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Víctor Puntes interviewed by newspaper El Punt Avui

Editor — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:09:30 +0000

Prof. Víctor Puntes was interviewed by the Catalan newspaper El Punt Avui on its December 9 issue, in its traditional front cover section “L’Entrevista”.

In the article entitled “We will be able to determine whether one has cancer using breath” (“Amb l’alè es podrà saber si un té càncer de pulmó”), Prof. Puntes and journalist Lluís Martínez started discussing about nanotechnology, then moving to science in general, its promises and limits for the future.

Link to the online version of the article (in Catalan): http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/15-ciencia/600311-amb-lale-es-podra-saber-si-un-te-cancer-de-pulmo.html

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Photo by Josep Losada (El Punt Avui)

Víctor Puntes interviewed in the show “Tierra de Sueños” by Pedro Riba

Editor — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:18:29 +0000

Víctor Puntes was interviewed by Pedro Riba in his show “Tierra de Sueños”, which is broadcast by several channels on TV (25TV) and internet, on October 25, 2012. The interview covered many dissemination aspects of nanotechnology and science in general, and it was aired on October 27 at 21:15.

A recording of the interview can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hsne2Jur-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHmr76Ht-E

Víctor Puntes interviewed at the radio show Eureka! (COM Radio)

Editor — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:04:06 +0000

Prof. Víctor Puntes was recently interviewed at the radio show Eureka! by Mònica López, to talk on nanotechnology but also on science in general. The show was aired in COM Radio on May 21, 2011.

The audio recording is available at:

http://blogs.laxarxa.com/sapiencia/2011/05/21/victor-puntes-hi-ha-una-tendencia-dopen-science-pero-tambe-ens-agraden-molt-els-herois/

Promenade in Nanoland featured at the Planetarium of Pamplona (Public University of Navarra Series)

Editor — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:17:33 +0000

Prof. Víctor Puntes was invited to close the seminar series “Arte, Ciencia y Tecnologia. Miradas diferentes a una misma realidad”, organized by the Public University of Navarra (UPNA), with a talk on nanoparticles and nanoscience featuring also his animation art work “Promenade in Nanoland” based on microscopy images of the nanoscale.

The event took place at the Planetarium of Pamplona open to the general public, on November 12, 2009, at 19:30.

UPNA Press Release (in Spanish): http://www.unavarra.es/actualidad/noticias?pagina=4&contentId=119494

Full program from the Planetarium of Pamplona (in Spanish): http://www.pamplonetario.org/index.php?view=article&catid=9:actividades&id=129:2009-act

Video recording of the talk: http://youtu.be/kSnfYiH4l4E

The mystery of the washing balls – the scientific take in an article in the newspaper El Punt Avui

Editor — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:56:11 +0000

In a recent article published at the Catalan newspaper El Punt Avui on May 22, journalist Miquel Riera presented the scientific take on the “washing balls” (“bolas de lavado”) or “eco-balls” (“eco-bolas”), a new product that is advertised as a way to do laundry without detergents.

Along with other scientists and representatives of the laundry industry, Prof. Puntes provided a scientific view on this product and how it works (actually, it does not), given his expertise on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

As scientists, one of our goals is to provide the general public with scientific information and analysis, so we gladly participated in this dissemination effort from El Punt Avui.

Read the full article here (in Catalan): http://www.elpuntavui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/37759-el-misteri-de-les-boles-de-rentar.html

Update (05/02/2011): The “washing balls” were later analyzed by the Instituto Nacional del Consumo (INC) of the Spanish Goverment and officially removed from the market.