The microfluid company, microLIQUID, a spin-off of the IK4-IKERLAN technology centre, is specialised in the entire process, from prototyping to mass production, from microtechnological lab on a chip cards to the rapid diagnosis of illnesses.…

The Technology Park in Zamudio will host a conference on the application of nanomaterials in industry on 12 June, focusing on the automotive and construction industries. It is organized by the IK4-TEKNIKER technology centre with the participation of entities like the Acciona infrastructure company and the Basque firm specialised in the production of graphene, Graphenea, in addition…

Javier Aizpurua, researcher at the Materials Physics Centre, a joint centre of the CSIC and the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, has designed a new model which describes the properties of optic nanoantennas at distances inferior to the nanometre by means of quantum mechanics, an advancement which completes the…

La ingeniera de la UPV/EHU Ainhoa Lejardi ha obtenido un nuevo material polimérico que podría mejorar la preparación de nanoesferas para su utilización como método de liberación controlada de fármacos, una investigación que la científica continúa actualmente en el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) en Madrid.…

The Centre for cooperative Research Biomagune will hold a symposium to analyze the regulatory framework challenges of the European nanotechnology industry on the 3 and 4 of May in Donostia-San Sebastián.

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CIC nanoGUNE has organized the second edition of the course on nanotechnology and its applications for secondary school teachers. The course, taught by researchers from the research centre in san Sebastian, form part of the University and Research of the Basque Government’s Department of Education Garatu Programme for the continuing education of teachers.…

The IK4-GAIKER technological centre, along with the IVTIP European Platform (In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform) is organizing a congress on the 19^th April on the “Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials: Current Status and Challenges Ahead”.

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International Experts in the field of ionic liquids visited San Sebastian on 15 March to participate in the PIL-to MARKET workshop organized by IK4-CIDETEC and dedicated to the industrial applications of new materials.

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The Baskrete Initiative (Basque Country Initiative for Cement and Concrete Research), whose objective is to promote the implementation of nanotechnologies in the cement and concrete industry, organized a special seminar in San Sebastian on the 13 and 14 March where the sector’s largest companies in the world, such as Cemex, Lafarge,…

Thomas Frederiksen, a researcher at the DIPC (Donostia International Physics Center), together with Japanese scientists, has observed, for the first time, a hydrogen atom transport system in chemical compounds linked by hydrogen bonds that could find application in the electronics industry.…

The Biscayan company Metal Estalki, which produces coatings to improve the performance of industrial tools and components, is basing the development of its future products exclusively on those nanomaterials that confer greater strength, hardness and wear-resistance to industrial tools.…

Ángel Rubio, professor of Material Physics, and director of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)'s NanoBio Spectroscopy Group, was recently appointed external scientific director of the Physics, Chemistry and Technology section of the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin run by the prestigious Max Planck Society.

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A group of Basque companies and technology bodies, including Gerdau Sidenor, GKN Driveline Zumaia, Alcorta Forging and the Tecnalia Technology Corporation, have merged forces in a research project supported by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Trade and Tourism's Etorgai Program to develop new…

Fagor Automation, a subsidiary of the MONDRAGON Corporation that specialises in the manufacture of components for the general machine tools and automation sector, designs, manufactures and exports numerical control systems, position display units and high-precision encoders with nanometre-scale resolution.

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