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Public University of Navarre offers secondary school centres of Navarre (Obligatory Secondary School, Professional Training and Bachillerato (16 and 17 years old) a cycle of conferences which intends to move a wide range of scientific and technological topics closer to secondary students.
The scientific dissemination talks, which have been successfully being offered since the academic year 2005-2006, are taught by over 40 university professors, among which are researchers of the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC).
These talks are complemented by videos called “Scientific dissemination for Bachillerato”, such as those below, in charge of researchers of the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC).
- "Science for Secondary School: energy" - Video
David Astrain Ulibarrena - "Science for Secondary School: your brain deceives you (and it has its reasons)" - Video
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder
Researchers of Public University of Navarre (UPNA) have been on different stages since 2019 with the play “I want to be a female scientist”, an informational theatre play in which they revive the life and work of female scientists who lived in past centuries. The play, which they both wrote and play, intends to shed light on women scientists with two goals: to reveal a little know or unknown altogether part of the history of science, and to try for girls to be able to feel identified wiht female figures of the scientific and technological area, becoming thus their inspiration. The play is for all audiences (especially girls and boys between 8 and 12 years old), so they have designed a programme for school students, together with a complementary contest (writing, drawing and video).
Out of the eleven female researchers involved, eight of them are members of the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC). These are Patricia Aranguren Garacochea, Edurne Barrenechea Tartas, Leyre Catalán Ros, Silvia Díaz Lucas, Aránzazu Jurío Munárriz, Gurutze Pérez Artieda, Idoia San Martín Biurrun and Amalia Ortiz Nicolás.
The female researchers embody scientists such as Hipatia of Alejandría, Ada Byron, Marie Sklodowska-Curie or Hedy Lamarr, among others.
The Conversation is the main Internet platform to disseminate informative articles signed by lecturers and researchers. By virtue of agreements with renowned universities and scientific centres all over the world sich as Public University of Navarre (UPNA), lecturers and researchers publish their papers there, and remain at the disposal of the media to be republished. The goal is for scientific and academic knowledge to reach all society.
Below is a collection of articles written by researchers of the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) of Public University of Navarre published in the Spanish edition of The Conversation.
- Why doesn't the human body have a ground connection? - Artículo
Javier Rodríguez-Falces - 6G networks will change everything - Article
Francisco Javier Falcone Lanas - The dream of touching 3D graphics in the air - Article
Asier Marzo Pérez - Is it possible for artificial intelligence to be unbiased? - Article
Mikel Galar Idoate, Daniel Paternáin Dallo and Iris Domínguez Catena - The renewable potential of Spain, limited by wrong beliefs - Article
Javier Samanes Pascual and Julio Pascual Miqueleiz - Why real-time communication is not possible outside the Earth - Article
Ignacio Del Villar Fernández - Can optical fibre diagnose (or even predict) diseases? - Article
Abián Bentor Socorro Leránoz - If autonomous vehicles already exist, why aren’t they on the roads yet? - Article
Francisco Javier Falcone Lanas - What will cities in the future be like? - Article
Ignacio Matías Maestro - Ikuspegia: a perspective view of the history of pandemics - Article
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder and Eloísa Ramírez Vaquero - The future of wind power is on the ocean - Article
Javier Samanes Pascual - Security and privacy on the internet of things: where do our data go to? - Article
Mikel Izal Azcárate - Could we obtain the energy we use just from renewable ones? - Article
Javier Samanes Pascual and Julio Pascual Miqueleiz - The actress we owe the GPS to - Article
Silvia Díaz Lucas - We design an electric future for Spain, viable and cheap - Article
Javier Samanes Pascual and Julio Pascual Miqueleiz - A guide to recognise and value science dissemination - Article
Ignacio López-Goñi, Joaquín Sevilla Moróder and Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias - What do we mean when we talk about dissemination? - Article
Rosa Porcel Roldán, Clara Grima, Joaquín Sevilla, José Miguel Mulet and Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias
Public University of Navarra (UPNA) counts on a dissemination blog which does not include technicalities, to raise awareness on the research carried out in the institution, and the main advances in the subjects studied in the academic centre. The logbook, called Science translator, tries to explain and interpret topics related wo knowledge, science and technology.
