The new season of the series "Universo Sostenible" starts next 20th April on TVE's La 2, as part of the programme "La Aventura del Saber" (The Adventure of Knowledge). The 10 chapters that make up this new broadcast co-produced by CRUE Spanish Universities will also be available on all the websites of the 29 participating universities. The topics of this new stage will be nanotechnology, neuroscience, studies in different areas related to botany, DNA, pests, sustainable agriculture, cryptocurrencies and life beyond Earth.

As in previous editions, different people from the scientific community will explain in a simple way the keys to advances in research projects related to technological progress that will have an important impact in the near future. The collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), which is part of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, has also been fundamental to its realisation.

The programme "La Aventura del Saber" (The Adventure of Knowledge) seeks to deepen the transmission of a rigorous knowledge of reality to the public in order to make them more critical and responsible in their decisions. On the other hand, this new transmedia project will also make it possible to find out how the public reacts to the scientific projects presented.

Universities involved

The "Universo Sostenible" project is the result of a co-production of the audiovisual services and scientific communication units of 29 universities belonging to CRUE Spanish Universities: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad de Cantabria, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Universidad de Cantabria, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Universidad de Córdoba, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA), Universidad Europea, Universidad de Extremadura, Universidad de Granada, Universitat de Granada, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Universidad de la Laguna, Universidad de León, Universidad de Málaga, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Universidad de Murcia, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Universidad Nebrija, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Universidad de Sevilla, Universitat de València, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya and Universidade de Vigo.

The initiative is being coordinated by the Audiovisual Workshop of the Universitat de València, which has developed the design of the audiovisual format and carried out its executive production. The broadcasts on TVE and its dissemination through the university multiplatforms will begin on a weekly basis from 20th April.