Strategic axis: Frontier Knowledge
Learn about cutting-edge research at UC Chile through news about new discoveries and outstanding researchers in different areas of knowledge.
SAPHIR Millennium Institute: what are we made of at a fundamental particle level?
Where did matter come from? What are the laws that govern the subatomic world? What can technological applications be developed from Particle Physics? These…
Open Sea Lab: The first step to promoting the use of renewable marine energy in Chile
A buoy, anchored two kilometers from the UC Coastal Marine Research Station in Las Cruces, will drive the country's marine renewable energy industry's…
"Lighting Nemo": Why Clownfish Need Their Sleep?
The streetlights on docks or ports are affecting marine life, scientists warn. A new study shows how artificial night light significantly impacts the clownfish…
CTA-South Observatory: At the Frontier between Astronomy and Physics
The new CTA-South Observatory will be located in the middle of the Atacama Desert. It will be the first window to the high-energy universe installed in Chile…
The importance of seabird guano in pre-Inca agriculture
The research, led by anthropology professor Francisca Santana, provides novel scientific evidence on using the so-called "white guano" in the highly productive…
Golden Webinars: The astrophysics revolution on YouTube
An initiative that began to exchange ideas with other scientists has become a world astrophysics event. It is an opportunity to learn for free about the…
Rising deforestation puts Amazon at risk of becoming a virus hotspot
Increasing deforestation could transform this green lung of the continent into a new source of viruses that cause pandemics. This was determined by an…
Is it Possible to Reconcile Health and Economy?
Three UC faculty members, all experts in macroeconomics, used an epidemiology model to discover how health protocols inside businesses reduce infections…
UC Centers and Field Stations: The gateway for international postgraduate research
The French entomologist Paul Amouroux has traveled around Chile for two years. He is developing his Fondecyt postdoctoral project on unknown Chilean species of…
Why solar eclipses are important to science?
Araucanía will be the scenery of one of the most captivating Astronomy events: an eclipse. For two minutes, the sky will darken completely, revealing only a…
The crucial role of the Office of Research thriving the investigation at UC
The Office of Research at Universidad Católica is consolidated as an essential support manager for UC researchers in its first five years. And the results are…
The Origin of Penguins in New Zealand's Warm Waters
The study led by Juliana Vianna, a faculty member from the Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering at Universidad Católica, reconstructed the story told by…