A team made up of physicists and engineers from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in conjunction with the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM), is manufacturing detectors for ATLAS -one of the four major projects of the Large Hadron Collider- that will be used to measure new particles in a more exact way. For …
Karl Jakobs, spokesperson for the ATLAS project, visits UC laboratories Read More »
“My job is not to tell people that science is good, it is to communicate about science.” That was the statement by the American journalist specialized in science Joe Palca, a correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) for more than 25 years ago, in an activity held in the Cowork SCL room of the Faculty …
Bringing science closer to people was the topic journalist Joe Palca addressed Read More »
Taking concrete steps in the cooperation agreement among the Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”, the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, was the objective of the meeting held by the representatives of these three universities held in Lima, on June 17. The agreement, “Artesanos de la Unidad” -signed by …
Collaboration advances between Catholic universities in Peru, Bolivia and Chile Read More »
Neuro rights. That is the concept that the Spanish scientist Rafael Yuste coined during his visit to Universidad Católica. In front of an audience that filled the room, Manuel José Irarrázaval delved into his theory on how artificial intelligence and neuroscience should respect and preserve people’s privacy, identity, access and equality. Yuste is a doctor …
The new human rights that Spanish scientist Rafael Yuste posed at UC Read More »
UC was the meeting place for the directors and professionals in charge of the research area of the international network Universitas 21, Research Collaboration Group (RCG), who held their annual meeting, organized by the Research Affairs Office. Its objective is to strengthen collaboration networks, share experiences and learn more about the international financing landscape. Born …
Food and health; environment and socio-natural disaster; design, art and heritage; and social sciences and humanities, are the topics that brought together university authorities and researchers in the first Chile-Italy Academic Forum, at the University of Concepción, on May 22nd and 23rd. In the framework of its centenary, Universidad de Concepción, along with Universidad de …
Innovation characterized the first Chile-Italy Academic Forum held in Concepción Read More »
Reinaldo Arellano, an academic from the Department of Statistics of the UC Faculty of Mathematics, with more than 93 articles published in scientific journals, is the winner of the 2019 Mahalanobis Prize. This recognition is granted by the International Institute of Statistics (ISI) and the Ministry of Statistics and Government of India Program Implementation, which …
Strengthen multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary scientific cooperation to address issues of binational interest, along with the mobility processes of researchers and students, in addition to positioning science and innovation as the basis for the design of policies that respond to country issues. These are the main objectives of the first Chile – Italy Forum, a meeting …
This year, Chile will host the most important global meeting on climate change: the Conference of the Parties, COP 25. Although Chile is responsible for only 0.25% of global emissions, our country is very vulnerable to this phenomenon. More than a decade ago, Universidad Católica began a pioneering project to learn and generate new knowledge …
Ten years of LINCGLobal: a pioneering initiative of scientific collaboration Read More »
The CNRS is one of the world’s leading research institutions. Created in 1939, it has 33 thousand collaborators, in more than 1000 research laboratories in France and the world. These laboratories are shared with universities or other institutions dedicated to scientific research in any of the disciplinary areas. Together, they house more than 60,000 researchers, …
Important collaboration agreements are renewed in the 80 years of the CNRS Read More »
