Scope: Science and Technology

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    Hints of enhanced magnetic activity after the intermediate rotation period gap as traced by the chromospheric Ca II infrared triplet
    New study reveals enhanced magnetic activity across the stellar atmosphere after the intermediate rotation-period gap Stars change as they age. Like our Sun...
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    Holly R. Gilbert awarded the inaugural Irene González Hernández Prize in Solar Physics
    The award, instituted in honour of Canary Island scientist Irene González Hernández, recognises excellence in solar research and scientific leadership. The...
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    Hospital Universitario de Canarias and IAC make progress in the early detection of colon cancer with artificial intelligence
    The Anatomical Pathology service of the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Canarias (HUC) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) are partners in...
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    Hot stars are plagued by giant magnetic spots
    An international team of astronomers, in which the researcher from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the Universidad de La Laguna David Jones...
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    How far does light pollution reach?
    Between 27th August and 7th September the Shelios 2023 expedition tool a group of researchers and students at the south of Iceland and Greenland, where they set...
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    How solar prominences vibrate
    An international team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) has cataloged around 200...
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    Hydrogenated amorphous carbon grains as a carrier of unidentified IR bands in planetary nebulae
    It is well known that fullerenes – big, complex, and highly resistant carbon molecules with potential applications in nanotechnology – are mostly seen in...
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    IAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really exist
    Its very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe
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    IAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really exist
    Its very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe.