viernes, 2 de diciembre de 2011

CAC - Noticias

CAC - Noticias

'Indiana JonesTM and the Adventure of Archaeology' exhibition from December 22

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:00 AM PST

The Príncipe Felipe Science Museum will host the Indiana Jones™ and the Adventure of Archaeology’ exhibition from December 22, 2011 to September, 16, 2012, made possible by Lucasfilm Ltd., presented by the National Geographic Society and produced by Montreal’s X3 Productions.

For the past thirty years, audiences around the world have followed Indiana Jones on his quests for treasure, adventure, fortune and glory. And now, Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology, a redefined modern exhibition experience, is coming to a museum near you. This exhibition will feature fascinating artefacts from the National Geographic Society and the Penn Museum, along with an extensive collection of Indiana Jones film materials from the Lucasfilm Archives.

The manager of the City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia, Henar Molinero, has expressed her satisfaction since this exhibition is a unique opportunity for our visitors to learn in a really appealing way how the mysteries of the ancient civilizations are actually solved”. She also highlighted that both the quality of the exhibit's content and its careful design shares the same bjectives of cultural and scientific dissemination as the complex, which is one of the centers with the highest number of visitors in Spain. 

Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology  not only features a vast and exclusive collection of Indy props, models, concept art and set designs, it also presents a wealth of historical and cultural facts. The internationally renowned University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, otherwise known as the Penn Museum, is providing genuine archaeological artefacts and educational material. The National Geographic Society, the exhibition’s global presenting partner, also shares artefacts, photos, videos and content from its impressive and historic archive.

For Lucasfilm Ltd. Exhibits Manager, Kyra Bowling, “the Indiana Jones films have entertained generations of audiences and this exhibition provides a wonderful way to merge that on-screen excitement with the science of archaeology to help inspire learning in a fun, dynamic way."

Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology  transforms the museum experience into a multimedia and interactive adventure. Visitors will be immersed in the world of Indiana Jones, in an environment created by state-of-the-art technology and spanning over 900 square metres. Equipped with a video companion, visitors will embark on a quest to uncover the true origins of archaeological mysteries. An original audio greeting recorded by Harrison Ford – the world-renowned actor who brought Indy to life – will welcome visitors and invite them to begin their journey into the science of field archaeology. 

Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology will elucidate myths associated with relics like the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail and explore mythical places such as Akator or Mayapore. The exhibition also will shed light on real archaeologists and their work such as deciphering ancient scripts and discovering the true origins of the mysterious Nazca lines in southern Peru.

“This exhibition is an exciting journey into the real world of archaeology”, says Fredrik Hiebert, National Geographic’s Archaeology Fellow. “This is the perfect opportunity to introduce audiences of all ages to this fascinating scientific field through the inspiration of these highly popular films. It is a natural for National Geographic."

In addition, the exhibition has a special area dedicated to local archaeology where visitors can admire archaeological treasures of the Valencia Community

Team of experts

In order to create a new kind of museum experience, one that will engage, educate and entertain visitors in innovative ways, X3 Productions has not only put its creative expertise to work, it has also gathered a team of world-renowned specialists. With their recognized knowledge in academic and field archaeology Drs. Michel Fortin and Fredrik Hiebert have helped to create and develop the exhibition’s educational content.

With a specialty in Near Eastern archaeology, Fortin is a Full Professor of Archaeology who has been teaching in the Department of History at Université Laval in Quebec City for nearly three decades. He has led numerous excavation teams in the Middle East and is a true ambassador to his profession. A world-renowned archaeologist and National Geographic Fellow, Hiebert is a field expert who has searched for human history in some of the world’s most remote and exotic places. His experience in both North and South America and across Asia is ideal for this project.

Information and ticket sales

Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology – The Exhibition will launch its European premiere on December 22, 2011 and will run through September 16, 2012. Tickets are on sale now. Prices for individual tickets are 15 euros (adult) and 11.55 euros reduced admission (children, retirees, pensioners and disabled persons). For groups the price is 10.80 euros adults and 8.25 euros students. For more information and for ticket reservation call 902 100 031, or go to www.cac.es/entradas or at the ticket office.

