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Since 2003, she has been teaching and conducting research at Oxford, leading projects at the intersection of physics, biology, nanotechnology and information science. Her work includes pioneering applications in medicine, bio-inspired materials and the development of neurochips. she combines her scientific work with writing and publishing: she is the author of the books <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nanotecnolog\u00eda viva <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2023) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seis problemas que la ciencia no puede resolver <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2025), and writes regularly for El Pa\u00eds newspaper. 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