Pre-events and warming up the local community on Lesvos
As a precursor to what will take place on the 30th of September, a series of actions made by SciCo, Greece, with the participation of the Aegean University and the support of Lesvos Chamber, was scheduled in the final days of July. The activities have taken place in a...
Sea breeze: This is how the sigh of the sea that refresh beaches and coastal cities is formed
If you are on the beach (or somewhere near the coast) you may have noticed that around midday a gentle wind starts to blow from the sea where there was none before. This is most likely sea-breeze, a (pleasant) phenomenon that occurs due to the temperature difference...
LAST DAYS FOR BEING PART OF THE TALES FROM THE MEDNIGHT
There are few days left, you are in time to be part of the II Tales from the MEDNIGHT. Works from different Mediterranean countries have already arrived to form an unforgettable edition. This initiative will bring science stories closer to hospitalized children,...
A Fisabio study, carried out in the Hospital General in Elche, finds microplastics in respiratory tracts
The study, led by Fisabio's pulmonologist Carlos Baeza, correlates the presence of these microfibers to worse lung function and pathogenic germs The results have been published in a prestigious international journal and awarded by the Spanish Society of Pneumology The...
A Fisabio project allows hospital gowns to be converted into new plastic and textile products
• This project by Fisabio, the Gandia Health Department, Aupa Hogar and Plastics Casaravi has obtained funding from the AVI • A waste management circuit will be implemented that can be extended to the rest of the hospitals in the Valencian Community The ZERO project...
Grooming the Toftevaag.
Not all parts of an adventure go into the logbook. Before you lift anchors, or leave, you have to prepare everything, think things through, meet the new crew, grease the chain of command and start to visualize the journey. Every sailor has a task. Some clean, others...
Fisabio participates in the first complete study of the DNA of the Demodex folliculorum mite, the only animal that lives in symbiosis with the human body
This international study, in which Fisabio, the University of Valencia, CSIC and CIBER are participating, describes the lifestyle of the D. fulliculorum mite. Their research has revealed that this animal is shedding many genes and cells and has gone from being an external parasite to an internal symbiont
The Mediterranean Researcher’s Night returns to Lesvos
The "Mediterranean Researcher's Night" - Mednight is back! This year, the activities of the "Mediterranean Researcher's Night" will peak on the island of Lesvos on 30 September, a day when this celebration of science will take place in more than 400 European cities,...
ZeroPM EU Project: The University of Aegean research team fights for the environment
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3zSUVvLuvNE The environment is threatened by the presence of synthetic organic compounds that exhibit high resistance and mobility. These compounds are widely known as Persistent and Mobile (PM) Substances. The research program ZeroPM –...
A ship at a standstill also tells stories
We make a synthesis of the differences between floating on land and walking on the sea.
TALES FROM THE MEDNIGHT DEADLINE EXTENSION
Due to the end of the academic year is a moment to focus in the exams, in order to facilitate the participation in the contest of short stories of scientific theme, Tales from the Mednight, we extend until July 29 the deadline of presentation of the works. Sure one of...
ECOFEMINISM
ECOFEMINISM: AN IDEA CAN CHANGE THE WORLD The word "écoféminisme" was first used in 1974 by the French activist Françoise d'Eaubonne in the essay "Le féminisme ou la mort". The main goal of ecofeminism is to find a meeting point between the protection of women's...
Fisabio brings Mediterranean science to Valencian schools and shoots Mednight documentary in Cyprus and Greece
Within the framework of the “Researchers Back to School” activity, the researchers and research management staff from the Fisabio Foundation brought the science that they work on in their laboratories to students between the ages of 3 and 12 years in six preschools and primary education centers in the Valencian Community.
MIND THE LAB IS BACK
Mind the Lab was born in 2017 in Greece in order to bring scientific dissemination to society in places of common use by the entire population such as metro stations, hence its name. His success in the Athens metro led him to emulate the initiative in stations in...
Summer of Museums at MUDIC with the realization of projects and the participation of Margarita del Val
On June 27, the Summer of Museums activities begin at MUDIC, with a powerful weekly program of projects, aimed at young people from 6th grade to high school. The beginning is with astronomy projects, with Enrique Larrosa and viruses and bacteria, by Margarita del...