Aiming at celebrating the development of science for the common welfare of humanity, the Passion for Knowledge (P4K) 2023 science festival has been organised. This programme, which comes with a renewed image and an extensive line-up of activities for all audiences, includes the participation of a large group of international scientists and Nobel Prize winners. All this…
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‘Arrecife Energy Systems’ enterprise starts wave energy device tank trials
Basque Country-based marine energy start-up Arrecife Energy Systems has started testing the scale model of its wave energy device as part of the second phase of EuropeWave project. Inspired by the behavior of coral reefs absorbing the energy of the breaking waves, Arrecife Energy’s device captures power from the movement of the ocean waves using cross-flow…
Discovery: The most distant dwarf galaxy detected so far
An international team, including the Ikerbasque research professor of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and associate of Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Tom Broadhurst, used the high resolution of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) combined with a powerful gravitational lens to conclude that the galaxies that formed in the early universe were…
Methodology developed to find natural solutions to beach rock falls
Rockfall on the cliffs of the Basque coast is a very common phenomenon, as well as a real danger for people visiting the beaches located at their foot. A study by the Hydro-Environmental Processes group of the UPV/EHU has studied the barrier effect exerted by the dunes naturally present on the beach of Barinatxe, Bizkaia….
“The Science, Technology and Innovation Plan seeks to turn the Basque Country into a European benchmark”
The Basque Country is one of the most advanced territories in Europe, even though it is a small region, the possibilities for further growth are immense. Furthermore, the targets set in the Science, Technology and Innovation Plan 2030 (PCTI 2030) will place the Basque Country as one of the most advanced regions of the continent…
‘Gipuzkoa’ accesses the Boston-based MIT’s international network to assist with projects improving mobility
The Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa in Basque Country, MUBIL, and the region’s knowledge agents will have access to this prestigious university’s resources; will be able to collaborate with institutions in cities like Toronto and Shanghai. The Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, Mubil Foundation, and Media Lab’s City Science from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) have signed…
IBM and Ikerbasque Partner to Launch Groundbreaking Quantum Computational Center
Fundación Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science in the Basque Country of Spain, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today presented details of how they are partnering to further establish the Basque Country as a leading technology hub. This includes the adoption of quantum computing through the launch of the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center, which will provide Qiskit Runtime services from a 127-qubit IBM…
Our ‘promoproject’ begins its path today: basque.SCIENCE
International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11. F. Innovate. Demonstrate. Elevate. Advance. Sustain.( I.D.E.A.S.) This year, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS) focus on the role of Women and Girls and Science as relates to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ‘IDWGIS’ aims to connect the International Community to…
Strategic alliance between EVERIS and SATLANTIS
The two companies have entered into a strategic alliance that started in 2016 and has produced important results such as a 45 cm resolution space camera. The European Commission authorises SATLANTIS to acquire from EVERIS its space activity in the area of Defence and Earth Observation. The strategic analysis carried out by NTT_DATA to focus…
Basque Country: Women at the forefront of science and technology
Twenty-four Basque entities join forces around the Emakumeak Zientzian project by signing a new collaboration agreement, thus ratifying their commitment to the initiative’s objectives: make women’s activity in science visible, break with typically male roles attributed to scientific-technical activities and encourage the choice of scientific careers among girls and adolescents. With these objectives in mind,…