Communication challenges during COVID-19 and how to make hydrophobic materials

Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, head of the UPV-EHU Chair of Scientific Culture, reviews how the decisions taken during the health crisis are informed and presented to society. This Thursday marks six months since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international importance due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The WHO emergency committee will meet this week to address the current situation of a disease that has already affected more than 16 million people and caused nearly 650,000 deaths.. How is it different from the situation we were experiencing at the end of February and the beginning of March? There are quite a few, when it comes to case detection, hospital treatment, and prevention measures. In these months, a multitude of scientific studies have been carried out, some better, others certainly doubtful, carried out in a hurry, but in sum we can say that what is happening is better known. In another vein, has communication to society about what is happening, what is being learned , improved in recent months? What is being decided to contain the spread of the virus? On May 8, we talked about the importance of the correct communication of science with Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, head of the Chair of Scientific Culture at the UPV-EHU . Almost three months later, today he visits us again to talk about how the pandemic has changed the communication of science. Javier Barriga, researcher at the Tekniker Surfaces Unit, explains the way in which hydrophobic materials are obtained, capable of repelling water, and summarizes the content of an investigation on a technique to obtain superhydrophobic materials carried out at the University of Aalto, In finland. tech tech tech tech tech tech tech tech tech tech