TheVII Congress of Young Researchers of the Spanish Royal Mathematical Society (RSME) took place in Bilbao from 13 to 17 January, being the first time that the city hosted this event. The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) was the host institution, together with the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) and the RSME, bringing…
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…
The researcher from the University of La Coruña (Galicia) is studying how to prevent the degradation of materials so that they can be used in windows that generate electrical current. (Autor: Hugo Fernandez de la Pradilla) Although he opted for chemistry when he finished high school, as soon as he had the opportunity to work…
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)…
BH2C, the Basque Hydrogen Corridor has been selected by the Mission Innovation – Clean Hydrogen Mission (CHM) as one of the eight leading examples of ‘Hydrogen Valleys’ globally. This recognition places BH2C among the world’s elite of projects driving the energy transition to green hydrogen. The Hydrogen Valleys platform, jointly developed by the Clean Hydrogen…
Innitius: an AI capable of improving the health and quality of life of pregnant women and newborns
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 basque researcher, Ildefonso Martínez de la Fuente, has led an exhaustive analysis of the locomotion trajectories of 700 individual cells using advanced scientific techniques to demonstrate that their movements depend on a joint, self-organised action of practically all the physiological processes that make up the cell. This multidisciplinary research, in which various departments of…
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…