Visitors may begin their adventure of archaeology today by visiting http://www.indianajonestheexhibition.com/. A portal into the exhibition, the website hosts information that will allow visitors to discover the past, investigate lost civilizations, attempt to solve archaeological mysteries and prepare their journey into the world of Indiana Jones.

Lucasfilm, the Lucasfilm logo, Indiana JonesTM and all characters, names and all related indicia are trademarks of & copyright © Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.

The City of Arts brings together 200 experts on learning, memory, and cognitive function

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:42 PM PST

The Santiago Grisolía Chair of the City of Arts and Sciences Foundation will bring together in all 200 international experts on learning, memory, and cognitive function in the “International Symposium on Learning, Memory and Cognitive Function. Mechanisms, Pathology and Therapeutics”, which will be held at the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum on 1st and 2nd December.

The symposium will discuss the latest advances in the knowledge of the mechanisms involved in cognitive function and how they change under pathological conditions, and also how this knowledge can be applied to develop new therapeutic approaches.

The most noteworthy aspects to be discussed will include the molecular mechanisms that modulate synaptic plasticity and learning and memory processes, together with the areas of the brain and neuronal circuits involved in different kinds of memory and learning.

Other fields to be covered are the applications of new technologies in order to comprehend the mechanisms and processes responsible for cognitive deterioration; and alterations in the learning and memory processes associated with ageing and pathological conditions such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and hepatic encephalopathy.

The experts will also expound new therapeutic approaches based on the latest advances in the field of knowledge of the mechanisms by which these pathological conditions alter cognitive functions.

Speakers

The speakers of the symposium include Doctor Graham L. Collingridge, professor of the MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity of Bristol University and a pioneer in the study of the mechanisms involved in synaptic plasticity, the main process by which our brain stores information; Doctor Denise Manahan-Vaughan of the Ruhr University of Bochum in Germany, who is researching the synaptic plasticity of the sea horse, and in particular long-term depression in the processes of declarative memory; and the co-director of the Neuroscience Division of Edinburgh University, Doctor Richard Morris, who invented the learning test known as the Morris water maze, which is the most frequently used technique for studying spatial learning in scientific and pharmaceutical laboratories world-wide.

Moreover, if we take into account that 2011 is Alzheimer Research Year, we must single out the talk on “Thalamocortical malfunctions in persons at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease” by Doctor José Luis Cantero of the Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville, who is a specialist in the early detection of this disease.

The symposium will also feature Doctor Vicente Felipo of the Neurobiology Laboratory of the Principe Felipe Research Centre, and Doctor Mariano Alcañiz of the LabHuman/I3bH Laboratory of the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Doctors Felipo and Alcañiz are also members of the scientific and organising committees of the symposium.

Expert from the ESA says there are 20,000 pieces of space debris more than 10cm in diameter

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:46 PM PST

Today at 7.30 pm, the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum will be hosting a lecture entitled “The challenge of Space Debris” given by Emmet Fletcher, Director of the Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) programme at the European Space Agency (ESA). It is part of the Astronomy series organized for the eighth year running by the City of Arts and Sciences. Access is free but booking is required.

The SST programme forms part of the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) project developed by ESAC, the ESA’s Astronomy Centre in Madrid. Its mission is to detect, track, predict and identify objects that are orbiting the Earth using sensors such as telescopes and radar. These services include predicting any collision alert and whether an object might return into the Earth’s atmosphere.

To this end, the European Space Agency is designing a reliable, accurate and accessible system to classify and catalogue these remnants or space debris, in other words “satellites that have stopped working due to their age or to technical faults, objects lost or released during in-orbit operations (such as the screws that hold on the parts of a satellite and that are released on opening the solar panels) or events such as in-orbit explosions of non-ventilated fuel tanks”, explains Fletcher.

