Glycans, known as sugars or carbohydrates, are essential molecules present in all living things. They play a key role in the regulation of the immune system and are related to diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer. Aware of their importance, Asparia Glycomics, a company from Basque Country, founded in 2016 as a spin-off from the…
Stanford University ranking selects the top 2% group of researchers most cited in scientific publications. (Autor: Hugo Fernandez de la Pradilla) There are 162 researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in the chosen group of the 2% with the highest number of citations in scientific publications: of these, 119 (103 in 2023)…
LUR-1, the first 100% Basque satellite launched by AVS
With approaches ranging from a local viewpoint informing of the initiatives launched by some coastal communities to a regional and global perspective addressing phenomena such as the slowing of the North Atlantic Current, the Uhinak Congress will provide an overall introduction to the problems faced by the coast and its towns and communities due to rising sea…
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…
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…
A University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) study employs game theory to assert that tumors with lower cellular heterogeneity exhibit higher aggressiveness. (Autor: Estíbaliz Pérez de la Torre) The convergence of mathematics, histopathology, and genomics substantiates the finding that the most aggressive clear cell renal cell carcinomas possess limited intratumor heterogeneity, implying a reduced diversity…
Une étude dirigée par le groupe FisioKlima-AgroSosT de l’Université du Pays Basque, en collaboration avec le gouvernement de Navarre et l’entreprise Gestion Ambiental de Navarra (GAN-NIK), a mis en lumière les pratiques de gestion cruciales pour promouvoir et préserver la biodiversité dans les pâturages du versant ouest des Pyrénées en Navarre. (Autor: Estíbaliz Pérez de…
The Tekniker technology center has pioneered the creation, production, and validation of a groundbreaking prototype: a wind turbine specifically engineered to harness the unique environmental conditions on the red planet for the European Space Agency (ESA). Addressing the pivotal question of whether Martian winds can be transformed into electrical energy, this initiative by Tekniker, a…