Hem de lamentar el traspàs del Dr. José Casas Vázquez, ahir diumenge 17 de gener de 2021. El Dr. Casas formà part de la UAB des de l'any 1970 fins l'acabament del seu emeritatge. Fou catedràtic de Física de Matèria Condensada de la UAB, on va ser director del Departament de Física i Secretari de la Facultat de Ciències de la UAB. Des del punt de vista acadèmic la seva trajectòria professional cal situar-la també en el grup d'impulsors dels estudis de física i de l'actual departament de física.

The UAB reopens all of its campus services starting on 6 July, with a progressive return of its staff members in groups with the objective of guaranteeing the health of workers against covid-19.

Emeritus Professor María Josefa Yzuel was awarded the Julio Peláez Award to Pioneers in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. It was conferred onto her and also onto CSIC researcher Susana Marcos by the Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno Foundation.

Joint research conducted by the UAB has shown the ability to switch magnetizacion « on » and « off » using voltage in a new class of easy-to-fabricate materials containing nitrogen. These results, published in Nature Communications, may be used to reduce energy consumption in electronic technologies.

Coordinated by the ICFO and with the involvement of the UAB, the CNM, the IFAE and the ICN2, and other institutions, the objective of this consortium is to promote technology and innovation transfer projects with short and mid-term industrial and social impacts.

In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes, with participation of the UAB, detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. With further analyses, the MAGIC scientists could confirm whether the speed of light is constant in vacuum or dependent on energy.