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Researchers from the University of Valencia (UV), the Catalan Institute of Classical Archaeology (ICAC) and the University of Vic - Catalonia Central University (UVic-UCC) have reconstructed the composition of funeral meals in a necropolis in the western part of the Roman Empire (Plaza de la Villa de Madrid, Barcelona).

In the paper, published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution , the researchers argue that individuals with different cytotypes are able to mate with each other. This makes organisms with holocentric chromosomes model organisms for studying chromosomal evolution and speciation processes. Professor Antonio Marcial Escudero , from the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology of the US , together with two colleagues from the University of Basel (Switzerland), have studied the processes of creation of new species depending on the chromosome types of the original species.

The US signs an agreement with CSIC and Amicus Therapeutics to develop drugs to help counteract this pathology.

A team from the Centre for Research on Desertification (CIDE, UV/CSIC/GVA) and the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of the University of Valencia is launching a new service for monitoring and estima

A research group led by the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) and in which the University of Valencia (UV) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) participate has for the first time compared the symptoms at the beginning and six months after three groups of patients infected with different variants (Wuhan, alpha and delta) of SARS-CoV-2 who required hospitalisation.

The main benefits perceived by researchers after participating in an institutional communication campaign of their scientific work are that they increase both the visibility and the impact of the research, improve their prestige and foster innovation. These are some of the conclusions of a doctoral thesis presented at the University of Valencia (UV) by the communicator and scientific journalist Francisco Javier Alonso Flores, who analyses the social impact of institutional communication of R&D&i in Spanish universities.

Bat cells have specific molecular barriers to deal with SARS-CoV-2 replication, according to a study published in Journal of Virology —publication of the American Society of Microbiology— which includes the participation of Jordi Serra-Cobo, lecturer of the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute ( IRBio ) of the UB and expert on ecoepidemiological studies.

A multidisciplinary team with the participation of David Quixal, Consuelo Mata, Yolanda Carrión and Guillem Pérez, professors at the University of Valencia (UV), together with UV researchers, just pu

UB study warns of the ecological impact of native fish species introduced into river basins that do not belong to them Exotic fish are a threat to river ecosystems, but what happens when invasive species are native to a territory and have been introduced into waters that are not their original territory?

A study published in the journal Pharmacological Research reveals the oligomeric molecular structure of the MOR-Gal1R complex, a component present in the brain which is involved in the analgesic and addictive effects of certain opioids. The study includes the participation of the experts Vicent Casadó, Estefanía Moreno and Verònica Casadó-Anguera, from the Molecular Neuropharmacology Research Group of the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (I ).

A team of international experts, renowned for having debunked several black hole discoveries, identified a stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy near the Milky Way. The discovery is now published in an article on Nature Astronomy , which includes the participation of Mark Gieles, from the Faculty of Physics, the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC).

When the body is subjected to a high-calorie diet, the physiological response is not homogeneous and some organs or tissues are more sensitive to metabolic stress.

An academic study shows how this measure affects the 60-69 age group and mostly harms employees with low-skilled, physically and psychosocially demanding jobs. Researchers, including Sergi Jiménez-Martín, a UPF full professor of Economics, say allowing flexible retirement plans, such as partial retirement, mitigates the negative effect of delaying retirement.

An international team of researchers, led by the professor of the University of Valencia (UV) Aleix Eixea, has applied for the first time a technique from nuclear physics, Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA), to determine the origin of some flint from Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites in the current provinces of Valencia and Alicante.

The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up new research paths that can broaden our understanding of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens. A study led by the UB has made an estimation of the time when some of the genetic variants that characterise our species emerged.

Through the combined use of new technologies, sound recognition algorithms and mathematical models, ecologists from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) have proposed a method to assess the consequences of climate change on biodiversity. The results, published today in Methods in Ecology and Evolution , have been successfully tested on an Iberian amphibian, the San Antón frog ( Hyla molleri ).

An article published in the journal Nature Communications describes a specific metabolic adaptation in some patients with acute myeloid leukemia affected by tandem mutations in the FLT3 gene.

The consumption of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) —a product with widely known benefits for our health— increases the level of phenolic compounds in breast milk and can cross the placental barrier, reaching the descendant. This has been stated in a study carried out by a team of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences , the UB Institute for Research on Nutrition and Food Safety (INSA-UB ) and the Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition Networking Biomedical Research Centre ( CIBEROBN ).

Environmental awareness in society is changing household laundry habits, where the use of less bleach and lower temperatures during washing machine cycles is encouraged. In this context, disinfectants added to detergents have become an essential factor to compensate for these new habits and to prevent the transmission of bacteria, fungi and viruses in the house, as well as to control the level of odour-causing micro-organisms on clothes.

A study reveals an unprecedented change in the fire regime in Europe which is related to climate change. The affected areas are in Southern, Central and Northern Europe but this historical change in Europe's fire regime is more intense in the Mediterranean area. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports , is led by Jofre Carnicer, lecturer of Ecology at the Faculty of Biology, and member of the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona and the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF).