Author Archives: Invited Researcher
Electron-phonon coupling enhancement in Sn nanowires
Author: Daniel Pérez is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology, Sweden.
Last February I published my first scientific article as principal author in Physical Review B . This article summarizes a big part of my work […]
A universal theory for heteropolymer design
Author: Ivan Coluzza is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at CICbiomaGUNE
On our unique planet, life evolved under the pressure of natural selection. The evolution theory of Darwin demonstrates the incredible plasticity of the living organism. For millions of years, living […]
Use of social networks by scientists
Author: Martha Villabona works at Centro Nacional de Innovación e Investigación Educativa (CNIIE) of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, where she coordinates the area of multiple literacies.
Technology by itself is not good or bad […]
Singin’ in the Brain: why brain tumour patients are singing on the operating table
Authors:
Zoë Firth & Priscila Borba Borges, students, European Master’s in Clinical Linguistics (EMCL+) and Adrià Rofes (advisor)
‘I can’t control my brain’. So sang Weezer in their 2001 hit ‘Island in the Sun’; how fitting, then, […]
The spreading of science news, from Arthur Eddington (1919) to black holes (2019).
Author: Jaume Navarro is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at the University of the Basque Country
On April 10th 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image ever of a black hole. Five simultaneous press conferences, […]
Mapping PTEN: basic research to assist precision oncology
Author: Rafael Pulido is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at the BioCruces Health Research Institute
In the last two decades, the easiness in the obtaining of genetic information from patient biological samples, together with the advanced knowledge on the physiological consequences […]
Could excipients decrease antimicrobial properties? Citronellal oil and cyclodextrins
Authors: Adrián Matencio* & Carolina Abril-Sánchez.
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
* adrian.matencio@um.es
Antimicrobial resistance is a problem in our society. Although several authors have focused on seeking new molecules […]
Disinformation about vaccines on Twitter
Author: Martha Villabona works at Centro Nacional de Innovación e Investigación Educativa (CNIIE) of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, where she coordinates the area of multiple literacies.
The article Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and […]
Science communication: disinformation and fake news
Author: Martha Villabona works at Centro Nacional de Innovación e Investigación Educativa (CNIIE) of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, where she coordinates the area of multiple literacies.
Being well informed as a citizen or not […]
Design of protein-protein binding sites suggests a rationale for naturally occurring contact areas
Author: Ivan Coluzza is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at CICbiomaGUNE
Molecular recognition is a critical process for many biological functions and consists in non-covalent binding of different molecules, such as protein-protein, antigen-antibody and many others. The host-guest molecules involved often […]