mission led by Spain. The project, scheduled for launch in 2030, aims to study the formation and evolution of galaxies by observing extremely faint structures surrounding systems [...]
Paleontologists have reignited the debate over the largest snake in Earth’s history after studying the fossil remains of Vasuki indicus, a gigantic prehistoric species discovered in Gujarat, western India. Researchers estimate the reptile may have reached between 11 and 15 meters in length, placing it in the same league — or possibly beyond — the [...]
The map covers continental mantle earthquakes occurring around the world. Illustration: Axel Wang. For decades, it was believed that earthquakes originated only in the Earth’s crust, but recent research has confirmed that they also occur in the mantle. A team led by Shih-Chi Wang of Stanford University has produced the first systematic global map of these [...]
On the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Day, the SATDI has prepared a new special video to once again join the conversation about equality within our own environment. The piece brings together several members of the service and includes a small novelty compared to previous years: in addition to female technicians, male technicians from [...]
Woman petting a cat A recent study published in the journal Science and led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute together with the Ontario Veterinary College and the University of Bern suggests that the domestic cat could be a key piece to better understand breast cancer, especially the more aggressive forms. Researchers have noted that many [...]
A research team from the Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Center (CNIC) and the University Clinical Hospital of Valladolid has developed a new technique that allows for the repair of mechanical heart valves without resorting to open-heart surgery. The study, published in the European Heart Journal, describes a less invasive alternative for people with this type [...]
