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BasqueResearch en http://www.basqueresearch.com Euskal ikerketaren, garapenaren eta berrikuntzaren ataria News The HaptiMap project aims to make maps accessible through touch, hearing and vision http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2592&hizk=I If you are walking or cycling, and do not want to (or are unable to) spend most of your time focusing on a screen, the use of mobile devices tends to be a frustrating experience. The same is true in bright sunlight or if your eyesight is not good enough to see every detail on the mobile screen. News Automobile sector, metallurgy and heavy industry - three possible areas of key business in Egypt http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2591&hizk=I A delegation of business people and members of the Chamber of Commerce from Alexandra have outlined, in a seminar at the Gipuzkoa Chamber of Commerce in Donostia-San Sebastian, the business opportunities available in Egypt. Both Chambers of Commerce signed a joint working agreement to boost commercial relations between enterprises in Gipuzkoa and Egypt. News Nueva historia de Navarra, book presented and which tells the story of this community from Prehistory until 2008 http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2590&hizk=I “The capacity for integration and making pacts of Navarre has enabled it to keep its rich diversity alive and has achieved, compared to other territories in Spain, the conserving of its old institutions and its characteristics”. Thus stated Mr Francisco Javier Navarro, lecturer at the University of Navarre, on presenting the book he has edited, Nueva historia de Navarra (A new history of Navarre), a work which outlines the evolution of Navarre from Prehistory to 2008. News First time research on long-term consequences of intravenous nutrition on children’s health http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2589&hizk=I Children with serious intestinal problems have to be fed intravenously. There moreover, exist systems that enable intravenous feeding to be carried out at home. Mr Iñaki Irastorza, paediatrician at the Cruces hospital in Bilbao, spent some 15 years analysing how serious intestinal problems in children were treated at the Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London. With the gathered data he has presented a highly novel PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country. News A&B Biotechnological Laboratories awarded European Environmental Prizes http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2588&hizk=I A&B Biotechnology Laboratories obtained second prize and a mention of honour at the European Environmental Awards (Spanish Section), in one of its four categories - Product and/or Service for Sustainable Development. News Alternatives for sulphites in fruit and vegetable products http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2578&hizk=I The food unit of Fundación LEIA C.D.T. participates in the European project SO2SAY to develop innovative strategies to replace or reduce the application of sulphur dioxide or its releasing salts in different food products like wine, fruit juice or vegetables. News New webpage for AMBI- software for measuring Marine Biotic Index http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2576&hizk=I The new web page of AMBI (AZTI Marine Biotic Index), the tool for measuring the Marine Biotic Index devised by AZTI-Tecnalia, has meant that this technological centre is at the head of research into benthic indicators for evaluating the quality of the marine environment in environmental impact studies and for the Water Framework Directive (WFD). News ESI-Tecnalia participates in largest R+D project in Europe, on improvement and safety of production systems http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2587&hizk=I ESI-Tecnalia is taking part in the largest R+D project in Europe - CESAR, which defines news solutions for the development and certification of systems critical for human life. News New content for AZTI-Tecnalia and Mugaritz restaurant’s database on food texture agents http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2580&hizk=I Researchers at AZTI-Tecnalia’s Food Unit and the staff at the Mugaritz Restaurant (in Renteria, Gipuzkoa) have incorporated new content into the computer tool on uses and applications of texture agents (hydrocolloids).This tool aims to facilitate the design of new products or adapt original formulae, thus achieving results efficiently and of greater quality. News LEIA Foundation participates in project for developing active packaging http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2579&hizk=I In 2007, seven technological centres throughout the whole of Spain — the Fundación LEIA amongst them — embarked on an unprecedented Alliance to boost research in the field of technologies of bottling, canning and packaging applied to food products. All members of the Alliance are currently taking part in the project entitled, “Development of active packaging with additives obtained from agro-industrial waste” (NATAL). News Luberri and Aranzadi Scientific Society draw up three-dimensional geological map http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2586&hizk=I On the geological map drawn up by Luberri, the Geological Interpretation Centre based in Oiartzun in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, together with the Department of Geology of the Aranzadi Scientific Society, the peaks of Aiako Harria, Jaizkibel mountain and the Oarsoaldea region can be seen. It is a coloured and three-dimensional map that shows the wealth of our natural geological and palaeontological heritage, and provides information on the geodiversity that exists in this environment. News Competition: helping to baptise potatoes! http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2585&hizk=I At Neiker-Tecnalia we are working to improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector, outstanding amongst the tasks of which is obtaining new varieties of potatoes and which are labelled with a commercial name. We are asking the public to help us with these names. News Sensors that separate waste http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2584&hizk=I New automatic separation technologies enable the efficient separation of all kinds of materials and wastes on a large scale while providing great operating flexibility. News System to facilitate Internet use by disabled is evaluated http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2583&hizk=I It is not enough to have a Braille keyboard or a computer that speaks. Until Internet can better adapt to their needs, disabled persons will continue to have a big disadvantage with respect to other users. With his PhD thesis, researcher Mr Markel Vigo aimed to smooth out this complicated relationship. On the one hand, he tested a system that facilitates creating a more personalised Internet for the disabled and, on the other, devised innovative techniques for experts in adapting web pages. News European project will enable identifying optimum moment to consume energy http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2582&hizk=I ESI-Tecnalia is leading the European ENERsip project, which will enable the users to consume less energy and save on consumption costs. News De-horned bulls and cows for next generations http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2581&hizk=I The Aberekin company at the Zamudio Technology Park has initiated research into genetically controlling bulls and cows. The aim of this study is that, in the next generations of hornless bulls and cows will be born. News DYRK1A gene may be one of most influential factors in Down’s syndrome http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2575&hizk=I Research undertaken in recent years on Down’s syndrome has focused on the DYRK1A gene. The superexpression of this gene affects transmission in the neurones, according to Mr Garikoitz Azkona. In his PhD thesis, The molecular bases of neuropathology in Down’s syndrome: the role of DYRK1A, Mr Azkona argues that this failure in neurone transmission could be behind the problem that persons with Down’s syndrome have regarding visual-spatial memory. News Gipuzkoa exceeds the European average for expenditure on R&D in terms of the GDP for the second year running http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2573&hizk=I Gipuzkoa is the province that made the highest investment in R&D (2.23%), measured in GDP terms, which is higher than the EU-27 average (1.90%) for the second year running, according to Eustat data. This indicator was 1.73% in Bizkaia and 1.46% in Álava, with all three provinces being over the average for Spain (1.35%). News A consortium of 32 technological centres and businesses develop light urban electric vehicles http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2572&hizk=I A consortium of 32 partners, amongst which Tecnalia Technological Corporation, are working jointly on a unique and strategic project, Cityelec, which is investigating solutions enabling the electrification of light urban vehicles (four-wheeled, motorbikes and minibuses), thereby augmenting transport flexibility and minimising the environmental impact on the cities. News Mechanism found that explains how tobacco smoke damages DNA http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2571&hizk=I Researchers at the Basque biosciences research centre, CIC bioGUNE, together with colleagues from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and the University of New York (USA), have discovered that the repair of damaged DNA by a polymerase (a protein of an enzymatic nature that intervenes in the replication of DNA) that avoids genetic mutations in various kinds of cancer, can cause new mutations.