Author archives: Invited Researcher

New multispecies compact ion source and efficient experimental proton beam characterization

New multispecies compact ion source and efficient experimental proton beam characterization

Physics

By Invited Researcher

Any particle accelerator needs a reliable electron or ion source as a first, humble but essential and critical component. The world’s most powerful particle accelerator today -the Large Hadron Collider- extracts its protons from a single bottle of Hydrogen gas. Ion sources produce beams for a large variety of different scientific experiments, industrial processes and […]

How logic alone may prove that time doesn’t exist

How logic alone may prove that time doesn’t exist

Philosophy of sciencePhysics

By Invited Researcher

Modern physics suggests time may be an illusion. Einstein’s theory of relativity, for example, suggests the universe is a static, four-dimensional block that contains all of space and time simultaneously – with no special “now”. What’s the future to one observer, is the past to another. That means time doesn’t flow from past to future […]

Inequality in children’s access to the digital world

Inequality in children’s access to the digital world

Sociology

By Invited Researcher

Digital skills differ among individuals. This can be related to inequality of accessibility, affordability and/or availability of training resources that are necessary to participate in the digital world. These digital divides were even more evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which there were school closures. On one hand, education systems were not prepared for a […]

<i>A. sudhausi</i>, the superworm

A. sudhausi, the superworm

Biology

By Invited Researcher

Author: Ramón Muñoz-Chápuli has been Professor of Animal Biology in the University of Málaga until his retirement. He has investigated for forty years in the fields of developmental biology and animal evolution. Nematode worms may not be very popular, but what we know about their abundance is astonishing. After arthropods, chordates, and molluscs, they constitute […]

The use of AI in war gaming could change military strategy

The use of AI in war gaming could change military strategy

Computer scienceEconomics

By Invited Researcher

The rise of commercially viable generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform a vast range of sectors. This transformation will be particularly profound in contemporary military education. Generative AI will fundamentally reshape war gaming — analytical games that simulate aspects of warfare at tactical, operational or strategic levels — by allowing senior military […]

Basque intransitive reciprocals: from seeing each other to getting married

Basque intransitive reciprocals: from seeing each other to getting married

LanguageLinguistics

By Invited Researcher

Author: Kristina Bilbao, PhD candidate at the University of the Basque Country, Dept. of Linguistics and Basque Studies (UPV/EHU) and member of The Bilingual Mind Research Group (Gogo Elebiduna) Reciprocal constructions express a symmetrical relation between participants involved in an event . For instance, consider the reciprocal construction Anne and Mary hugged each other, which […]