The Chair of Science and Society of the Rafael del Pino Foundation promotes knowledge about science and technology. Its agenda of activities includes a story adapted to current events and people's lives.
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Research involving expert Pablo Artal paves the way to combat childhood myopia
The study, which involved scientists from the University of Murcia, Central South University and Hubei University of Science and Technology, addresses the remaining challenges in strengthening the theory of peripheral defocus, which is key to understanding feedback in the natural process by which the eye achieves sharp vision.
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Javier García, among the promoters of the Stockholm Declaration for a "chemistry of sustainability".
Promoted by the Nobel Symposium, the declaration promotes human- and environmentally-friendly chemical science and industry in the face of today's global challenges.
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The presentation of the INTEC 2024 report offers the "open door" of science and innovation to "a world that is closing".
The headquarters of the Rafael del Pino Foundation hosted the presentation of the report prepared by the Chair in Science and Society, which was given by its director, Javier García Martínez, the president of HP in Southern Europe, Helena Herrero, said in her speech that "the brave are now more necessary...
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AI-powered study uncovers gaps in US and EU funding for SDGs
A study applies artificial intelligence to analyse research proposals accepted in the European Union and the United States and finds critical disparities in SDG coverage as it prioritises SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure).
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María José Alonso: "There is a bottleneck in the demand for disruptive science".
Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and of the Controlled Release Society, King Jaime I Award for New Technologies and Juan de la Cierva National Research Award.
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Emma Fernández: "Europe anticipates and conceptualises well, the flaw is in the implementation".
Decision-making linked to innovation in organisations requires proper orchestration between the management team and the members of the board. Emma Fernández sets out the keys to doing this successfully.
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Javier Ventura-Travesset (ESA): "Europe has many strengths, but action is essential".
Orchestrating decisions to achieve the ambitious goals of the Moonlight project, in an environment as complex as that of the European Space Agency, is one of the tasks of Javier Ventura-Travesset, with whom we talk about how to take action and how to drive innovation through demand.
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INTEC Report 2024: Taking action in an hour of the brave
The introduction to the Report on 10 Emerging Technologies to Power Spain (INTEC 2024) puts the emphasis on mechanisms to turn ideas into real transformative action.
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Javier García urges to put the "high beams on" and increase the "speed" of change at the presentation of 'Innovation with a Future'.
The presentation event of the work "Innovation with a Future", which includes the report on technologies to promote the transformation of Spain prepared by the Rafael del Pino Chair in Science and Society, was attended by María del Pino, President of the Foundation, Antonio Garamendi (CEOE) and Javier García Martínez, Director of the Chair,...
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Felipe VI presents Javier García with the National Award for Research in Technology Transfer
The presentation of the National Research Awards 2023 took place in Gandia and was attended by King Felipe and Queen Leticia. At the event, the director of the Chair of Science and Society of the Rafael del Pino Foundation received the award in the category of Science and Society Transfer....
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Innovation with a Future', the key book for imagining the Spain of the next few years
On 6 March 'Innovación con Futuro' (Innovation with a Future), a book that reproduces the report on technologies to boost Spain, drawn up by the Rafael del Pino Foundation's Chair in Science and Society, under the direction of Javier García, and to which 15 leading experts in the scientific field have contributed....
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INTEC 2024 technology selection kicks off with expert committee meeting
The committee of experts who will participate in the proposal of the 10 technologies of the next INTEC 2024 report of the Rafael del Pino Foundation's Chair in Science and Society held the first preparatory meeting on Monday 5 February, which serves as a starting point for the final selection of the contents. The...