On the 18 of March, Itziar Tueros,  researcher at AZTI-Tecnalia receibed the CAF-Elhuyar prize for the general information article based on a PhD.

"Bizkaiko Labe Garaien lorratzak Sopelanako hondartzetan" (Traces of the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya on the beaches of Sopelana) was the winner article, Altos Hornos de Vizcaya having been the emblematic blast furnace of the city of Bilbao. More concretely, the author studied the legacy of the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya as observed on the beaches of nearby Sopelana, dumped in its day by the now defunct blast furnace. The Jury highlighted the manner in which the writer brought the results of her PhD to the reader in a comprehensible and readable manner, as if it were a story, which was very well written and organised and highly enjoyable to read. "She has undertaken a marvellous work of information; together with an elegance in the choice and presentation of illustrations" they said. In fact, the Panel emphasised the level of exigency in this category, given that it involves complex work of publishing information on specialised topics. This is why they insisted in the merit of the research work presented.

The jury

This year's CAF-Elhuyar awards had two panels of judges. On the one hand, the General Jury to evaluate the works of information and journalism, and made up of jurors: Ms Itziar Alkorta (Civil Law lecturer and expert in bioethics), Mr Txema Pitarke (physicist and Director of the CIC NanoGUNE Centre), Mr Juan Ignacio Perez Iglesias (biologist and ex-Rector of the EHU-UPV), Ms Rosa Diez Urrestarazu (journalist and Director of Euskadi Irratia) and Mr Jose Mari Rodriguez Ibabe (engineer and current President of the Elhuyar Foundation,). Apart from this, the members of the panel for deciding on the awards for scientific writing for young people were Ms Teresa Irastorza (Director of the School of Writers), Mr Jesus Mari Olaizola "Txiliku" (writer, lecturer in the field of biology and corrector of Basque) and Mr Josu Waliño (project manager for the Elhuyar Foundation).

Award-winning articles will be published in the May issue of the Elhuyar Zientzia eta Teknologia journal, in a special supplement.

Further information: Basque Research