We’ve recently participated in this series of outreach videos about physics and the ideas that changed the world. In this first series, transistors, LEDs and Lasers are the main protagonists.
This series, produced by the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, IFIMAC, will tell us how the study of physics and abstract ideas, shaped the world we live in today.
I have had the immense honor of working on the documentary “Ramón y Cajal: dibujos en la retina” directed by Filmociencia. It released in 2026. These are some of the shots I prepared.
Lately I’ve been trying to recover the limited knowledge I acquire at the university on how to solve differential equations. These produce beautiful pictures and animations. And in particular, I’ve been learning how to solve the Schrödinger equation using the Crank-Nicolson algorithm.
Being energy one of the main problems we have to face as a society and considering the amount of computation we are demanding, this new research happens to be particularly important. A multinational effort that includes Spain, Italy and the USA is unvealing the mechanisms of heat transport at the nanoscale. And they’ve found a new process that involves an wavy nature. In particular they’ve reported the observation of phonon interference at room temperature in molecular-scale junctions [link].
Their results have been published in Nature Materials.
Recently I got obsessed with Sergei Korolev and his achievements during the short period of time he governed de Soviet Space Program. And in particular, I got really confused with the Lunik III story. The more I read, the more I didn’t understand. So in order to be able to comprehend how the USSR was able to take a picture of the dark side of the Moon in 1959, I dove deep in the issue and simulated the process. This is the result of this obsession.
[I’ll try to make an English version soon]
It’s been quite a while since our last reel, so here it is. I have to say that I’ve been busy (thanks to you all), so I guess these delays are good news after all. This summary of the last couple of years makes symbolizes 12 years of Scixel, which is also kind of special.
The Third Daughter saga is this project of ours in which we try to tell the story of the Earth as if it was a myth: with the poetry of myths and the beauty of science. This project was put on hold due to my commitments with my real job. But now I’m trying to find time to finish it. Hope you like it!
In this chapter we tell the story of the birth of Wâljei.
What if we told the history of the Earth as a creation myth? This is La Saga de la Tercera Hija, which sadly does not have an English version yet. A very personal project that I’ve enjoyed making during the last couple of years. Hope you enjoy it too. Download it here!
It’s been a strange couple of years with worldwide issues that have affected us all. But here at Scixel, we can be nothing but grateful. First of all, the pandemic didn’t affect us in a serious way, neither us nor our families. Second, our clients continued with their usual hard work from home. And that deserves a huge ovation for the scientists all over the world. Their effort did not only kept us on business, but in better shape than ever. And finally, we kept working with Filmociencia and started working with Patricia Bondia, and that alone is something to be grateful for.
Here I leave you with a short summary of our work during the last two years. And as always, thank you all for making Scixel possible.
The Saga of the Third Daughter has reached its fourth chapter: The Battle of the Giants in which the origin of the oceans is told. In the following months, life will appear and it will establish the principles of a huge disaster. But that is yet to come.