Going home (only) for Christmas
El País
El País
La Vanguardia
El País
On 17th November 2017, the 4th edition of the workshop “CienciaUK 2017: La carrera investigadora y otras profesiones científicas en Reino Unido” was celebrated in Madrid, Spain. This workshop was focused in professional development, providing information and guidance related to the different scientific careers available in the United Kingdom. More than 100 students and researchers … How is Brexit perceived by Spanish students and researchers?
El Periódico, La Vanguardia, El Cultural, El Confidencial
Xavier Moya receives the SRUK Emerging Talent Award in London. Moya, a Royal Society Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, is an inspiring reference for his ground-breaking contributions in the field of materials science and environmental sustainability. This initiative from the Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK and Banco Santander Foundation aims to … Xavier Moya, physicist from Cambridge University, receives the Emerging Talent Award 2017
You have probably heard about Artificial Intelligence (AI). It seems to be everywhere nowadays. Most technological companies seem to use the term frequently in their marketing, giving a sheen of science fiction, as if it was completely different from everything that came before. So what do these companies really mean when they say they use … Artificial intelligence: hype or revolution?
The 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Fellowship Awards Programme is open for applications. Five outstanding female early-career scientists will be awarded with a bursary of £15,000. The fellowship awards are open to female early-career researchers working in the field of life and physical sciences, engineering, mathematics and computer sciences. Apply online … 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland
El Ibérico
The annual Christmas Seminar from the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK) focuses on Science communication. The incorporation of a scientific culture in education and the participation of scientists in it, key points in the development of scientific knowledge in society. Luis Quevedo, an internationally recognized scientific communicator, was the keynote speaker … The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom supports the increase in Scientific Culture
In Chemistry, as in other scientific areas, discoveries are usually named after the researcher who found them. For example, in the daily routine of an Organic Chemistry lab, it is very common to use Swern’s or Stille’s reactions, or Grignard’s reagent without caring much about who invented them. When I find one of these, I … Sir Robert Robinson, organic chemistry with capital letters
Agencia SINC, El Boletín, Tecknoxplora
This content is only available in Spanish Jornada ‘La carrera investigadora y otras profesiones científicas en UK’ Unos 5.000 investigadores españoles desarrollan su carrera en universidades y empresas de Reino Unido Participan en una jornada organizada por la Fundación Ramón Areces y la Sociedad de Científicos Españoles en Reino Unido (CERU), en colaboración con … Los científicos españoles en Reino Unido confían en un Brexit lo más blando posible
El Economista
Unfortunately, waiting lists for organ transplant are increasing every year and not all patients are able to receive one of these organs. Besides, who doesn’t know somebody suffering from diabetes, heart disease, blindness, etc.? This patients are not included in the waiting lists but their quality of life could be greatly increased if they could … Custom-made human organs
El Ibérico
Science Toy Award 2017 ceremony was held at the Imperial College of London. The winner in the primary school children category has been the toy “Insta-Snow” and “Hix” for the preschool category. The Science Toy Award is an international award organized by researchers and engineers that aims to motivate children to pursue a career in … Science Toy Award 2017 Gala held in London
Con Salud
El Ibérico
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“Long-term potentiation affect spatial memory”. Tim Bliss, professor at the Francis Crick Institute remarks how the advances in neuroscience can help to understand the memory process. The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU) continues to celebrate its 5th Anniversary. Today´s Symposium in Oxford brings together expert neuroscientists to review the latest advances … Experts in Neuroscience discuss the latest advances of the field in Oxford
Nobbot
While we gaze at the higher peaks of a mountain range rising above the horizon, a feeling of been contemplating distant territories come to our minds, marginal areas away from the daily life of people. This impression is even reinforced if we think in the importance of European mountainous areas in the past. Indeed, we … Landscape Archaeology: The anthropization of the Cantabrian Mountains
El Laboratorio de JAL, RNE 5