“We describe FIRA, a new method to manufacture solar cells. Its main advantages are its quick implementation and the high-efficiency of the resulting devices.”

“The Event-Driven Monte Carlo algorithm is introduced. It applies to problems with discrete degrees of freedom accurately finding the temporal evolution at all time scales.”

“Back during my time at the Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana “Jose Antonio Echeverrı́a”, CUJAE I assist with a workshop on the Problem Base Learning (PBL) approach to teaching. Little did I know about the serious science behind the development of innovative Learning and Teaching approaches. Even less on how far in our history, it is possible to track our “modern” problems and solutions! In the present contribution I share with the readers some of these findings. I will particularly focus on those corresponding to the Hellenistic times of the classical Greco-Roman philosophy, and hopefully, just hopefully, I will be able to transmit how modern these “ancient thoughts” look like.”

“The epistemological beliefs and metacognitive strategies of a sample of university students of Electric Engineering are discussed in this short overview. Significant differences between promoting and non-promoting groups were found regarding both beliefs and strategies. A strong correlation effect was also found between the strategies and beliefs about the structure of knowledge and the ability to learn. ”

“We propose a time-based analogy between the thermodynamic behavior of a three-level energy system and the progression of HIV infection described by the evolution of the cell population.”

“The degradation of chlordecone and beta-hexachlorocyclohexane in aqueous media is possible by means of photolysis, (photo-)Fenton oxidation and ozonation processes. ”

“The molecular inclusion process of two organochlorine pesticides and its radiolabeled analogous with cyclodextrines is a perspective technology for the removal of these pollutants from water.”

“This study analyses the potential value of the network of scientific collaboration of Cuban researchers in Europe focussing on their institutional links with worldwide collaborators between 1995 and 2014.”

“The development of a submerged membrane bioreactor computer simulator that integrates biological degradation process with physical separation process is a useful tool for teaching and research.”

“The structure of the HIV matrix shell has not been fully elucidated. In this article, I highlight contributions that led to a model composed of adjacent hexagons forming a sphere and mentioned studies that were subsequently impacted. A cross-disciplinary group of students in my lab tested this hypothesis and conclusively demonstrated that this model was incorrect. I provide a summary of our results with emphasis placed on contributions made by students.”

“We use computational chemistry tools for describing chlordecone interactions with acidic surface groups onto activated carbons (AC), for understanding the adsorption process of pesticide on AC.”

“This is the story of a PhD project that turned into a spin-off company on ultrasonic cleaning and advanced chemical processes. The basics of sonochemistry and process intensification are also introduced. ”

“A quantum vaccinomics approach was proposed based on the characterization of vector-host-pathogen molecular interactions and the immunological quantum to further advance the design of more effective and safe vaccines.”

“We investigate yet another direct link between linear algebra and electronic structure theory by exploring the usefulness of the Gershgorin theorem in the estimation of the correlation energies of many-particle systems.”