This expert attributes much of this space debris to the remnants of a Chinese weather satellite that was deliberately destroyed by a missile launched from Earth, as well as to the collision between an Iridium satellite and an inactive Cosmos satellite. According to this expert, “there are currently at least 14,000 objects in space, measuring more than 10 centimetres in diameter”, although he also admits that any fragment of more than one centimetre could be “critical”, and there are more than 500,000 of these.

This situation can affect both satellites and spacecraft and, to a lesser degree, even human beings. “The risk to people of satellites that come back into the atmosphere is almost zero (but it does exist). The problem lies in the fact that the debris can be scattered over a very wide area and, if there were to be an impact, the energies involved could be very high”, says this expert, adding that the consequences would also depend on the actual object in question.

Astronomy observation

After the lecture, the audience will have the opportunity to take part in a telescope observation of Jupiter and Uranus. Participants will be able to see the fascinating spectacle of the Io satellite transiting across Jupiter while, crossing the Meridian, they will find Uranus, which will be seen as a small bluish disc.

The event has been coordinated by the Valencian Association of Astronomy and will be held at the Umbracle from 9.30pm onwards.

The City of Arts and Sciences wins the Ejecutivos Magazine Innovation Award

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:16 PM PST

The City of Arts and Sciences has been awarded the prize for Innovation in the first holding of the “Ejecutivos” Awards in the Valencia Region “for having managed to turn itself into a unique and totally novel space”. This award recognises the contribution of this educational complex to integrating science, technology, nature and art and successfully combining them with leisure and culture, knowledge and entertainment, for all ages of public.

The complex has also won an award as the “Best Urban Planning Project” in the 1st holding of the Artes y Cemento de la Construcción Awards organised to celebrate the 155th anniversary of the Arte and Cemento publication. The voting involved thousands of experts from the construction industry through an open survey system, i.e. professionals from that sector, subscribers and readers of the magazine, who, from their professional experience, chose the City of Arts and Sciences as being worthy of the prize in the “Best Urban Planning Project” category.

Over its more than 13 years of life, the City of Arts and Sciences has received various awards and distinctions related to tourism, urban development, social insertion, construction or innovation, among others, all of which endorses the path and contribution that the Valencia Regional Government has adopted both in cultural tourism and state-of-the-art architecture.

ENJOY SPORT THIS WEEKEND AT THE CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:34 PM PST

The City of Arts and Sciences hosts this Sunday the starting and finishing of the 31 Divina Pastora Maraton, which brings together more than 6,700 runners in the 42,195 kilometers test. Athletes, from up to 30 countries, will reach the finishing on the lake located in front of the Museum, on a platform of over 150 meters long.

In addition, on Friday and Saturday morning it’s taking place I Expo SportValencia at the Sciences Museum Prince Felipe. Sport activities for the whole family, conferences and workshops or concerts will cheer up, free of charge, a weekend which will conclude with the Divina Pastora Valencia Marathon.

VLC Skimountain

This great festival of sport in the City of Arts and Sciences is rounded off the sixth edition of the Valencia Skimountain Fair, hold in the Agora from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 November. Exhibitions, workshops, conferences and outlet area, among other proposals, are part of a complet program especially designed for snow and mountain sports lovers. Get the tickets for the VLC Skimountain by calling 902 100 031 and also at any box office complex City of Arts and Sciences, and online sales.

Sigue en directo esta noche un inmersión entre tiburones en Sudáfrica

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:19 AM PST

La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias colabora con la página web de National Geographic, en la iniciativa ‘Sharck Attack Experiment’ en la que un grupo de expertos de National Geographic, integrado por buceadores, científicos y cámaras especializadas en rodajes submarinos, realizarán una inmersión entre tiburones en aguas de la costa de Sudáfrica esta noche durante la madrugada del viernes 25 al sábado 26 de noviembre.

La inmersión podrá seguirse en directo a través de la web http://www.nationalgeographic.es/tiburones a partir de las 00:00 horas y está previsto que se prolongue durante varias horas, hasta las 05:00 horas. El Oceanogràfic se suma a esta experiencia que tiene por objetivo promover un mayor conocimiento sobre estos animales- amenazados por la captura indiscriminada - con una entrevista al instructor de ‘Encuentro con tiburones’, Julio Sanz, publicada en la citada web de National Geographic, además de un concurso para ganar dos entradas de esta actividad entre los seguidores de la prestigiosa organización.

