“The Living Planet: the Co-evolution of the Earth and its organisms” was the conference given by the author of the Gaia theory on September 14th at the Barcelona City Hall and which now can be viewed online at the website of the city’s Museum of Natural Sciences.

“Planet Life: Co-evolution of Earth and its organisms” was the title of the conference given by the scientist James Lovelock on Tuesday at Barcelona City Hall at an event open to the general public and organized by the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona.

STAFF | SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2010

The Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia (mNACTEC) has organized the conference “Les noves tecnologies aplicades a l'agricultura” (“New technologies applied to agriculture”) for Thursday, June 10th at 19:00. The conference will be given by Puigdomènech Pere, academic director of the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and researcher of Spain’s National Research Council (CSIC).

10 june 2010

Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 2 at 19:30 in the Cultural Center San Josep de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat near Barcelona, the talk “Còctel mate-musical: 2/3 fraccions + 1/3 d’harmonia” (“Math & Music Cocktail: 2/3 fractions + 1/3 harmony”) will be given by Joan Jareño, math teacher at IES Alella and member of CREAMAT and Francina Turón, PhD in Physics, pianist and cellist and music teacher at the IES Sant Vicenç de Montalt.

1 june 2010

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 27 at 19:00, the Museum of Science and Technology (mNACTEC) in Terrassa will hold the third conference of the cycle on “Innovation and Creativity.” The conference “Tecnología textil” (“Textile Technology”) will be led by Sergi Artigas, director of Corporate Development of the LEITAT Technology Center and expert in technology.

26 may 2010

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 27 and Friday, May 28, at 19:00 in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA), the lecture series “Posturban Architectures: Scenarios for the Future of the City” continues with two more events. On Thursday, Pablo Ciccolella will give a talk entitled “Architecture of the megalopolis,” while on Friday Camilo Restrepo will speak on “Medellín: Operation Mestiza, from Fear to Hope.”

26 may 2010

Around 300 cancer researchers from around the world are meeting this week in Barcelona at the international conference “Towards Personalized Cancer Medicine,” held at CosmoCaixa from May 18 to 21. Various experts, many of whom are considered to be leaders in the field, will present their work and recent findings with the common objective of discussing everything related to the individualized treatment of cancer. The congress, which is divided into six thematic units, was launched yesterday with the presentation of a series of papers on biology and cancer susceptibility.

Octavi Planells, Clara Cardona | 20 may 2010

Today, Thursday, May 20 at 19:00 Joaquim Baxarias, medical paleopathologist and member of the archaeological mission Monthemhat Project, will give a talk entitled “Diseases in Pharaoh’s Egypt” at the Museum of Archaeology of Catalonia (MAC) in Barcelona.

20 may 2010

Thursday, May 20 at 19:00 the conference series “Post-urban Architectures. Scenarios for the Future of the City” continues with to the conference “Beyond ‘Celebration’: ‘Urban Sprawl as Global Urban Form” by Andrew Kirby at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA).

20 may 2010

The second edition of the Conference on Scientific Communication 2.0, organized by the Department of Scientific Culture and Digital Communication of the University of Girona, will get under way on May 21 at 15:30 in the university’s Science and Technology Park.

19 may 2010

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 20 at 12:00 in the Sala de Grados vieja of the University of Barcelona, the talk “Geophysics: The Journey to the Center of the Earth” will be given by Tania Frontera of the Seismology Area of Geological Institute of Catalonia (IGC) and Mar Tapia of the Eduard Fontseré Laboratory of Geophysical Studies of the Catalan Studies Institute (LEGEF, IEC). The talk is part of series “Encontres amb el Tercer Cicle” (“Encounters with the Third Cycle”), which in the current edition has focused on how the cinema has dealt with issues of physics.

19 may 2010

Every year since 2000, the TV3 Marathon Foundation holds an annual symposium to publicize the results and advances in cancer research financed by the funds raised five years earlier. Yesterday in Barcelona’s CosmoCaixa museum, the 11th edition of this symposium took place and the progress of the 31 cancer research projects that received 7.7 million euros of donations from altruistic citizens through the Marathon in 2004 were presented to the public. All participants in the conference agreed on the quality of the 31 research papers in terms of results that have been accruing during that time as well as the consolidation of some lines of research and new doors that have opened thanks to the gesture of those who gave money in 2004.

Octavi Planells, Clara Cardona | 18 may 2010

Today, Monday, May 17 at 19:30 in the Garcilaso Public Library de Barcelona, Dr. Antoni Salvà will give a lecture on how food is related to aging. The talk forms part of the lecture series “Perspectives on the aging” organized by the Barcelona Public Libraries in cooperation with the Institute of Aging of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

17 May 2010

Tuesday, May 18, is the 32nd International Museum Day. But, starting on May 15, you can visit any museum you wish, walk their exhibition halls at your leisure and try to make the tough decision of which of the limitless activities to take part it. In short, go out and take advantage of this great cultural offering.

14 may 2010

Monday, May 17, is World Internet Day. People, institutions, social organizations, research centers, municipalities and anyone who wishes can join the party by participating in various activities. Citilab will also form part of this group.

14 may 2010