For ten years, the Emakumeak Zientzian initiative in the Basque Country has been bringing together research centers, universities and technology organizations to highlight the role of women in science and technology. Launched around the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated every 11 February, the project has grown into a broad, collaborative network…
Estuaries are critical transition zones that link marine, riverine, and terrestrial ecosystems, including habitats like intertidal mudflats and tidal marshes. These ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots providing essential ecological functions such as nutrient cycling and pollutant removal. Despite their importance, there is a significant knowledge gap regarding the ecological functioning of these habitats and how they…
The EHU’s Lipids & Liver group discover a key protein in the progression of liver diseases towards advanced stages An international collaborative study has identified the E2F2 protein as a potential new therapeutic target to prevent metabolic fatty liver disease from progressing towards more serious conditions, such as cirrhosis or liver cancer. Metabolic fatty liver…
This week, The Basque Country has once again demonstrated the strength, cohesion, and ambition of its biosanitary ecosystem through two strategic events: the 2025 Technological Innovation and Transfer in Neurosciences Conference, organized by Achucarro, Basque Health Cluster, and BIOEF, and the III Matchmaking of the Basque Biosanitary Ecosystem, in which BHC, BRTA, BIOEF, and Innobasque participated, bringing together over a hundred people…
The institutions have created a university-industry lab to promote training in space technology. The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Deusto and the space technology company Satlantis have signed a collaboration agreement to launch the Satlantis–Deusto Technology Lab, a unique training and development space that will connect the academic environment with the real-world challenges of the space sector….
The Basque Government and IBM have today inaugurated the first operational IBM Quantum System Two in Europe, and the third in the world, installed at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computing Center in Donostia/San Sebastián. The installation of this system marks a milestone in the strategic collaboration between both entities, initiated in 2023 under the BasQ –…
Aurelio Mateo-Alonso, Ikerbasque Research Professor at POLYMAT and at the University of the Basque Country, has been appointed Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, one of Spain’s most prestigious scientific societies. The appointment recognises his outstanding international career in the field of precision polymer synthesis, such as graphene nanoribbons…
“Supercomputing, data spaces and quantum computing are boosting an industrial transformation” TECNALIA has seen how supercomputing, supported by data infrastructure and emerging technologies such as quantum computing, is transforming industry. TECNALIA is, therefore, committed to spearheading the development and implementation of supercomputing in strategic sectors, as part of an effort to build a secure and sustainable…
This has been carried out within the framework of ReSChape, a European project that analyses supply chain impacts and proposes models to make them more sustainable and resilient. Helping companies measure and manage their social value under the new European Union regulations is the aim of the guide «Medición y gestión del valor social en…
Zorrotzaurre Island, Bilbao: IDOM intends to boost its design and supply of complex engineering systems for science and technology with these new facilities. Work carried out in these facilities is expected to directly impact the development of projects such as: Optical systems Instruments and large mobile structures for telescopes Specialized mechatronic systems Unique test benches Diagnostics…