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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The director of the Chair in Science and Society, Javier García, has become the first Spaniard to be appointed to the Governing Body of the World Science Council
He will use his leadership to defend freedom of research and the value of science as a global public good.
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Laura Lechuga, a researcher at the Chair, is involved in the design of a photonic biosensor that detects seven biomarkers in a sample
The device uses high-precision optical microchips to provide immediate readings without the need for chemical labels, and has demonstrated its clinical effectiveness in detecting minute concentrations of respiratory syncytial virus; this breakthrough brings us closer to the possibility of carrying out multiple, ultra-precise medical tests in a matter of minutes, directly in the doctor’s surgery
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Javier García Martínez: “The next wave of technological innovation will be more personalised and decentralised”
Javier García Martínez, director of the Science and Society Chair at the Rafael del Pino Foundation, is a member of the group of experts that has drawn up the World Economic Forum’s ‘Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2026’ report. He is currently in Dalian (China) at the Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, where…
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Javier García calls for action at the presentation of the INTEC 2025 report: «the window of opportunity is open».»
The director of the Rafael del Pino Foundation's Chair in Science and Society, Javier García, said at the presentation of the INTEC 2025 report Ten Technologies to Boost Spain that the aim of the work is “to provide clarity and direction at a time of uncertainty, and we do this by pointing out where and how to...
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The director of the Chair in Science and Society joins the Ministry's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has announced the appointment of Javier García Martínez to the CACTI, with a mandate that will last until October 2029.
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Barriers to spreading antibodies in the brain against neurological disorders closer to being broken down
Researchers from CiMUS and IDIS in Santiago de Compostela, including the Chair's expert María José Alonso, have discovered two systems for the diffusion of monoclonal antibodies inside the brain, one of which is particularly promising.
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The experts of the Emma Fernández and Francisco Marín Chair create the NAUSIKA platform to promote 'Technology for the Common Good'.
The platform was created to strengthen collaboration between civil society and public administrations and to promote open-minded reflection, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that technology contributes directly to the benefit of society as a whole.
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Research led by Manuel de León Chair expert will help thermodynamic simulations
The new geometry tool proposed in the paper has proven to be valid and consistent with previous models and will allow the study of complex problems such as systems that change with time, systems with symmetries and discretisation in computer simulation processes.
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Javier García writes two of the World Economic Forum's 10 emerging technologies: Green Nitrogen Fixation and Nanoenzymes.
The report is being launched at the Annual Meeting of New Champions in Tianjin, China, amidst the consolidation of technology convergence and global interest in the speed with which the Asian giant has been able to lead in key technologies.
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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...