From May 18 to 20, a new edition of Pint of Science Bilbao once again transformed bars and everyday spaces across the city into vibrant meeting points between science and the public. As a co-organizer and sponsor of the event, BCMaterials warmly welcomes the success of this year’s edition, which brought together researchers, science communicators, and citizens for three days of inspiring discussions on some of today’s most relevant scientific challenges.

BCMaterials, in collaboration with the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Basque Country (EHU), will organize the XII Biennial Meeting of the Spanish Society on Neutron Techniques (SETN) 2026, which will take place at Bizkaia Aretoa in Bilbao on July 13–15.

Next Monday, December 2, Liu Yao, professor at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, will give an invited lecture at BCMaterials entitled ‘Li-Metal Batteries: From Liquid to Solid-State’. The lecture will take place in the auditorium of the Martina Casiano building, home to BCMaterials, on the University of the Basque Country's science campus in Leioa, starting at 11:00 AM.

On December 3 at 12:00 PM, in the Martina Casiano Auditorium in Leioa, BCMaterials will host senior researchers Antón Guimerà and Xavier Illa from the Barcelona Microelectronics Institute  (IMB-CNM, CSIC), who will deliver a new invited lecture at our center.

The 2025 edition of BCMaterials’ annual workshop gathered nearly one hundred participants on November 19 in Leioa to review the latest advances and discuss critical materials, their applications, and their performance in demanding environments.

BCMaterials once again played a prominent role at the University of the Basque Country’s (EHU) Science Week, held from November 5–9. Our center took part throughout all five days of the largest science outreach event in the Basque Country.

Hundreds of visitors—from school groups to families—stopped by our science corner, where we showcased the potential of new materials for environmental remediation and sustainable energy generation through five hands-on demonstrations.

On November 19, BCMaterials will host a new edition of its annual workshop, New Materials for a Better Life! This year’s event will focus on critical materials, the challenging environments in which they must operate, and their critical applications across industries.

BCMaterials continues its series of invited scientific lectures with a talk by Dr. Karolina Milowska, Ikerbasque Research Fellow at CIC nanoGUNE. The talk will take place on November 6 at 12:00 PM in the auditorium of the Martina Casiano Building, BCMaterials headquarters.

Dr. Milowska will present a lecture titled “From Ultrahigh Magnetic Fields to Interface Engineering: A Multiscale Modelling Paradigm for Nanomaterials in Extreme Environments.”

BCMaterials will host a new invited talk by Professor André Pereira from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal) and IFIMUP – Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics. The event will take place on November 3 at 11:00 AM in the auditorium of the Martina Casiano Building, BCMaterials headquarters.

On October 28th and 29th, the ‘BeZientzia’ science fair took place in Bilbao, bringing together nearly 200 sixth-grade students from schools across Bizkaia. BCMaterials was one of the four organizing institutions, alongside Achucarro – Basque Center for Neuroscience, BC3 – Basque Center for Climate Change, and BCAM – Basque Center for Applied Mathematics. All four centers are part of the BERC (Basque Excellence Research Centers) network in Bizkaia.