Business, Science, and Technology shared the spotlight in the round table “The Impact of AI on the Science Industry”, held on November 12 as part of the 3rd Andalusian Artificial Intelligence Congress. The discussion featured José Aguilar, Head of the DONES Programme Management Office, alongside Pilar Gil Jaldo (Safran), Rubén Sánchez Iruela (Grupo Cuerva), Daniel […]

The third edition of the IAEA’s World Fusion Outlook presents a selection of recent achievements in fusion energy, outlines some of the dozens of fusion plant concepts currently at various stages of development worldwide, highlights global efforts in fusion energy development and discusses for the first time the global outlook for fusion energy deployment. As […]

A group of around 40 members from the Official College of Industrial Technical Engineers of Granada (COGITI Granada) visited the IFMIF-DONES project facilities on 6 November, one of Europe’s major pillars in fusion energy research. During the visit, José Aguilar, Head of the DONES Programme Management Office, guided the attendees through the centre, explaining the current status of the project, its scientific […]

The CIEMAT is a Spanish public research organisation focused on energy and environmental studies, under the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Today’s interview features Yolanda Benito, an expert in climate change who has been part of CIEMAT since 1989 and was appointed its Director General in 2022, a clear example of professional success and […]

The Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, and Deputy Director, Moisés Weber, played a prominent role at the 30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC2025), held from October 13 to 18, 2025, in Chengdu, China. During the event, Ibarra delivered a plenary overview presentation on the DONES Experimental Program, while Weber chaired the plenary session on Fusion Nuclear Technologies. […]

The Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, and Deputy Director Moisés Weber took part in the 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the IAEA World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG), held on 14 October in Chengdu, China. The event was co-chaired by the China Atomic Energy Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Ángel Ibarra […]

“Making fusion work in an experiment isn’t enough. It must be viable, efficient, and scalable if we want it to become part of the energy mix.” These are the words of Ángel Ibarra, Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, in the article published by the Bankinter Innovation Foundation, titled “Functional materials to turn fusion into […]

The Carmen de la Victoria at the University of Granada hosted on 13 November 2025 the international workshop “Training for and with Major Scientific Organisations: Establishing a Big Science Masterclass Programme”, an event that will also be held in hybrid format (on-site and online). The workshop addressed the challenge of how to better prepare the […]

The Director of the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, Ángel Ibarra, took part on 24 October in the “Frontiers of Physics” lecture series, organized by the Carlos I Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics at the University of Granada (UGR). His presentation, titled “The DONES Programme: Overview, Current Status, and Role in the Development of Fusion Energy,” […]

“In science, there is also art and culture. And art, in turn, is another form of knowledge.” With these words, Ángel Ibarra expressed his gratitude upon receiving the Medal of Honor granted by the Andalusian Public Foundation Rodríguez-Acosta to the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium, which he directs. “If we look closely, both a scientist and an […]