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ICCUBDivulga @iccubdivulga.bsky.social · 3d

⚛️Vols conèixer les aplicacions de la #fisica de partícules a la medicina?

No et perdis l'esdeveniment "From Particles to Patients: Detector Technology & Molecular Imaging"

📅 15/10 9:30h
📍 PCB
🗣️Amb experts internacionals i el projecte #PetVision

🔗 indico.icc.ub.edu/event/661/
#ICCUB #ImatgeMèdica

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 @marcarreterocas.bsky.social has successfully defended her #PhD thesis today!

✨Her research, which earned the La Vanguardia Science Award in 2024, focuses on massive runaway stars in the Milky Way, under the supervision of #ICCUB-#IEEC researchers Marc Ribó and Josep Mª Paredes

Congratulations!👏

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 7d

🔵 #News | #ICCUB researchers have developed new #AI techniques to solve complex equations in physics!

💭Their work combines geometry & machine learning to tackle problems once thought unsolvable

The study was published in @nature.com's journal Communication Physics

Read more🔗 bit.ly/474jEn7

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 16d

🎉And another #PhD graduate at #ICCUB

👏Congratulations to Arnau Aguasca on successfully defending his thesis at @ub.edu !

💫His work on transient sources of high-energy gamma-ray bursts was done under the supervision of #ICCUB @ieec.cat researchers Pol Bordas and Marc Ribó

#PhD #Training #Research

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 16d

🔵#News | Xavier Luri is the new director of @ieec.cat 📢

Astrophysicist, #Gaia mission pioneer and #ICCUB director for 8 years, Luri steps in to lead IEEC into a new era of space innovation

Our most heartfelt gratitude for all these years and good luck in this new endeavour! 🌠

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 20d

🎉ICCUB researcher Daniel Marín-Pina just defended his #PhD thesis at @ub.edu!

⚫His outstanding work on black hole dynamics was done with the supervision of #ICREA-#ICCUB researcher Mark Gieles

👏We’re proud of our many PhD graduates, a reflection of ICCUB’s dedication to training future physicists!

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 20d

🎓 Inauguration and graduation ceremony of the Master in Quantum Science & Technology in Barcelona!

👋 We gave our warmest welcome to the 2025–26 cohort and celebrated the 2024–25 graduates🎉

🍀So excited to see what this new edition of the #MQST will bring!

#QuantumBarcelona #CATQuantumAcademy

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 21d

☄️Hayabusa2 mission just got more exciting!

💫New observations led by @ua.es #ICCUB’s Toni Santana-Ros reveal asteroid 1998 KY26 is just 11m wide and spins every 5 min!

This poses a challenge for the mission, which will attempt a brief ‘kiss’ manoeuvre in 2031 to collect data

Can spacecraft Hayabusa2 touchdown? New study reveals space mission’s target asteroid is tinier and faster than thought. | ICCUB

New observations reveal asteroid 1998 KY26 is just 11 metres wide and spins every 5 minutes, posing new challenges for Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission in 2031, when the spacecraft will attempt a delicate ‘kiss’ manoeuvre, briefly touching the asteroid’s surface to collect data without landing.

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 22d

🎉Emanuele Fondi has successfully defended his #PhD thesis at #ICCUB @ub.edu !

✨His research focused on primordial non-Gaussianity and its impact on the Large Scale Structure of the Universe, under the supervision of Dr. Licia Verde

Our warmest congratulations!👏

#PhDDefense #Cosmology

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 23d

🎓The #ICCUB celebrates Toni Bertólez @delbuitaltot.bsky.social, our newest #PhD graduate!

🔵His thesis investigated neutrinos, the first particles to reveal the incompleteness of the Standard Model, under the mentorship of #ICCUB researcher Jordi Salvadó

👏 Congratulations!

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Universitat de Barcelona @ub.edu · 24d

#UniBarcelona | ☮️ La UB anuncia la creació de la #𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝟭𝟴𝗨𝗕, per reforçar la cooperació i el compromís amb la població palestina i servir d'altaveu.

➡️ S’inspira en el projecte del Districte 11 (@ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social) i es coordina amb el govern municipal.

👉 web.ub.edu/web/actualit...

Palestina, la Facultat 18 de la Universitat de Barcelona

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · 29d

🎓The #ICCUB celebrates Carlos Marimon, our newest #PhD graduate!

🔵His thesis investigated out-of-equilibrium dynamics with tensor networks, under the mentorship of researchers Luca Tagliacozzo and Stefano Carignano

👏 Congratulations Dr. Ramos!

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎓Congratulations to Aniol Lobo, #ICCUB's new PhD graduate!

🔵Aniol analysed B radiative decays at the @lhcb.bsky.social under the supervision of his directors, ICCUB researchers Eugeni Graugés and Carla Marín👏

🎉Well done Dr. Lobo!

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎓Congratulations to Sergi Novell Masot, #ICCUB's new PhD graduate!