Below are the articles published by researchers of the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC).
- Energy in Navarre - Article
Leyre Catalán Ros, Alberto Berrueta Irigoyen and Javier Samanes Pascual - Techniques to help make decisions - Article
Juan Ignacio Latorre Biel - Smart Cities - Article
Carlos del Río Bocio - Good use and abuse of media - Article
José Antonio Moler Cuiral - Saved by the fibre - Article
- Benford's law to manage statistical data - Article
Javier Faulín Fajardo - Hipatia de Alejandría, the first female scientist in history - Article
Leyre Catalán Ros - Statistics in engineering: quality and reliability - Article
Fermín Mallor Giménez - Distributed electricity generation, where renewable energies and economy go hand by hand - Article
Ambros Liceaga Elizalde - Intelligent traffic management in “smart cities” - Article
Juan Ignacio Latorre Biel - Renewable energies and lithium batteries - Article
Alberto Berrueta Irigoyen - Clinical trials, statistical experiments - Article
José Antonio Moler Cuiral - Women in STEM (“Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics”) degrees, or without female teachers there are no female students - Article
Silvia Díaz Lucas - Incoming wind power: “offshore” wind power - Article
Javier Samanes Pascual - Accessible and understandable cities, apart from smart - Article
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Privacy of the cloud for the Internet of things - Article
Mikel Izal Azcárate - Sustainable energy. No black smoke (part 1: generation) - Article
Leyre Catalán Ros, Julio Pascual Miqueleiz and Javier Samanes Pascual - Sustainable energy. No black smoke (part 2: use) - Article
Leyre Catalán Ros, Julio Pascual Miqueleiz and Javier Samanes Pascual - Sustainable energy. No black smoke (part 3: plans and costs) - Article
Leyre Catalán Ros, Julio Pascual Miqueleiz and Javier Samanes Pascual - The actress we owe the GPS to - Article
Silvia Díaz Lucas - What opportunities does the COVID-19-generated situation offer for educational innovation? In-person universities and digital tools - Article
David Benito Pertusa - Can optical fibre diagnose (or even predict) diseases? - Article
Abián Bentor Socorro Leránoz - Who is liable in the case of an accident in an autonomous vehicle? - Article
Francisco Javier Falcone Lanas - Fast Science: After coronavirus, has science lost credibility? - Article
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Charging facilities: what they are like, how much they recharge and how long they take - Article
Pablo Sanchís Gúrpide and David Elizondo Martínez - Why real-time communication is not possible outside the Earth - Article
Ignacio del Villar Fernández
Ciencia al punto is the scientific dissemination podcast of Public University of Navarre. Below appear podcasts of researchers of the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) of Public University of Navarre.
Podcasts in Spanish
- Will we succeed in transmitting hugs over distance? The power of affective computing - Podcast
Amalia Ortiz Nicolás y Sonia Elizondo Martínez - What is a smart city? - Podcast
Francisco Falcone Lanas and Miguel Beruete Díaz - Will it be possible someday to touch and handle 3D graphics in the air? The dream of the InteVol Project - Podcast
Asier Marzo Pérez - Wind mills and solar panels, yes... but, how? Challenges of renewable energies - Podcast
Pablo Sanchis Gúrpide and Eugenio Gubía Villabona - What is the true environmental price of the Internet? - Podcast
Antonio López Martín - Would you ever take a nap in a moving autonomous vehicle? - Podcast
Francisco Javier Falcone Lanas - Will optical fibre be able to detect and predict diseases? - Podcast
Abián Bentor Socorro Leránoz - Fast Science: After coronavirus, has science lost credibility? - Podcast
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What will smart cities of the future be like? - Podcast
Ignacio Matías Maestro - What happens when women are not involved in science? - Podcast
Leyre Catalán Ros, Aránzazu Jurío Munárriz, Gurutze Pérez Artieda, Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Will machines be able to read our minds? - Podcast
Humberto Bustince Sola
Podcasts in Basque
- Adimen artifiziala, emozioak eta etorkizuneko zinema - Podcast
Mikel Galar Idoate and Unax Flores Uribe - Eye tracking, begitara begira - Podcast
Arantxa Villanueva Larre
Researchers at Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) have taken part in radio shows at different stations (Cadena SER, Cadena COPE, RNE, Onda Cero, Radio Euskadi or Eguzki Irrati, among others). In their interviews, they have disseminated different aspects of science and technology.
