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…
Conducted under the leadership of Ikerbasque Research Professor Shira Knafo at the Molecular Cognition Laboratory, a groundbreaking study, recently published in the esteemed journal Nature Molecular Psychiatry, has unveiled a significant correlation between anxiety disorders and the brain receptor TACR3, as well as testosterone levels. The research involved collaboration with the University of the Basque…
His company, Rezon.ai, aims to add «explainability» to existing artificial intelligence systems. 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 and aerospace engineer, but…
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…
The Basque Country is one of the most advanced territories in Europe, even though it is a small region, the possibilities for further growth are immense. Furthermore, the targets set in the Science, Technology and Innovation Plan 2030 (PCTI 2030) will place the Basque Country as one of the most advanced regions of the continent…
The past 11 February was celebrated as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science so as to highlight the presence of women in the world of science. Eustat, the Basque Statistics Institute, has analyzed women’s participation in this sector using its data, both in the field of employment and in secondary and university education.
It is popularly believed that children are born scientists. So, it is important for parents to detect this aspect and encourage their children to develop it. It is popularly believed that children are born scientists. This scientific ability means asking questions about the world, then creating hypotheses and collecting data to find answers. Children are curious…
Santa Agueda (Agate Deuna, in Basque) is a deep-rooted tradition in the Basque Country that is celebrated every February 4, the eve of this blessed woman. Santa Agueda (Agate Deuna, in Basque) is a deep-rooted tradition in the Basque Country that is celebrated every February 4, the eve of Santa Agueda. The «cuadrillas» (groups of…
On February 9th the first session in the national level regarding gender, communication and science will take place in Bilbao, in the University of the Basque Country (Bizkaia Aretoa hall). The session consists of debating how gender issues are conveyed and perceived and their implications in the fields of environment, health, innovation and science in…
Twenty-four Basque entities join forces around the Emakumeak Zientzian project by signing a new collaboration agreement, thus ratifying their commitment to the initiative’s objectives: make women’s activity in science visible, break with typically male roles attributed to scientific-technical activities and encourage the choice of scientific careers among girls and adolescents. With these objectives in mind,…