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…
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…
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…
At the 8th edition of Women in Science, a project supported by thirty-two Basque entities, a comprehensive programme has been designed that will take place from 8 to 16 February in Gipuzkoa, Bizkaia and Araba. The initiative aims to highlight the presence of women in science, break with gender stereotypes in scientific and technical disciplines…
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. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) The University of the Basque Country’s…
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…
The Ikerbasque Evaluation Committee has selected the three researchers who will be recognised for their work this year. In this fifth edition, the researchers Alicia Alonso, Ainhoa Magrach and Sara Barja will receive recognition from the Department of Education and Ikerbasque. The aim of the initiative is to raise the profile of Basque women researchers…
The prestigious «POLiS Award for Excellence for Women Researchers» not only recognizes her professional accomplishments but also comes with financial support of up to 70,000 euros for research stays in institutions within the ‘Post-Lithium’ Energy Storage Cluster of Excellence. In her lecture, Arnaiz shared insights into her career and highlighted her work on pre-metallation strategies…
The Ramsay Santé Group, through its Aquitaine Centre, is committed to innovation in healthcare by launching its first “Living Lab”. This concept aims to experiment innovative healthcare solutions in a real environment, in order to bring added value to patients and healthcare professionals. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía Urresti) This first laboratory, located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, will…
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Study Reveals Shifting Gender Gap in NAS and AAAS Academies’ Elections, Prioritizing Women’s Admission Based on Merit. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía Urresti) Have female researchers received the same recognition and awards as their male colleagues? And what about nowadays? This is a critical and appropriate issue in the light of…