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Summer holidays
The University will be close from Aug 1st to Aug 15th. Happy summer holidays!!
Post · September 14, 2025
Science without barriers
Today, we started the Microcredential in Science Dissemination "Ciencia sin barreras" (Science without barriers) at the University of Oviedo, 30 h of training in skills for scientific dissemination that will end with a TEDx event at the Universit...
Post · September 14, 2025
Thesis defense of Mohanad
Today, Mohanad defended his PhD thesis. I am happy to have been part of the thesis commitee that evaluated it. His research on near-zero-energy buildings and Climate Change provided a multidimensional evaluation—encompassing energy, economic, and ...
Post · September 14, 2025
Presentation at Materials Science Day
On the 12th of September I will present the new Surface Area & Porosity Laboratory at the annual Materials Science Day of the Area of Advance Materials Science at Chalmers. The one-day meeting will take place at "Chalmersska huset", which is the h...
Post · September 13, 2025
The Polarities in Science
We often talk about a left–right divide in politics. I suspect a similar divide exists within science—not in terms of scientists’ personal political views, but in how they approach ideas in their research.
On one side are the “left-leaning” types...
Post · September 13, 2025
Las funciones básicas de la mente: percepción, pensamiento y afectividad
En el arranque del nuevo curso, dentro de la asignatura de Psicología Médica, abordamos tres funciones fundamentales de la vida psíquica: sensopercepción, pensamiento y afectividad. Son las primeras que yo trato en mis clases, aunque mi compañera,...
Post · September 09, 2025