His company, Rezon.ai, aims to add «explainability» to existing artificial intelligence systems. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) 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…
Mercedes Maroto, scientist from Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country), awarded at the Cop28 in Dubai
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…
New European network for early detection of fires, floods and droughts
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…
LUR-1, the first 100% Basque satellite: The leadership of AVS for placing the Basque Country “on the map of the world and of space”
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. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) 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…
The AstraZeneca Foundation grants the ‘Young Researchers’ award to a scientific project led by CIC bioGUNE.
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…
Petronor starts renewable hydrogen production
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. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) In addition, this renewable hydrogen will also be used in the first buses…
Lesser-known renewable energies: ocean energy
Given that 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, with 97% coming from the seas and oceans, it seems reasonable to believe that marine energies are here to stay in this decarbonisation scenario. However, we often refer to offshore wind energy, which is the most prominent in the field, but we must take…
‘Electron Spin Qubits’ in a New Concept Quantum Computer created
Along with research teams from Korea, Japan, and the United States, an international research team led by Deung-Jang Choi and Cristina Mier from the Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and the Donostia International Physics Centre (DIPC) has effectively put forward a new quantum platform that employs the electron spin of a single atom on…
Detecting hidden patterns in cellular tissues: a new open-source tool
The Seville Institute of Biomedicine (Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/University of Seville) has recently collaborated with the University of the Basque Country, the Biofisika Institute, the International Physics Centre of Donostia and other prestigious national and international centres to develop CartoCell, a high-content 3D image analysis tool that reveals hidden patterns of cell morphology. This…
A European project led by the UPV/EHU seeks to create a more efficient technology for storing and transporting green hydrogen.
The UnLOHCked project led by the SUPREN research group receives funding of 3 million euros from the Clean Hydrogen Partnership. (Autor: Elda Campos Lavín) According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), achieving climate neutrality is essential to curb global warming. The European Union aims to achieve energy neutrality by 2050 and has therefore…