🔵Sergi successfully defended his thesis "The bispectrum statistic in the era of precision cosmology" at the Physics Faculty @ub.edu, which was directed by ICCUB researchers Licia Verde and Héctor Gil👏

🥂Cheers to Dr. Novell!

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Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) @ieec.cat · Aug 29

🏆 The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (@desisurvey.bsky.social) will receive the 2026 Berkeley Prize awarded by the American Astronomical Society (@aas.org)!

🌌 Researchers from the #IEEC at @icc-ub.bsky.social and @icc-ub.bsky.social‬ play a leading role.

👉 www.ieec.cat/en/desi-coll...

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔵On 12 August 2026, Catalonia will see its first total solar eclipse in over 100 years!

🕶️✨Use 12 August 2025 to check your sunset view and get eclipse-ready

💪The #ICCUB is proud to be part of the scientific outreach efforts, alongside @ieec.cat and other leading institutions

The countdown begins for the total solar eclipse of 2026 in Catalonia | ICCUB

On 12 August 2026, Catalonia will experience a total solar eclipse, a phenomenon not seen in the country since 1905! This coming 12 August is a perfect time to check whether the future eclipse will be visible from your location: if there are no obstacles blocking your view of the sunset, it is a goo...

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ICCUBDivulga @iccubdivulga.bsky.social · Aug 6

🏖️Des de l' #ICCUB us desitgem un molt bon estiu!

💙Tanquem fins el 25 d'agost.

Ens veiem a la tornada amb més astronomia, física de partícules i cosmologia!

#ICCUB #Vacances #Estiu

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Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) @ieec.cat · Aug 5

The #avionics model will be integrated with the rest of the telescope units for initial functional tests with the platform 🔭

The #IEEC team, with researchers at @icc-ub.bsky.social and @ice-csic.bsky.social, is thus contributing to the successful development Ariel 🔝

👉 www.ieec.cat/en/project/8...

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ICCUBDivulga @iccubdivulga.bsky.social · Aug 4

🔵Investigadors proposen un nou escenari per entendre l'origen de l'Univers!

💫Les fluctuacions quàntiques necessàries per explicar l'estructura de l'Univers hi sorgeixen de forma natural amb les ones gravitacionals!

📣Ens ho explica l'investigador #ICREA #ICCUB Raúl Jiménez
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Nova teoria per entendre l'origen de l'Univers amb l'investigador ICREA-ICCUB Raúl Jiménez

YouTube video by Institute of Cosmos Sciences UB

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Aug 1

Take your next step in your academic career with a #MSCA Postdoc Fellowship in Stellar Physics at #ICCUB!👇

Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨 #MSCA Postdoc Fellowship in Stellar Physics at #ICCUB!

✨Join cutting-edge research on star formation, evolution & exoplanet habitability

🗓️ Deadline: Aug 20, 2025
📩 Apply: [email protected]

🔗https://icc.ub.edu/node/1151639
#Astrophysics #MSCA #PostdocJobs #StellarPhysics #WomenInScience #Barcelona

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Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) @ieec.cat · Jul 31

Do you remember the global #map of light #pollution in Catalonia developed using advanced #modelling? 🌃

Today we introduce the #IEEC – @icc-ub.bsky.social group on Light pollution, who make projects like this possible.

Check it out!

👉 www.ieec.cat/en/project/7...

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔵Have you applied yet?👇

Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Jul 10

🥇As a María de Maeztu Excellence Center, the #ICCUB is happy to invite "La Caixa" Foundation postdoctoral Junior Leader fellowship applications!

Submit yours and continue your research in cosmology, astrophysics or particle physics

🗓️Deadline👉25 September

+info🔗 bit.ly/46y2T3R #laCaixaFoundFellows

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espai.mèdia @espai.media · Jul 30

Descobriment internacional sobre raigs gamma amb participació catalana rellevant | @icc-ub.bsky.social @iccubdivulga.bsky.social @ieec.cat

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Descobriment internacional sobre raigs gamma amb participació catalana rellevant - espai mèdia

Un equip internacional de científics, amb professionals procedents d’onze països diferents, ha anunciat observacions innovadores de l’esclat de raigs gamma (GRB) més brillant que mai s’havia registrat...

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Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona @icc-ub.bsky.social · Jul 25

⚛️Quantum Education Summit 2025 is coming to Barcelona!

📅 Dec 3–5 | 📍 CosmoCaixa

🤝Join 300+ students, educators and innovators to shape the future of quantum learning

🔗 Submit your abstract by Sept 4!
🌐 quantumeducationsummit.eu
Organized by #CATQuantumAcademy

#QuantumEducation #IYQ2025 @icfo.eu

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GaiaUB @gaiaub.bsky.social · Jul 24

Eduard Masana and Hector Linares from our group have produced the first global map of Light Pollution in Catalunya @ieec.cat @icc-ub.bsky.social govern.cat/salapremsa/n...

Primer mapa global de la contaminació lumínica a Catalunya desenvolupat mitjançant modelització avançada

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