The common edges of creativity in the humanities and sciences
Seville, July 27, 2015. The creative process in art and science has many aspects in common. There are even some who think that art and science are two sides of the same coin, with Leonardo da Vinci perhaps being the archetype of the artist-scientist. Today, others...
Awards for the best doctoral theses of the 2013-2014 academic year
The Governing Board of the Western Andalusia Territorial Section of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry has ratified the Jury’s proposal to award the Prizes to the best Doctoral Theses defended during the 2013-2014 Academic Year in the field of Chemistry....
A new material to protect the skin against ultraviolet radiation
Seville, July 21, 2015. Researchers from the Andalusian Center for Biomedicine and Biotechnology (BIONAND) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have recently demonstrated that it is possible to prevent the damage caused by ultraviolet rays in human...
Silver and star anise to fight bacteria
Dr. Nuria O. Nuñez Alvarez, a researcher at cicCartuja attached to the Institute of Materials Science of Seville —in collaboration with experts from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) and the Center for Applied Chemistry Research (CIQA) of Mexico— has...
Tomás Ramírez-Reina, winner of the award for the best thesis of 2014
Dr. Tomás Ramírez-Reina receives the award for the best doctoral thesis of 2014 from the Spanish Society of Catalysis (SECAT). The award will be presented during the next Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Society of Catalysis, which will take place in Barcelona (13-15...