DECRESIM, molecular magnetism and the advance of quantum computing

DECRESIM is a project funded by the European Research Council. Its objective is to advance the use of magnetic molecules to understand some quantum phenomena better. This excellent group of

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A look at the cosmos

Violent Universe, Mètode's latest issue, has had the collaboration of the Valencian artist Aurora Valero (Alboraia, 1940). With her powerful and colourful works, she offers her interpretation of the origin

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«Orígenes», by Carlos Briones, Alberto Fernández Soto and José María Bermúdez de Castro

A book to present the three most important origins of our civilization: the origin of the universe, the origin of life on planet Earth and the origin of humans in Africa.
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«The Measure of All Minds», by José Hernández Orallo

What is intelligence? In «The Measure of All Minds», José Hernández-Orallo ponders upon how we should measure human, animal, and artificial intelligence. The book tries to create connections between the

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«Las mujeres de la Luna», by Daniel Roberto Altschuler and Fernando Ballesteros

Out of 1,600 craters in total, only 28 have a woman's name. The book calls attention to this and pays homage to these often forgotten historical figures.
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Flies and carnivorous plants, a new relationship

A team of researchers of the University of Alacant, together with German and Brazilian scientists, have discovered a new interaction between insects and plants. They are fly larvae which can survive in

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Aromatic garden with recycled plastic bottles

From the Teaching Unit of the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia, they propose an activity to reuse plastic bottles.
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We speak with Mojica about the circumstances of his discovery, the following investigations, and present and future applications. We also ask him about the controversy regarding patents, and also how he is experiencing this recognition and attention towards his work.

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Scott C. Ratzan: «Health communication does not consist only in designing a web or writing a blog»

We interviewed Scott. C. Ratzan, PHD in Medicine and a Masters in Public Administration.
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José Tuells: «Vaccines save three million lives every year»

We talked to José Tuells, the director of the Balmis Vaccinology Chair of the University of Alacant.
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«El Jardí Animat», a book to enjoy plants

Thanks to a close collaboration between Mètode and the Education Unit of the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia, we published, at the beginning of the year, «El Jardí Animat.

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The bacteria hiding in a Nespresso machine

A study published in Scientific Reports signed by Cristina Vilanova, Alba Iglesias and Manel Porcar, researchers of the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the University of Valencia, focuses for the first time on the container for empty Nespresso capsules to show how the liquid that accumulates there is a world inhabited by bacterial life.
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Consuelo Guerri: «I do not want to be better than men, I want equality»

[English subtitles are not yet available for this video.] Descobreix amb Mètode TV el projecte Ciència amb veu de dona.

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Travelling with Darwin

What do we know of his travel? What did it mean for young Darwin? What, for the history of science?
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On the origin of life. A conversation between Antonio Lazcano and Juli Peretó

What is the origin of living beings?  What do we and cacti have in common? Juli Peretó, Professor and Researcher of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Valencia,

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Carmen Nájera: «Science is well regarded, but poorly funded»

Carmen Nájera, Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Alacant, was one of the winners of the Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award of the IUPAC

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What can we read?

Mètode TV visited the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, in the Scientific Park of the University of Valencia. We were welcomed by the researchers Manel Porcar, Kristie Tanner

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A reserve of microbial diversity

The Spanish Type Culture Collection (CECT), one of the services of the University of Valencia, is a public collection of microorganisms with the status of centre for microbial biologic resources. Mètode TV visited

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Thinking science

In May, Mètode celebrated issue 85 in Barcelona. During the event, hosted by the Institute for Catalan Studies, Martí Domínguez (editor-in-chief of Mètode), Pere Estupinyà (science communicator), Ramon Folch (socioecologist),

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CIMAR: a decade of marine research

Created in 1999, the Centre for Marine Research (CIMAR) started operating in 2005, with a partnership between the Santa Pola Town Hall and the University of Alacant. In this centre,

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Make your own lip balm

In today's activity from the Vibrant Garden, we will learn hoe to make our own lip balm in order to repair chapped lips caused by cold of dryness. With shea

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Javier García: «Nanotechnology adds a third dimension to the periodic table»

PhD in chemical sciences and director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Alicante (Nanomol), Javier García received last November the King Jaume I award of New Technologies 2014. With him

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Interview with Pilar Campins

On the occasion of the publication of Mètode's latest issue Pilar Campins Falco, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Science Policy at the University of Valencia, explains what science means for

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Discovering All the Shades of Green

The activity proposed by Animated Garden will enable us to discover all shades of green. The materials and tools needed are: greens, alcohol, scissors, a mortar and filter paper. With them we will

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