Marta Macho, editor of the digital space Mujeres con Ciencia of the Chain in Scientific Culture, has been awarded the Women in Science Award in the category of Divulgation by the magazine Muy Interesante. This award was presented at a ceremony during the Science Fest event on 18 November, now in its third edition, which…
The journal Nature has released a research examining the trend of invertebrate diversity and organisation in rivers and how these organisms respond and evolve to environmental stressors. The study is based on data collected from river systems in 22 European countries between 1969 and 2020. The University of the Basque Country’s (UPV/EHU) Group of Stream…
The aim of a new study by the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in Donostia, in collaboration with the Donostia University Hospital and the Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute (IIS Biogipuzkoa), is to find the origin of prosody (the ability to interpret and distinguish the intonation of anger, joy, exclamations or questions) and…
In the field of energy, Professor Michel Armand is the most influential researcher in the Basque Country overall and among all of Spain’s researchers. In the field of mechanical engineering, on the other hand, the most influential researcher in the Basque Country is Elena Palomo, the Ikerbasque Professor and head of the Scientific Direction of…
His company, Rezon.ai, aims to add «explainability» to existing artificial intelligence systems. Forbes magazine has included Javier Viaña (Bilbao, 1995) in its latest list of the 30 people under the age of 30 who are generating the most impact in the world in the science category. Viaña, 28, is an industrial and aerospace engineer, but…
The basque scientist Mercedes Maroto-Valer, director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and deputy director of Global Sustainability at Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, won the Net-Zero Industries Award in the category of ‘Innovative Woman’ this Friday at a ceremony held in the framework of the United Nations Climate Change Conference…
The NEIKER technology centre, together with other European agents, has participated in the development of the ClimAlert digital platform for predicting water-related climate risks. This tool is already accessible and will contribute to more efficient public-private water management and to preventing soil erosion due to climate change. The initiative aims to achieve the objectives set…
During his visit to the AVS facilities located on the Euskadi Technology Park’s Vitoria-Gasteiz Campus, Iñigo Urkullu gained knowledge about the company’s forthcoming space missions. The company was awarded the NASA ROADS mission today. It is also in charge of the LUR-1 Project, which is the first satellite to be used for Earth observation that…
The VII Young Researchers Awards are an initiative by the AstraZeneca Foundation under the motto of «People who change lives», to support the growth and consolidation of young scientific talent in Spain. The molecular and cellular underpinnings of intercellular communication in deadly prostate cancer are the focus of research led by CIC bioGUNE and researcher…
The Basque Country produces the first renewable hydrogen thanks to a 2.5 MW electrolyser located at Petronor that supplies the Energy Intelligence Center, as well as the company’s new offices at the Ezkerraldea-Meatzaldea Technology Park in Abanto Zierbena. In addition, this renewable hydrogen will also be used in the first buses and heavy vehicles of…