Tiburones, animales ‘casi perfectos’

En la entrevista, el instructor de ‘Encuentro con tiburones’ considera a estos animales ‘casi perfectos, porque se trata de un especie que a pesar de existir en nuestro planeta desde hace millones de años no ha sufrido prácticamente cambios evolutivos, y merecen toda nuestra admiración y respeto”.

La sobrepesca, actualmente se matan a 100 millones ( 270.000 al día) de tiburones en todo el mundo, por la demanda de aletas de tiburón es el mayor peligro que se cierne sobre a estos animales. Hay varias especies como el Gran Tiburón Blanco o el Marrajo, seriamente amenazadas, señala el instructor de ‘Encuentro con Tiburones’, una actividad que permite a buceadores titulados realizar una inmersión en el tanque de tiburones más grande de Europa, desde un punto de vista educativo y de conservación. El Oceanogràfic destina un 10% de los ingresos de esta actividad a proyectos de investigación y conservación de fauna marina.

Shark Attack Experiment

La inmersión en directo es el colofón a tres meses de investigaciones y de inmersiones para preparar esta experiencia y, al mismo tiempo, reunir todos los datos posibles sobre los tiburones y su comportamiento. Los expertos del National Geographic tratarán de desmontar algunos mitos sobre los escualos y realizarán la inmersión sin ningún tipo de barrera o protección.

Muchas leyendas, fomentadas sobre todo por el cine, rodean a los tiburones. Sin embargo, según los expertos, el tiburón no es tan fiero como lo pintan o, al menos, no tiene por costumbre atacar a los humanos por sistema. Para probar éstas y otras teorías relacionadas con el conocimiento de esta especie, el grupo de expertos de National Geographic, realizará la inmersión entre tiburones en aguas de Sudáfrica.

THE CITY OF THE ARTS HOSTS THE STARTING AND FINISHING LINE OF THE 31 DIVINA PASTORA MARATHON

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:43 PM PST

The outdoors of the City of Arts and Sciences will become the 31 Divina Pastora Marathon’s point of reference, which this year will bring together more than 6,700 runners in the race of 42,195 kilometers and 5,000 athletes in the Divina Pastora Race of 10 miles. Both will have together the starting point and finishing next to the buildings designed by Santiago Calatrava which also will host the parallel activities.

The sports event, which was presented today at the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum, with athletes from up to 30 different countries that will tour some of the most emblematic areas of the city as the Cathedral, Lonja, Torres de Serranos and Quart or the Marina Real Juan Carlos I, where takes place the Formula 1 Grand Prix or the Copa America.

The riders will cross the finish line running on the lake located in front of the Science Museum, on a platform of over 150 meters long and 8 feet wide installed specifically for the race.

In parallel, the City of Arts and Sciences will host the days before the event, the Expo Sport Valencia and several leisure activities in an area of 3,600 square meters where also will be given the numbers and the race bag to the participants.

The science museum host the conference 'the problem of space debris'

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:17 AM PST

The City of Arts and Sciences continues, for the eighth year running with its 'Astronomy in the City of Arts and Sciences' cycle, which includes lectures, workshops and astronomical observations.

The event (free entrance, registration necessary) will focus on the question what is the Universe made and all around us? Science communicators leading experts will be looking at some of the most prominent astrophysics and cosmology topics like the origin of our solar system, what is dark matter, what is made a star, a planet or a nebula, among others.

So, next November 30, Emmet Fletcher, Manager of the Space Surveillance and Tracking program (SST) of the European Space Agency (ESA), will be given a lecture on the problem of space debris, in which analyzes the problem of waste space for operations and safety of the satellites that we use in our daily lives and space manned missions. Furthermore, this expert will discuss the projects that the ESA has started to face up this situation.

