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Taxation, housing and productivity: pillars of Sánchez Llibre’s new term
Josep Sánchez Llibre, president of Fomento del Trabajo Nacional, will continue to lead Catalonia’s main employers’ association for his third term, after his was the only candidacy in the elections held on May 18
Astatine, a new element of technological importance
August Corominas addresses the importance of astatine, a chemical element considered the rarest and most radioactive on Earth, in his article “Astatine, a new element of technological importance.”
The new medicine of complex systems
Joaquim Gironella proposes a profound change in the way we conceive of medical practice: adopting a complex systems perspective, where health and disease are understood as emergent, dynamic, and multicausal phenomena.
The dangerous drift of biotechnology
Lluís Giner addresses the emergence of biotechnology and its implications for human enhancement and transhumanism in his presentation “Educación transformadora. Apuntes para una reevaluación del diálogo entre humanismo y tecnología” (Transformative Education: Notes for a Re-evaluation of the Dialogue between Humanism and Technology.)
The Royal Academy will have a new headquarters in Portugal
Alfredo Rocafort presents the history and activity of the RAED in the magazine “Diplomacy”, published by the Academy of Diplomacy of the Kingdom of Spain, of which he is a full member.
New series of Academy debates
The new geopolitical landscape and the impact of new technologies on it, as well as Europe’s need to reinvent itself as a model of democracy, coexistence, and a dynamic new economy, are the topics of the first of the “RAED Discussions,” inaugurated with the session “Europe Facing Power: Sovereignty, Innovation, and International Position.”
And now, Hantavirus
Maria Àngels Calvo reflects on the danger of the latest hantavirus outbreak that affected a cruise ship, as well as the risk of new zoonoses, in a comprehensive scientific article and in various appearances on public media, such as on TV3’s “Tot es mou” and the 3CAT platform.
The quantum revolution, atom by atom
Sònia Fernández-Vidal presents the exhibition “Quantum Revolution,” a show that invites visitors to explore what is considered the most astonishing and productive scientific theory of the last one hundred years.
Building the infrastructures of the future
Jaume Armengou lidera la primera edició de l’IESE Infrastructure Meeting, un esdeveniment que s’ha centrat en la fiabilitat del transport, la continuïtat de serveis crítics com l’aigua i l’energia, l’adaptació al canvi climàtic, el finançament i la millora de l’operació i el manteniment dels actius.
Freedom, recognition and uncertainty in a changing world
Current affairs from a legal perspective and a tribute to the late academic José María Simón Tor, in the latest articles by Javier Junceda
The decline of Russia
José María Bové analyzes the development of Russia from the 1980s to the present and the effects that the war in Ukraine has had and will have, opening a new scenario in the European project and its defense.
What legacy will Trump leave on the global economy?
Montserrat Casanovas addresses the main impacts of the economic policy undertaken by Donald Trump on the main macroeconomic variables and the evolution of the main indices in the presentation “Impactos de la política económica de Donald Trump”
