LAPlab investigates the process of learning a language and how speaking several languages delays the onset of diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. 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 questions that the Language…
“We are driven by a commitment to contribute to the dream of parenthood through solutions that improve the precision, effectiveness, and accessibility of fertility treatments.” At MEPRO Medical Reproductive Solutions, “we combine a passion for science with a commitment to innovation to transform biotechnology into solutions that improve people’s lives. Our team is made up…
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…
A UPV/EHU research project uses charcoal obtained from Pinus radiata remains to create a hybrid supercapacitor for energy storage. The Solid State and Materials Group has developed a lithium-ion capacitor with electrodes created from discarded wood particles from sawmills, a type of biomass accessible in the Basque Country. Sustainable and economical processes have been used…
Let us look to the heavens in imitation of the ancients. And in doing so, let us try to understand almost incomprehensible things like dark matter. Perhaps that will alleviate the dismay that cosmology is simpler than politics. Let us make our curiosity fly like a kite by thinking about light and strange particles. And…
The European project ‘Genome of Europe (GoE)’, promoted by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU) and the researcher from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), aims to generate the most complete genetic database of the European population, incorporating 100,000 genomes representing all its citizens. This project is the largest in Europe to…
Global innovation in advanced manufacturing for the automotive industry and sustainability Etxetar is an engineering company based in Elgoibar, a town in the Basque Country, which is a world leader in the sale of advanced manufacturing solutions for combustion engines and electric vehicle parts. It designs and manufactures industrial solutions of high technological value (it…
A study by the University of the Basque Country –UPV/EHU– and ‘BC3‘ says that the reproductive success of wild and cultivated plants is reduced by the loss of pollinator diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution has published the meta-analysis conducted by a UPV/EHU researcher together with several members of BC3. This analysis produced a more realistic…
The UPV/EHU professor joins the select group of experts recognised by the prestigious scientific society. Professor Antonio Gómez Muñoz, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the UPV/EHU’s Faculty of Science and Technology, has been distinguished as an Honorary Member of the Sphingolipid Club (SLC), the oldest European society devoted to sphingolipid research. Founded in…
SliconBurmuin brings together a multidisciplinary consortium coordinated by IKERLAN with knowledge in different areas such as: neuroscience, mathematics, microelectronics and AI, including several institutions and organisations such as: UPV/EHU (departments of Computer Architecture and Technology and Electronic Technology), Vicomtech, CAF R&D, the GAIA Cluster, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, BCBL (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain…