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As is tradition, the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology has prepared the CEDENNA 2024 Calendar, highlighting the images created by our researchers, students and technological developers who participated in the annual contest organized by CEDENNA. With the aim of educating and increasing the visibility of scientific work in an entertaining way, mixing science and art, these calendars will be distributed in various educational establishments throughout the country.

Presenting the recent progress in key areas such as Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Machines, as well as disseminating and deepening the emerging lines of research related to these technologies, were some of the objectives of the second version of “QuSantiago” that was held for three days (January 2, 3 and 4) at the USACH Faculty of Science) in collaboration with the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA.

Within the CEDENNA Seminar Cycle Framework, the prominent CBA researcher from the Department of Biology Dr. Claudio Acuña offered a dynamic and interesting talk about the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine obtained by the American immunologist Dr. Drew Weissman and the Hungarian Biochemist, Dr. Katalin Karikó.

They were awarded this recognition for their discoveries on nucleotide base modifications that allowed the development of effective mRNA (Messenger Ribonucleic Acid) vaccines against Covid-19.

Around 50 teachers from 9 communes of the Maule Region participated in an innovative day of workshops, including “Public health and biomedicine: a systemic and technological approach for teachers”, “Geometry teaching for basic cycle” and “Games and challenges in Mathematics from 8 years to infinity.”

The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA, sponsored and participated with a group of its researchers in the VII National Congress of Nanotechnology CNN7 that was held at the Gran Hotel Pucón - Enjoy in the city of Pucón, between November 12 and 15.

In this important scientific event, plenaries and talks were held by prominent national and foreign researchers, which covered different topics, as well as interesting poster sessions.

Today, Tuesday, November 14, it was the turn of the last educational establishment to tour the CEDENNA Laboratories. The 3rd year students of the German School of Providencia had an unforgettable experience, as they were able to learn a little more about the nano world. The activity began with an introductory talk given by the CEDENNA researcher Dr. Fabian Araneda and then, as if this were not enough, the students toured the Nanosafety, Packaging, Plant Biotechnology, Electron Microscopy and Technology Transfer laboratories, in order to bring the nanoscience with students.

Last Thursday, October 26, in the Auditorium of the Eduardo Morales Santos Research Centers Building (REMS), Dr. Verónica Paredes, researcher of the CEDENNA Nanostructures Chemistry Line and professor at the Andrés Bello University, offered an interesting talk about "Coordination Polymers: an adaptable chemical platform to obtain different properties."

Dr. José Marco Sanz, belonging to the Blas Cabrera Institute of Physical Chemistry (IFQ) in Madrid, Spain, was recently at CEDENNA developing a series of activities and meetings, in the context of an international collaboration for the project FONDECYT 1201249 (Electronic properties of coordination compounds based on functionalized mixed-valence polyoxometalates coordinated to lanthanide ions), invited by Dr. Diego Venegas Yazigi, who leads the center's Nanostructures Chemistry Line.

Completely surprised and eager to return, the 4th year students of the Pumahue School in Huechuraba visited the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA).

After an introductory talk to the nano world, given by our Executive Director, Dr. Juan Escrig, the students took an unforgettable tour of the Nanosafety, Nanoniomedicine, Nanostructure Chemistry and Electronic Microscopy laboratories, thus creating an enormous bond between students and nanotechnology.

Check out the video of the activity!

Until Friday, November 3, the exhibition "Images of the Nanoworld" will remain on display at the La Tirana Campus of the University of Tarapacá, a traveling exhibition that hopes to tour a large part of the country, bringing nanoscience and nanotechnology to children, young people and adults.