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  • Trees and grasses for climate change

    Researchers from the Plant Physiology Laboratory of the UPV/EHU have measured the emissions and inputs of greenhouse effect in various forests and pastures in the Basque Country with the ultimate goal of proposing a tree selection system that best adapts to the water conditions that climate change will cause. In pastures, the effectiveness of the…

  • SME instrument

    The European Commission has announced the first results of its new instrument dedicated to SMEs which, under Horizon 2020, has an endowment of €3 billion to help small innovative companies take their ideas from the lab to the market. In total, 155 SMEs from 21 countries (EU Member States or Horizon 2020 associated countries) will…

  • electronic waste

    In recent years there has been an increase in waste electrical and electronic parts (WEEE ) due to the growing importance of computers, tablets, mobile phones, calculators…, as well as the modernization of communications. However, many of these devices -also called E-Waste – are manufactured with polluting materials (such as phosphorus, mercury, cadmium or bromine)…

  • They discover more than 40 specific genes of Menaloma

    Researchers from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) have discovered more than 40 genes that define the degree of aggressiveness of melanoma and that distinguish it from other cancers with a poor prognosis. This study is relevant because it also explains why a drug also described in the CNIO is incorporated and selectively attacks tumor…

  • A mathematical model to measure happiness

    The momentary happiness of more than 18,000 people around the world has been successfully predicted using a mathematical equation devised by researchers at University College London (UCL). The results of the work, which has published PNAS magazine, show that a happy state of mind is related not only to the fact that things go well,…

  • Wasp venom to fight cancer

    Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have designed a therapy based on a peptide – amino acid binding – from wasp venom for potential use against breast cancer. In vitro experiments show that the substance distributes properly within tumor cells and causes their death, while healthy cells, such as red blood…

  • custom aortic prostheses

    Today we leave you with VICOMTECH- IK4, in which they describe the results of a research carried out together with eMedica and the Biodonostia Institute and which consists of the creation of an innovative system capable of designing and manufacturing personalized abdominal aorta prostheses called eVida. The aortic aneurysm consists of a dilation and progressive…

  • Euskotren renews its fleet

    Euskotren, the railway operator dependent on the Basque Government, has commissioned the company Construction and Railway Auxiliary ( CAF) the manufacture of 28 new units within the framework of its objective of renewing the fleet in addition to covering the needs of line 3 of the Bilbao metro. The €150M order must be delivered between…

  • Experts in smart and energy efficient structures

    < /a> IK4- IKERLAN has become part of the ANTARES network (Advanced Training and Research in efficient Smart Structures), launched to train researchers who are capable of transferring their knowledge to the production of intelligent and energy efficient structures in the future. The ultimate goal is to produce structures that generate a smaller ecological footprint…

  • New storm tank in Bizkaia

    < /a> The largest storm tank in Bizkaia is being completed in the town of Etxebarri and is expected to come into operation next autumn. This infrastructure, which has an investment of €33M, has a capacity of 74,480 cubic meters, which will make it the largest of all those existing in the Basque Country. The…