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12 Feb 2021
A collaboration of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) generates simulation results for different mitigation and confinement scenarios for the propagation of COVID-19 in the metropolitan area of Madrid. These scenarios were tested using an epidemic simulator which has been extended to simulate COVID-19 propagation, EpiGraph. Besides the epidemiological and socia ...
30 Jun 2020
La investigación coordinada por el grupo del Prof. Liz-Marzán del CIC biomaGUNE y contó con la colaboración de grupos de investigación de otras organizaciones, como el grupo del Prof. Luis G. MacDowell de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (desarrollando los cálculos informáticos que muestran la formación de las estructuras helicoidales), la Universidad de Vigo y la Universidad de Extremadura, y la Universidad de Amberes. Como explic ...
10 Mar 2020
Llegar a conseguir superconductividad a temperatura ambiente es uno de los mayores sueños de la física. Este descubrimiento podría dar lugar a una revolución tecnológica al proporcionar transporte eléctrico sin pérdidas de energía, motores o generadores eléctricos ultraeficientes, así como la posibilidad de crear enormes campos magnéticos sin necesidad de enfriamiento. Los recientes descubrimientos de superconductividad, primero, a – ...
12 Nov 2018
Glycogen is the key energy storage molecule in humans, animals and fungi. It’s where the glucose that fuels us is stored and release from. However, the precise mechanisms by which glycogen is formed at its very start have remained unclear until now. A recent study published in Nature uncovers how the enzyme that initiates glyconeogenesis works at a molecular level. The research was carried out by a team of the Institute of Theoretical and Compu ...
23 Sep 2018
(Via ICN2) Heat transfer fluids are widely used as coolants in vehicles and industrial processes to dissipate heat and prevent overheating. However, the cooling potential of current fluids based on water and oils is typically too low to meet the ever more demanding needs of industry. In microelectronics, for instance, absolute temperature control is crucial for the adequate and reliable performance of electronic components. Additionally, new equa ...
23 Apr 2018
(Via Phys.org) For the first time, physicists have developed a method to visually image the entanglement between electrons. As these correlations play a prominent role in determining a molecule's wave function—which describes the molecule's quantum state—the researchers then used the new method to produce the first images of the square of the two-electron wave function of a hydrogen (H2) molecule. Although numerous techniques already exist ...
09 Apr 2018
Efficient energy transport in dense matter by laser-driven relativistic electron beams is crucial in many applications including the study of warm dense matter, inertial confinement fusion, and ion acceleration by laser. A recent research, which counted with the participation of the RES user Javier Honrubia (ETSIAE-UPM), demonstrates the relativistic electron beam transporting efficiently its energy in dense plasma with an externally imposed stro ...
09 Feb 2018
(Via ICIQ) Alcohols and sugars are among the main derivatives of non-edible biomass. The transformation of these molecules into hydrogen or other chemicals by reforming technologies could lead to a more sustainable future. However, hydrogen production from long-chain alcohols has a very complex reaction networks. Even a simple alcohol like ethylene glycol goes through 75 intermediates and 250 different possible reactions. Understanding this mecha ...
25 Jan 2018
(Via IAC) Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have identified, using the Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC) one of the first stars formed in the Milky Way, which is a key to the formation of the first chemical elements in the Galaxy. The calculations needed to carry out this study were executed in the RES supercomputer LaPalma. The results of this research were published in the scientific journal The Astrophysical Journa ...
20 Oct 2017
(Via ScienceNode) Turbulence is present in most fluids, like the ocean currents, the air around aircraft wings, the blood in our arteries or smoke from chimneys. Since turbulence is so prevalent, its study has many industrial and environmental applications. For instance, scientists model turbulence to improve vehicle design, diagnose atherosclerosis, build safer bridges, and reduce air pollution. Caused by excess energy that cannot be absorbed ...