After the talk, to be held in the Auditorium of the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum, participants will attend an observation with telescopes on Jupiter and Uranus from the Umbracle. Astronomical observations are made in collaboration with the Asociación Valenciana de Astronomía (AVA). The activity also has collaboration with entities such as the ESA, the British Council and Instituto Français.

(Photo: ESA)

'ANIMALIA PASSPORT ', 'ZERO GRAVITY' AND 'BORN TO BE WILD', PROPOSALS FOR THE WEEKEND

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 02:53 AM PST

The City of Arts and Sciences offers the possibility to enjoy a family weekend having fun with the activities proposed to continue learning in an enjoyable way.

Among these proposals, initiatives such as 'Animalia passport', 'Born to be wild' or 'Zero gravity' will allow you to live unique experiences.

Know the underwater World

Besides visiting the different aquariums in the Oceanogràfic public has the opportunity to learn about the underwater world animals, their habitats, their lifestyle, their characteristics through various activities. Thus, during the weekend, public can get their 'Animal passport' and discover the answers to questions like what is the difference between a seal and a walrus? Or what dolphins feed on? Or where sea lions live?

Those who come to the Oceanogràfic also have the opportunity to become 'Trainer for a Day' or have a 'Penguin Encounter', among other proposals.

A trip to the cosmos

Visitors will be able to awaken their curiosity and learn in a fun way with interactive exhibitions and science workshops at the Science Museum.

So in ‘Zero Gravity' discover the phenomena generated by the sun and how these affect life on Earth, the purposes and usefulness of large space telescopes, and the research teams that operate with them.

Thus, the visitors travel into space with this exhibition, created together with the European Space Agency (ESA), and enjoy real images of the Earth seen from space, among other experiences.

Knowing comic’s world, their protagonists and the powers they have on 'Marvel Super-Heroes ", participating in the 'Science on Stage' workshops, where the public will be surprised with live experiments that show aspects of the physical sciences, chemical and biological, or technology., or watching the ‘Electricity Theatre’ are other proposals of the Science Museum.

In addition, visitors can walk through areas of free access at the Umbracle and enjoy an authentic Art Promenade, with sculptures of Cristóbal Gabarrón and Jean Claude Farhi.

Adventures in large format

The Hemisfèric keep betting on the adventures in large format film and 3D, where visitors can explore the spectacular landscapes of Borneo forests and savannah of Kenya to known as the determination and dedication of certain persons contributing to saving endangered species at 'Born to be wild.'

Among the titles that public can also enjoy at the Hemisfèric, there is' Hubble' projection that launch the viewer to the cosmos, or ‘Sea Monsters', a trip back in time 82 million years, when an extraordinary diversity of marine life populated vast ocean waters, among others.

The new season of 'Tuesdays in the Oceanogràfic' focuses on the biodiversity of the blue planet

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 08:35 PM PST

The Oceanogràfic of the City of Arts and Sciences has scheduled the 8th season of 'Tuesdays in the Oceanogràfic' to begin on 29th November and to go on until May 2012. This time, the central theme of the conference cycle will be the biodiversity of the blue planet.

Throughout the ten conferences making up the cycle, national and international experts will analyse several marine enclaves renowned for their huge biological diversity.

In addition to discussing their vast potential, the problems that these places suffer, such as pollution and over-exploitation, will be analysed at the same times as proposing possible solutions to these situations. With regard to the latter, the season will also tackle the need to promote sustainable use of the marine resources, both in terms of legislation as far as fishing is concerned, or the economic importance that conserving the biodiversity represents.

The Oceanogràfic's Red Sea auditorium will be the setting for this series of conferences held between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., during which a tour will be taken through such marine sights as the Chilean Patagonia or the Columbian Chocó region, among others. Participating in these talks will be specialist centres such as The Mediterranean Science Commision Monaco (CIESM), University of York, la Università Politecnica delle Marche, or the National Institute of Oceanography, among others.

In previous seasons of 'Tuesdays in the Oceanogràfic', the cycle has analysed topics such as ocean dynamics, fisheries and environmental impacts; single topic exhibitions on the polar seas and their environment; the relationship between the oceans and climate change; el deep sea; or worldwide oceanic exploration, among others.
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