Resilience, a key factor in reducing emotional distress in girls with juvenile fibromyalgia

Health - Jul 2
Health

Juvenile fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that mainly affects adolescent girls. A study led by the University of Barcelona shows that resilience - the ability to cope adaptively with adversity - does not reduce the physical symptoms of this chronic disease, but could act as a protective factor at the emotional and brain level.

Paleontology - Jun 26

Cambrian explosion may have occurred much earlier than previously thought

Paleontology

The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of many animal phyla and the diversification of species.

Health - Jun 16

Protein that may help improve the treatment of obesity and cardiovascular disease

Health

Researchers identify a protein that may help improve the treatment of obesity and cardiovascular disease Obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are increasingly present in the population.

Psychology - Jun 25

AI models identify personality traits from written texts

Psychology

A research team at the University of Barcelona has shown how artificial intelligence (AI) models can detect personality traits from written texts, and for the first time has managed to analyse in detail how these systems make decisions. These results, published in the journal PLOs One , open up new perspectives for understanding how personality manifests itself in natural language and also how more transparent and reliable automatic detection tools can be built.

Environment - Jun 12

Climate change impacts on biological production in the Mediterranean Sea

In just over 20 years, the northward shift of the subtropical jet stream - a high-altitude airflow - caused by climate change has reduced primary production in the northwestern Mediterranean by about 40%.

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Postdoctoral Fellow (ref. PD/25/11) Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona
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Ayudante de Investigación Predoctoral para el Grupo de Dinámica Cromosómica ( AIPREDC15) National Center for Oncological Research, Madrid
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Research Scientist for the Biology Section ( RSBIO25) National Center for Oncological Research, Madrid