Prof. Dr. Nektarios Tavernarakis. Greece
Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis. He is Vice-President of the European Research Council (ERC) and Chairman of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Governing Board. He is also President of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas...
Prof. Dr. Juan Fuster. Spain
Juan Fuster Verdú. Research professor at the Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), a joint centre of the University of Valencia and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He has received the Humboldt Research Award in 2018. Juan Fuster Verdú is the...
Prof. Dr. Ana Costa. Portugal.
PhD in Food Biotechnology, Ana Costa is the first woman dean of the University of Évora (Portugal) and president of MetaRed Portugal. MetaRed is a collaborative project that forms a network of networks of heads of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) of...
Minors and social networks: which protections?
Descendants of centenarians share their unique genetic footprint
A genetic analysis of descendants of centenarians reveals a specific genetic fingerprint that may explain why they are less frail than descendants of non-centenarians of the same age. This is the main conclusion of a study led by the INCLIVA Health Research Institute...
Mediterranean diet, a heritage to defend: the contribution of research from the University of Messina
On November 16, 2010, UNESCO registered the Mediterranean Diet in the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, defining it as a set of skills, knowledge, rituals, symbols and traditions, ranging from landscape to table. Sicily is the symbol region for the...
INCLIVA identifies AXL protein as a specific biomarker and therapeutic target in HER2+ breast cancer
Dr. Juan Miguel Cejalvo -researcher of the Breast Cancer Biology Research Group of the INCLIVA Health Research Institute of the Hospital Clínico de València, directed by Dr. Ana Lluch, and researcher member of CIBERONC-, has led a study in which a protein -called AXL-...
Scipog Department projects “A greener future”
A sustainable and youth-friendly European Union..........from studying to participation. Academics from the Department of Political and Legal Sciences in cooperation with Unime European Documentation Centre present "Designing a Greener Future," a project awarded with...
Collaboration and values to save the Mar Menor
There are environmental conflicts that brew slowly and invisibly over decades and suddenly, when certain thresholds are reached, come to light. In the case of the Mar Menor (Region of Murcia, Spain), the first warning sign was in the early 2000s, with the invasion of...
“WE HAVE TO DECREASE IN ORDER TO RECOVER THE NATURE OF THE MAR MENOR”, PEDRO GARCÍA (ANSE)
We interviewed Pedro García, director of the Asociación de Naturalistas del Sureste (ANSE), for the Mediterranean Researchers' Night in Los Alcáceres (Murcia), with the Mar Menor on his back. Pedro García is one of the leading experts on the problems facing the Mar...
Innovating in reforestation: objective to improve the resilience of plantations
The recovery and restoration of degraded areas in forest ecosystems have as objectives, among others, the slowing down of the erosive processes that cause soil loss, as well as the regeneration of soil fertility and the diversity of plants and animals. Reforestations...
The diet that could make us live up to ten years longer
“Who wants to live forever?” wondered the legendary band Queen in their famous 80s song. And surely, even if we are not aiming for eternal life, we are all concerned about living as long as possible. The typical tips for a healthier life often ring in our heads:...
Adapting to the new reality of fires
Forty million years ago, Antarctica was covered with huge forests. And 25 000 years ago, half of Europe was covered in ice and the other half in cold steppes. Thanks to palaeontology, we now know that vegetation around the world has changed as the climate has changed....
TALES DEADLINE EXTENSION UNTIL AUGUST 15
We are glad with the response that is getting the II literary contest Tales from The MEDNIGHT. As August is a propitious month for creative activities, we announce a new extension of the deadline, until Monday, August 15, with which some great stories of scientific...
The flag.
Belonging is a difficult thing to understand. Land generates egoisms that many struggle to jettison from their routine. On the other hand, on sea one does not distinguish borders. It is as if the Mediterranean were the homeland and utopia untested to gulls, fish and...