Noticia

Dr. Roberto Lavín, researcher of the Magnetic Nanostructures Line of the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA) and Director of the Institute of Basic Sciences of the Faculty of Engineering and Basic Sciences of the Diego Portales University (UDP), was awarded a FONDEF (Fund to Promote Scientific and Technological Development) IDEA R&D 2024 of the National Research and Development Agency (ANID). This financial support, announced on March 25, will support its innovative high-performance concrete project with nanotechnology.

At a global level, environmental protection rules increase the demands for agro-exporters every day. In Chile, legislators put into effect strict regulations aimed precisely at reducing the environmental impact of packaging waste, especially food waste, which represents around 450 thousand tons of waste in landfills.

“Chile must move from being an agri-food power to being an eco-food power. And nanotechnology is fundamental within this modernization process,” said the president of the National Agricultural Society, Antonio Walker, after visiting the “1st Nanotechnology Fair for the Agricultural Sector” organized by CEDENNA.

He added that “all the developments and applications that we have seen are a complement to this important change in Chilean agriculture.” Along with this, he highlighted the importance of this great joint reinforcement that involves the government, companies and academia.

Dr. Dora Altbir, 2019 National Prize for Exact Sciences and executive director of the CEDENNA Foundation, began the 2024 academic year of the Doctorate Program in Physical Sciences of the Federico Santa María University (USM) and the Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV ). This event is for you to stay at the USM Central Campus, in Region V, with an important hit in the academic calendar of other higher education institutions.

Three projects by researchers associated with CEDENNA applied for and won the Idea I+D 2024 Contest of the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Development (Fondef), awarded by the State through the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID).

CEDENNA inaugurated its annual seminar series with the visit of Dr. Sébastien Garbarino, Director of Infrastructure and Innovation at PRIMA Québec, an entity of the regional Canadian government dedicated to creating a research and innovation hub in advanced materials through funding collaborative research projects between science and industry, focusing on applications in energy, mining, environment, health, additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and much more.

This Wednesday, May 29th, the mini course "Magnetism and Molecular-Based Materials" will begin, taught by two CEDENNA researchers, Drs. Diego Venegas (USACH) and Verónica Paredes (UNAB), along with an international guest: Professor Javier Campo Ruiz from the Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragón (INMA) and the University of Zaragoza.

The April Crystal Growth & Design magazine highlights on its cover the publication of a study by the CEDENNA Nanostructure Chemistry group team that analyzes the magnetostructural properties of two new coordination polymers with zigzag topology, and in which the researchers Carlos participated. Cruz, Walter Cañón, Verónica Paredes-García and Diego Venegas Yazigi.

"At CEDENNA, we have the great possibility of creating something in Chile that gives added value to currently unexploited minerals, such as those present in tailings. I am delighted with the visit. We were able to see the laboratories and what is specifically done there. Here we are talking about applied research, and that is not very common in Chile," highlighted Erwin Plett, founder and manager of Lowcarbon Chile and Director of H2 Chile Chilean Hydrogen Association, during his recent visit to the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA). 

“Gender inclusion is not a concession, but a necessity for the comprehensive development of our society,” said the Director of the CEDENNA Foundation, Dr. Dora Altbir, when receiving her guests at the commemoration that this entity that promotes nanoscience and nanotechnology organized on the occasion of International Women's Day.