Dr. Miguel Kiwi, a researcher at CEDENNA, winner of the 2007 National Prize for Exact Sciences, and professor at the University of Chile, recently published an opinion column in the newspaper La Segunda, in which he invites reflection on the urgent need to strengthen investment in basic science and technology as strategic pillars for the development and well-being of the country.
In his analysis, Dr. Kiwi highlights the recent advances recognized with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, emphasizing the transformative impact of quantum physics and nanotechnology, two cutting-edge scientific areas in which Chile has relevant capabilities, but also with major challenges ahead.
“If we don’t invest in science and technology now, in 50 years we will still be buying the science-based technology that others, more fortunate, made,” he points out in his column.
Dr. Kiwi's call aims to build a country that not only consumes knowledge, but also generates it, transfers it, and transforms it into concrete solutions for the challenges of the present and the future.
You can read the full column at the following link:
