NEIKER technology centre, an entity of the Basque Country Government’s Department of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries, is researching the development of fertilisers and biostimulants that provide organic matter to the soil. They’ll make it possible to reduce the use of mineral fertilisers established by the European strategy ‘From Farm to Fork’. As part…
The tool designed by the CAVIAR group of the ‘UPV/EHU’ will help to formulate housing regeneration policies to meet the European Union’s decarbonisation requirements Markel Arbulu has developed a resource to assess whether the strategies for implementing the energy renovation of housing are sustainable from the perspective of environmental and economic sustainability. The simulation tool…
Technological advances are opening up infinite possibilities in the study of the brain, an organ of vital importance to human beings. Proof of this are the two new neuroimaging techniques available to BCBL, the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language in Donostia – San Sebastian. Specifically, the centre has invested, with the support of…
Research involving the University of the Basque Country has resulted in a methodology to reliably and objectively analyse the sensory characteristics of wine. This is a standard tool that uses a single methodology to analyse the gustatory, olfactory and visual properties of different types of wine from the 11 Catalan designations of origin, and which…
Syngoi Technologies, a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization -CDMO- specializing in synthetic DNA for advanced cell and gene therapies, announces a significant expansion in its production capabilities, enabling the production of DNA at kilograms scale and accommodating more than 25 concurrent customer projects. This expansion follows a successful Series B capital raise – led…
The world’s leading experts in quantum technologies actively participated in the gathering, sharing the latest advances in constantly developing areas of science and technology The Basque Country Minister of Education, Jokin Bildarratz, took part in the inauguration of the international Quantum Matter 2024 conference, at the Kursaal Palace in Donostia. This fourth edition of the…
An international study led by the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, in collaboration with researchers from the Neuropsychopharmacology Group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and researchers from the CIBER of Mental Health (CIBERSAM), and published in Nature Communications, may facilitate the creation of new personalized treatments for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. These are…
CIC nanoGUNE, Polymat, and Indart3D collaborate on this project aimed at providing researchers and medical professionals with an advanced biofabrication platform. The research centers CIC nanoGUNE and Polymat, along with the 3D printing company, Indart3D, are collaborating to make available to medical and research personnel a tool that creates human tissues with the precision and complexity required…
The Basque-based brand, Tiresoul, is committed to sustainability in the footwear industry and that is why the brand is giving a second life to the rubber from used tires for the manufacture of its shoe soles. Many of the materials that are part of our daily lives take hundreds of years to decompose, which is why there are companies that choose…
Linked to the Enlightenment movement, the Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country (Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del Pais), Euskalerriko Adiskideen Elkartea in basque (Euskera), was founded in 1764 and has its origins in gatherings held at the Intsausti Palace in Azkoitia, by the Count of Peñaflorida, Xavier Mª de Munibe. With the help of a group…