A discovery destined to prevent famine
Research team led by CRAG researcher Ana Caño-Delgado...
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Articles
Relevant stories about SOMMa's centres and units, their breakthrough research, their findings, their projects and initiatives
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Paper farming for thermoelectrics: breakthrough to recycle waste heat into electricity
The device is composed of bacterial-produced cellulose with...
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A research - clinic collaboration to treat language disturbances
Neure Clinic is born as an initiative of knowledge transfer...
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SOMMa Open Science Day - a day of exchange about science openness
The SOMMa Open Day took place at DTIC-UPF, co-organised with...
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Carriers for catalyst particles: bystanders or active players after all?
Found weak spot of catalysts used to remove toxic car exhaust gases Inert supports to catalyst converters have a paradoxically non-neutral...
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Chemical changes… directed by mechanical forces
Researchers find a new factor influencing the outcome of chemical reactions Mechanical stress is found to be capable of directing the...
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The legacy of Planck
For four years, the Planck mission collected measurements of ancestral microwave cosmic radiation In 2011, 2013 and 2018, three datasets...
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Basement membranes, cell matrices and the nidogen protein
A Chinese-Spanish collaboration led by Lola Martin-Bermudo revealed the role of the nidogen protein in Drosophila The work details the...
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CARMENES the “planet-hunter”: exploring evaporating atmospheres and water vapour beyond the Solar System
The spectrograph CARMENES studies the Cosmos measuring the temperature, composition and movement of extrasolar planets New approaches to the...
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Payment for environmental services: hurdles for their positive impact
Researchers suggest that payment for environmental services (PES) may have diminished results due to poor design Rendering payment for...
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Orphan Drug for an ultra-rare disease
New drug Ciclopirox developed in partnership between CIC bioGUNE and the venture capital firm CRB Inverbio The drug treats congenital...
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From Basic Liver Research to NASH drug therapy
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is fatty liver disease, characterized by inflammation and fat accumulation in the liver, due to causes...
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Radiative heat transfer in the extreme near field
Researchers dispelled doubts regarding a theory key in nanotechnology research and develop. Heat transfer between surfaces of the tested...
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