The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) will host the fifth edition of the International Workshop on Reading and Developmental Dyslexia (IWORDD) at the Miramar Palace from 7 to 9 October. The final day, aimed at teachers, families, speech and language therapists, and educational guidance professionals, will present evidence-based tools for assessing and…
“Traditionally, research has focused on the sending and receiving neurons. Our approach is to understand how the environment between neurons itself modulates that signal,” says researcher Jan Tønnesen Coinciding with World Brain Day, celebrated on July 22, the Instituto Biofisika (CSIC, EHU) highlights the advances made by one of its teams in understanding the microscopic architecture…
LUP is a Basque startup focused on developing technological solutions that improve access to reading for people with low vision or reading difficulties. Originating within Mondragon University, the company combines artificial intelligence, computer vision, and optical character recognition (OCR) to create a device capable of transforming printed text into audio within seconds, without requiring internet…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
This is an innovative social media initiative to improve nutritional education for people with coeliac disease. (Autor: Aiora Madariaga Bilbao) Researchers at the University of the Basque Country have developed “GLUTLEARN,” a nutritional education programme through social networks that has proven effective in improving knowledge about coeliac disease and the gluten-free diet. This innovative project…
LAPlab investigates the process of learning a language and how speaking several languages delays the onset of diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. (Autor: Aiora Madariaga Bilbao) Before we are born, we are already surrounded by language, but how do we acquire it? How do we go from babbling to communicating complex ideas? These are the…
The IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center was announced in 2023 to foster the use of advanced technologies throughout the Basque Government and the Diputaciones (provincial governments) of its three territories: Alava, Bizkaia, and Gipuzkoa. Its mission is to raise the level of research institutions by expanding international scientific collaborations, conducting world-class fundamental research, and strengthening quantum…