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Mathematical model to predict the evolution of COVID-19 in the Basque Country
10/15/2020In March 2020, a multidisciplinary working group was created (Basque Modeling Working Group, BMTF) made up of researchers from Ikerbasque, the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), UPV/EHU and members of the Basque health institutions with the aim of assisting the...
Ikerbasque dialogues: Unknowns and certainties about COVID-19
09/30/2020A reflect on the current situation in a dialogue between Margarita del Val and Francisco Borrego, moderated by Fernando Cossío, Scientific Director of Ikerbasque.
Margarita del Val (Madrid, 1959) is a well-...
Neurons in spinal-cord injuries are reconnected in vivo by means of carbon nanotube sponges
09/29/2020A research led by Ikerbasque researchers at CIC biomaGUNE has demonstrated the restoring in vivo of the connection between neurons, yielding functional results. The results of this study, published in the prestigious PNAS journal, are opening up a channel for possible...
New disruptive technology that enables a safer birth of babies
09/18/2020The CIC nanoGUNE Nanoengineering Group has developed a new technology that allows non-invasive and continuous monitoring of the physiological risks of babies during birth in real time. This technology helps obstetricians make quick decisions and thus reduce the growing number of caesarean...
The first demonstration that the brain claustrum activity that has been attributed to “consciousness” is involved in mental processes
09/10/2020Ikerbasque Professor Dr. Mazahir T. Hasan at the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience and his team and Professor Dr. José M. Delgado García and researchers at the Pablo de Olavide University from Seville have...