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Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), and Yale University (USA) have published a comprehensive review article in the journal Cell that proposes a new framework for understanding neutrophils, the most abundant cells of the immune system.

A team from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences at the University of Barcelona (UBneuro) has applied advanced artificial intelligence techniques to better understand why Huntington's disease can begin at very different ages in patients. This hereditary neurodegenerative condition, which causes motor, cognitive, and psychiatric impairments, is caused by a mutation in the HTT gene, which encodes the huntingtin protein.

Researchers at the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia (UV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), have studied the effects o

The Research Group on Prevention and Health in Exercise and Sport (PHES) of the University of Valencia, led by Professor Juan Carlos Colado, has published a study in the International Journal of Spor

A new observation by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), with the participation of the University of Valencia, reveals in detail the turbulent structure of the magnetic field within the jet of material accelerated from a supermassive black hole. This finding provides an unprecedented insight into the physics of supermassive black holes, considered the most powerful -enginesin the universe.

Researchers describe how tomato genes communicate to resist drought and improve fruit quality A study by the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), together with the Millennium Nucleus Phytolearning (Chile), has deciphered how tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) genes communicate with one another to coordinate essential processes such as fruit ripening and drought response.

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously thought, but also in echinoderms (invertebrates). This is one of the most notable conclusions of a study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution , which expands our knowledge of the mechanisms governing genomic regulation and biological evolution.

Researchers from the University of Valencia (UV) and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), among other research centres, have for the first time analysed Mediterranean cave art in situ using a technique that combines the use of smartphones and a portable X-ray fluorescence device, at the archaeological site of Cocó de la Gralla (Mas de Barberans, Tarragona).

Researchers identify the role of a key enzyme in rotavirus and norovirus infection, the leading causes of acute gastroenteritis A research team led by professor Jesús Rodríguez from the University of Valencia (Department of Microbiology) has identified the decisive role of fucosidases - enzymes present both in the human intestine and in the gut microbiota - in infection by rotavirus and norovirus.

A team of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has developed an innovative algorithm for Wi-Fi networks called "Ponte" that can provide

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones - which is crucial for understanding the evolution of bipedalism - focusing mainly on muscle insertion sites. However, the potential information of studying other types of soft tissue, such as joint ligaments, is often overlooked.

Researchers uncover the role of the coronavirus "anchor": the least-known part of the Spike protein is key to infection A study by the University of Valencia (UV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has revealed that a previously little-studied region of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus Spike protein is essential for the virus to enter human cells.

Of the many open questions that baffle physicists today, there is one - the most relevant for cosmologists - that crystallises into a single number: the Hubble constant H0, which represents the ratio between the distance of a cosmic object from us and the speed at which it moves away from us due to the accelerated expansion of the Universe.

Published in Nature, the atlas will be freely available to researchers around the world. An international team has published NeuMap, the first atlas to reveal the global architecture of neutrophils, showing how this "first line of defense" reorganizes to protect, remember, and heal. The study-led by scientists at the CNIC, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Yale University, and Westlake University-redefines our understanding of immunity.

Researchers uncover the mechanisms of phage adaptation to eradicate clinically relevant bacteria A study led by Celia Ferriol-González and Pilar Domingo-Calap, researchers at the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (a joint centre of the University of Valencia, UV, and the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC), reveals the evolutionary mechanism used by phages - viruses of therapeutic interest - to infect multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a set of innovative methods and algorithms that improve the performance and precision of vehicle design through topological optimization, a mathematical technique that allows designs to be optimized by distributing materials efficiently.

A new study describes a key molecular mechanism that explains how cells exchange information through extracellular vesicles (EVs), small particles with great therapeutic potential. The results, published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles , reveal that the Commander protein complex, previously known for its role in membrane recycling, also coordinates the entry and internal destination of vesicles within the cell.

Professor Lluís Gibert, from the University of Barcelona, is the only expert from a European institution participating in an international study based on the analysis of the bones of a fossilized foot and teeth that has revealed how Australopithecus deyiremeda , a human ancestor that coexisted more than three million years ago with Australopithecus afarensis - the famous Lucy - on the plains of East Africa, moved and fed.

A study by the Universitat de València and the UOC identifies a number of strategic technological, organizational and environmental factors that are key to digital, green and social progress.

A scientific study led by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and partly funded by the European Research Council (ERC) has determined that the size and composition of our social support networks directly influence how we perceive our body image. The findings could help us in treating conditions such as body dysmorphic disorder, anorexia, and other eating disorders.