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Scientists develop AI tool to read the "code" of bacterial viruses and design personalised phage treatments A research team from the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I²SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia (UV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has developed an innovative artificial intelligence system to predict which bacteria can be targeted by bacteriophages (phages) based on the sequence of a key enzyme: depolymerase.

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have developed a new framework based on machine learning that significantly improves the resolution of complex differential equations, especially in cases where traditional methods present difficulties. The study, led by experts Pedro Tarancón-Álvarez and Pablo Tejerina-Pérez, has been published in the journal (Nature publishing group).

A research team from the University of Valencia (UV), the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has demonstrated, using cognitive neuroscience techniques, that unconscious perceptions of leadership remain associated with male traits, despite more egalitarian conscious evaluations.

UB study shows that two approved drugs reduce fat accumulation in the liver of animal models of metabolic liver disease. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is the most common liver disease in the world, affecting about one third of the adult population. This disorder is characterized by the accumulation of fat in liver cells, which has severe liver consequences and is also associated with a high mortality rate from cardiovascular disease.

A study by the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Valencia (UV) has described changes in the ventral and lateral colouration of a species of lizard typical of the northern Iberian peninsula, Podarcis muralis (or wall lizard).

Two UB-led studies show that the impact of Chinese competition depends on the type of employment, and that collective bargaining agreements can intensify wage losses. Globalization does not affect all workers equally. The sector in which people work has a lot to do with it, but it is not the only factor.

The discovery opens up new perspectives for the study of exchange networks in the Mediterranean during the Copper Age. Archeology Researchers at the Prehistoric Studies and Research Seminar (SERP) of the University of Barcelona have identified the oldest piece made of hippopotamus ivory in the Iberian Peninsula.

A scientific team has discovered the first Mesozoic amber deposit with preserved insects in South America in the province of Napo (Ecuador). The discovery, published in the journal reveals that 112 million years ago there was a tropical rainforest with ferns, cycads and angiosperm plants, and describes a unique scenario for understanding the rich biodiversity and Cretaceous ecosystems in the southern hemisphere, little studied so far in the fossil amber record.