«What Is Science?» This is the title of special issue 84 of Mètode Science Studies Journal, which invites us to reflect on the concept of science and the scientific method. It is

In 2005, coinciding with the World Year of Physics, a science communication project was born in the Summer School of the University of Alacant, "El Patio de la Ciencia". It

Medical physics uses knowledge from fundamental physics and applies to medicine, particularly to diseases such as cancer and those produced by neural disorders such as Alzheimer's. IFIMED, Institute for Medical

«Thanks to palaeogenetics, we now know many more things about Neandertals than we learned in the last 150 years.» Carles Lalueza-Fox, researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), has

Doctor in Chemistry and research professor at CSIC José Pío Beltrán has recently been chosen president of the European Plant Science Organisation. The entity is formed by scientists from more

The Membrane Proteins Group (UV) and the Plant Molecular Virology Research Group (Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology, CSIC-UPV), two Valencian research teams, have created a new model for

Reforesting with clay seed balls is the activity proposed by The Vibrant Garden. The materials you will need are: clay, compost, native species seeds, mineral or chlorine-free water and other

During the current economic recession we are witnessinf a world-wide increase in inequality and in migration demand. At the same time, prejudice and racist or xenophobic behaviour are also on

Valentia Biopharma, a company that emerged from the University of Valencia, has obtained an orphan drug designation for VLT015. The European Commission has recognized this way a compound for the

The Vibrant Garden suggests this activity to make our own moisturising lotion with natural products: bee wax, sweet almond oil and cocoa butter. Natural products are appropriate cosmetics for those

CERN is an international laboratory where dozens of thousands of people, from different countries and with different mother languages research their common passion: particle physics. The union of all those

This activity suggested by the authors of the section The Vibrant Garden will help you observe and realise the vast range of colours that exist in nature, and will also

We met Manel Porcar at his lab to talk about the importance of the iGEM award won by his team, about future projects and about science funding. [English language subtitles are

We talk to the Vice Chancellor of Research of the University of Valencia about the difficulties in research due to the decrease in public funding and the role of universities

Some of the editors of science communication media who participated in the seminar «Science and the Press» answer the question: «Why is science journalism necessary?», and give their reasons. [Video in

We talked to Hans Peter Peters, sociologist in the Jülich Research Institute and Professor of the Free University of Berlin, and Susanna Priest, Professor of Communication at the University of

Mètode TV interviews writer and naturalist Ignacio Abella, who participated in the conference cycle «Tree Heritage», organised by the Botanical Garden of the Universitat de València. [Video in Spanish]

Doctor Ana Lluch talks about the current situation regarding breast cancer, one of the topics approached in Mètode's latest issue,  The thin line. Cancer in the 21st century.

Manuel Costa, Full Professor of Botany at the University of Valencia, talks about Alfred Russel Wallace. The year 2013 has been declared the year of Wallace. On the occasion of