Cooperativa Ciencia highlights CEDENNA's participation in the 2023 Science Festival, specifically in the activity organized by Congress of the Future (Futurists) and the Ministry of Science:
On Saturday, October 7, visitors will be able to become scientists for a few minutes and make their own nanoparticles, at the stand of the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA in the Pueblito de Las Vizcachas in Puente Alto.
For a decade, the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA) has held an annual contest among its researchers to compile artistic images of the nano world, which are used for the calendars that the center creates each year and distributes for free in educational establishments around the world. the country. Now these images are part of the “Images of the Nanoworld” Exhibition that will begin a tour of different regions of the country from Arica and can be visited by the public of all ages, absolutely free of charge.
The presentation took place in the context of the visit of Dr. Juan Escrig for the inauguration of the artistic exhibition “Images of the Nanoworld” in the Central Library of the Saucache Campus.
The Cooperative portal published the opinion column of the executive director of CEDENNA, Dr. Juan Escrig, in which he highlights that "in a world increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability and innovation, small-scale mining faces challenges and opportunities that can significantly shape your future.
Today, on the CNN portal, Futuro 360, the opinion column of Dr. Roberto Lavín, Researcher at our Center and director of the Institute of Basic Sciences of the Diego Portales University and member of the Asphalt Committee of Chile, was highlighted in which he gives his opinion on a new nanotechnological material designed to preserve the temperature in the home: "They have the ability to eliminate polluting elements existing in the atmosphere, such as carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, among others."
Today, in its printed edition, Diario Financiero publishes an interview with our executive director, Dr. Juan Escrig in which he highlights that among his plans is for the Center to have representation throughout the country and, to this end, it will increase the projects linked to the medicine and industry, among others. He warned that there is a lack of greater public financing and training of advanced human capital to develop this discipline.
Today on the CNN portal, Futuro 360, the important research that the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA) has been developing was highlighted and the particularity of this innovation lies in the use of magnetic nanoparticles capable of highly eliminating cancer cells and tumors. localized, without damaging surrounding healthy tissues.
Today in the Innovation section of the newspaper El Mercurio the transcendental innovation that our Center has been developing was highlighted. It is a technology that has the potential to attack tumors and cancer cells in a highly localized and less invasive way than chemo and radiotherapy, called Magnetic Hyperthermia.
"The nanoparticles are excited, generate heat and in this way kill cancer cells," explained the researcher and head of the CEDENNA Nanomedicine and Biosensors Laboratory, Dr. Patricia Díaz.
Today on the CNN portal, Futuro 360, the opinion column of the alternate director of CEDENNA, Dr. María José Galotto, was highlighted, where she gives her opinion on how nanotechnology represents a viable strategy to address the plastic pollution crisis: "The Traditional plastic recycling processes often reduce their physical and mechanical properties, making it difficult to reuse them in new packaging."
To see the complete column, you can visit the following link:
In the Science and Technology section of MEGA PRIME, the innovative treatment with magnetic nanoparticles that is being developed at the CEDENNA Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Center was highlighted.
Through the use of magnetic nanoparticles, CEDENNA is working on a technology that has the potential to attack tumors and cancer cells in a highly localized manner, without causing damage to surrounding healthy tissues or organs.