- Is it possible to achieve sustainable electrical supply for volcano monitoring devices? - Audio
David Astrain Ulibarrena - What is the winter solstice and what changes does it bring?
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Is it possible to build a satellite out of a soda can? - Audio
Mikel Bravo Acha - What is the science behind a good pacharán? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What is the logic behind the arrangement of letters on a keyboard? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What is the importance of data science and artificial intelligence today? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - ¿How does the climate work and why do heat waves occur? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What are the different modes of human flight? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Why does the rainbow arise? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Why does the Italian coffee maker make noise? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How does a drone work? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - What is a dual degree? - Audio
Antonio Rodríguez - Is generative artificial intelligence a tipping point? - Audio
Humberto Bustince Sola - How should we unite science and ethics? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What risks does the development of artificial intelligence present? - Audio
Iris Domínguez Catena - Where does artificial intelligence stand today? - Audio
Mikel Galar Idoate - How and why does condensation happen? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What is the involvement of UPNA in the aerospace sector? - Audio
Mikel Gómez Laso y Jorge Teniente - What is the Internet of Things (IoT)? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - How does static electricity work? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How can VR be used for cognitive rehabilitation? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - Why is it necessary to promote the participation of women in science? - Audio
Gurutze Pérez Artieda y Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What is artificial vision? - Audio
Mikel Sagues Garcia y Enrique Piñeiro Ben - How do artificial intelligence chats work? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What are the limitations of artificial intelligence today? - Audio
Humberto Bustince Sola - If the Sun was a plate, how big would Earth be and how far away would it be? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - Why are shadow and gloom created? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Why is cybersecurity important? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - How is technology used in sport? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - Which have been this year’s Nobel prizes? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - When were pen and paper invented? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How can we use technology in a reasonable way? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - Why are microchips so important and why is there a supply crisis? - Audio
Francisco Javier Falcone Lanas - How can we keep the house cool in the summer? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Can machines mimic or even surpass the human brain? - Audio
Humberto Bustince Sola - How does gravitational force work? - Audio
Iñigo Liberal Olleta - How does car technology work? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - Why does the armosphere turn orange when Calima (haze with Saharan dust) strikes? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What are supermassive black holes? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How does radiofrequency-guided localisation work? - Audio
José Javier Astráin Escola - How can we enhance STEM vocations among girls and women? - Audio
Gurutze Pérez Artieda - Can we manipulate projected-air holograms and graphics? - Audio
Asier Marzo Pérez - What will cars in the future be like? Will they fly? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How big is the influence of a bicycle wheels in the way it operates? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Why are supporters of small football teams more attached to them? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How are smart cities of the future designed? - Audio
Carlos del Río Bocio - Why can the sound barrier be broken? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Do football referees do their work the same way, no matter whether there are spectators or there aren’t? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What are the biggest challenges of artificial intelligence? - Audio
Humberto Bustince Sola - ¿Cómo funciona una resonancia magnética? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How is the inside of a skull seen with the scanner, the resonance and the PET? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How was the first exploration trip to space? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - In what ways has football changed because of science? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How does the sound in football stadiums work? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Can the clouds be touched? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Is artificial intelligence racist? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How does an ultrasound device work? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How do snow and ice behave? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How does salt behave with snow and water? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What space missions is China developing on the Moon? - Audio
Iñigo Liberal Olleta - Will the Internet collapse with Christmas video calls? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How can science be communicated to overcome mistrust towards vaccines? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Can you lean a bike 45º without falling, driving around a curve? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What is the use of the new radio telescope of UPNA? - Audio
Silvia Díaz Lucas - Who do tree leaves change colour and fall in autumn? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How far is the horizon? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How does the temperature influence a tennis ball? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - Data in covid-19 times - Audio
Humberto Bustince Sola - What is “aquaplaning"? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How can we get less wet under the rain? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What are the most extreme temperatures on Earth? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How is food preserved? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - What are social technologies? - Audio
Luis Serrano Arriezu - What is fuzzy logic and artificial intelligence? - Audio
Humberto Bustince Sola - 5G for the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) - Audio
Luis Serrano Arriezu - How do they track us through mobile phones? - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - How does biomedical engineering help medical diagnosis? - Audio
Luis Serrano Arriezu - Internet of things in medicine - Audio
Luis Serrano Arriezu - The medicine of algorithms - Audio
Luis Serrano Arriezu - Medicine and engineering - Audio
Luis Serrano Arriezu - Artifical intelligence from data - Audio
Humberto Bustince - Scientific dissemination - Audio
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder - “Smart cities” - Audio
Carlos del Río Bocio - Sustainable transport - Audio
Javier Faulín Fajardo - Society 4.0 - Audio
Humberto Bustince Sola - Metamaterials - Audio
Miguel Beruete Díaz - Artificial intelligence - Audio
Edurne Barrenechea - How to generare electricity from a jump of temperature - Audio
Gurutze Pérez Artieda - How to get the computer to know where to look - Audio
Arantxa Villanueva Larre - Sun-generated electricity - Audio
Pablo Sanchis Gúrpide - Citizen rights before administration offices - Audio
José F. Alenza García - Statistics for society - Audio
Fermín Mallor Giménez
“Ciencia en el Bar” is a dissemination project for all audiences which consists of short videos which explain scientific and technological concepts in a simple way, using accessible language and home utensils.
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder, researcher of the Institute of Smart cities (ISM) takes part in this initiative.
“Science and mystery” is a fictional “web series” which aims at disseminating through entertainment. Its characters are played by real scientists, not professional actors. This fact, together with the format of fake documentary used in the development of the plot, intends to give the story an added air of credibility. Humour, intrigue and dissemination contents are the major triangle which we have tried to balance. The web series consists of five chapters, available free through the platform YouTube.
Joaquín Sevilla Moróder, researcher of the Institute of Smart cities (ISM) takes part in this initiative.
“El hormiguero” is an entertainment tv show with the largest audience on linear television in Spain. It is broadcast in Antena 3 from Monday to Thursday at prime time and, apart from interviews to international celebrities (actors, cinema directors, sportspeople, performers, writers...), includes, among others, a space on scientific dissemination.
Asier Marzo Pérez, researcher at the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) has appeared several times in this show disseminating his work, focused on the sound and light to manipulate matter. He has performed the experiments in from of the celebrities invited to the show, as shown below.
"El Hormiguero: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell"
"El Hormiguero: Carlos Sainz" - Video
"El Hormiguero: Dolph Lundgren" - Video
“Teknopolis” is a show about science and technology produced together with Fundación Elhuyar broadcast on ETB1 and ETB2, two of the the channels of Basque public tv station ETB.
Report on the UPNA research ecosystem - Vídeo in spanish / Video in basque
Report about Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) - Video in spanish / Video in basque
Report on how to create an invisibility cloak to hide objects (with the testomony of Miguel Beruete Díaz, researcher of the Institute ISC) - Video in spanish
Report on young UPNA researchers (including Iñigo Liberal Olleta and Asier Marzo Pérez, researchers at ISC) - Video in spanish / Video in basque
It is a programme of Navarra TV, which combines information and entertainment and offers the audience news, interviews, talk shows, human stories and research. It also deals with current social issues through reports, testimonies and with analysis of experts on every topic.
Every week, Roberto Cámara, Head of Navarra Televisión, interviews various public figures from different areas such as politics, economy, arts or science. Asier Marzo Pérez, Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) researcher, participated in this show.