Materials science is a very dynamic branch of knowledge, where multidisciplinary scientific teams apply the constant discoveries in physics and basic chemistry to develop new components to solve problems or improve everyday life.

In this branch of science, materials are classified according to their use in four groups based on their properties: metallic, ceramic, polymers and composite materials.

Polymers, better known as plastics, are giant, lightweight, corrosion-resistant organic molecules that are good electrical insulators and are suitable for use at high temperatures, but have relatively low tensile strength.

The Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, through the Direction of Research, Development and Innovation convenes the: First Garza Meeting of Young Researchers "United against COVID-19: the new green swan".

Aimed at all students of higher education and graduate students of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo who are conducting research, pregerentemente linked to environmental scientific projects, technological development and innovation aimed at the mitigation and control of the current pandemic of COVID-19, through the support and / or advice of a researcher of this maximum house of studies.

Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo. - The Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH) was notified about obtaining two patents in the United States, which correspond to the creation of a hibiscus-based disinfectant and the discovery of the effect caused by a compound from this plant known as hibiscus acid, on harmful bacteria that cause disease.

Researchers Javier Castro Rosas, Carlos Alberto Gómez Aldapa and Dr. Roberto Villagomez Ibarra, all three from the Academic Area of Chemistry, are the creators of the disinfectant, which fights bacteria resistant and not resistant to antibiotics. Meanwhile, those who discovered the effect of hibiscus acid were the scientists Castro Rosas and Gómez Aldapa.

Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo. - Recognizing and protecting the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Hñähñu Culture is what the researcher of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo (UAEH), Luis Francisco Sánchez Fonseca, proposes in the ethnographic study "Cangandhos, Idulos and San Juanes: sacred stones in the Mezquital Valley, Hidalgo", which won the National Award of the Support Program for Municipal and Community Cultures 2019 (PACMyC) for this work.

The researcher from the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities (ICSHu) announced that over more than six years he conducted an ethnographic research involving more than 171 families in 28 municipalities of the Mezquital Valley, to learn about the tradition and practices around the veneration of stones of various sizes and shapes by the Hñähñu Culture.