{"id":193,"date":"2011-09-02T13:11:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T13:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carlescurutchet.wordpress.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2021-12-02T13:23:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T11:23:34","slug":"popularizing-science-during-the-iyc2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/cplab\/2011\/09\/02\/popularizing-science-during-the-iyc2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Popularizing science during the IYC2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may already know, the United Nations declated 2011 the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemistry2011.org\">International Year of Chemistry<\/a>. This celebration aims at improving the public appreciation of chemistry, as well as encourage the interest in this science and generate enthusiasm about its creative future. At the University of Girona, some of my collegues (Miquel Duran, Silvia Simon, Pep Anton Vieta or Laia Guillaumes) have been actively involved in communicating chemistry to the society for a long time. Thus, the IYC2011 was a splendind opportunity to continue this endeavour. Among other activities, they convinced me and other collegues from the IQC to collaborate in the <a href=\"http:\/\/catquimica.cat\">CatQuimicat.cat<\/a> blog, aimed at popularizing chemistry in Catalonia during the IYC2011. So far this initiative has been very succesfull, being recommened for instance in the <a href=\"http:\/\/catquimica.cat\/2011\/08\/08\/el-bloc-catquimica-a-espai-internet-de-tv3\/\">main catalan TV channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of my posts in the blog was aimed at <a href=\"http:\/\/catquimica.cat\/2011\/04\/16\/fotosintesi-artificial-la-quimica-i-el-seu-paper-en-el-nostre-futur-energetic\/\">introducing the concept of artificial photosynthesis<\/a>. To my surprise, after this post I received a phone call from Laia Ban\u00fas, editor of the journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interempresas.net\/Energia\">Interempresas Energ\u00edas Renovables<\/a>, a spanish journal on renewable energy sources aimed at an industry and business audience. After reading my post on the blog, they encouraged me to collaborate with their publication in order to give some insights on the present and future of artificial photosynthesis-based technologies (you can check my contribution <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interempresas.net\/Energia\/Articulos\/54630-Fotosintesis-artificial-el-reto-de-producir-combustibles-a-partir-de-la-energia-solar.html\">here<\/a>). This example nicely illustrates how a blog like CatQuimica.cat can help popularizing research done at universities among the general public.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/cplab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fotosintesis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-194\" title=\"Photosynthesis\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/cplab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fotosintesis.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/cplab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fotosintesis.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/cplab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fotosintesis-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artificial and natural photosynthesis share the same basic principle: storing solar energy as a chemical fuel. In the natural process, the energy is converted into glucose. In the artificial process, this fuel could be hydrogen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may already know, the United Nations declated 2011 the International Year of Chemistry. This celebration aims at improving the public appreciation of chemistry, as well as encourage the interest in this science and generate enthusiasm about its creative future. 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