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Scientists from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have created an early warning system based on artificial intelligence to predict massive outbreaks of cyanobacteria in fresh waters. Using machine learning and deep learning models, the system could help protect aquatic ecosystems and improve water management.

Research at the Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS) shows that the combination of melatonin and methylprednisolone effectively protects against multiple sclerosis in animal models, allowing to reduce up to four times the dose of corticosteroids.

Two studies conducted by the Cavanilles Institute (ICBiBe) of the University of Valencia provide new insights into the factors affecting the survival and territory occupancy of the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) in the Valencian Community. Human activities and biodiversity loss in its habitat call for conservation actions to ensure the long-term survival of this iconic bird of prey, which is currently endangered.

Researchers from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and IMDEA-Food reveal that sleeping too little or too much at night, as well as taking prolonged naps of more than one hour, is associated with an increased risk of death in older people, but only in those who do not get enough physical activity.

An international research team, including participation from the University of Valencia, has published an article in Nature Geoscience advocating for a more collaborative and balanced approach between artificial intelligence (AI) and Earth sciences. The study supports the creation of a new field-AIXES (Artificial Intelligence and Earth Sciences)-that will enhance both areas and provide benefits in tackling future environmental challenges.

Researchers from the Universitat de València have developed a new methodology to detect and visualise zinc in astrocytes (cells that help in the correct function of nerve cells), both at microscopy and electronic level. The project, published in the magazine Microscopy and Microanalysis, confirms the importance of astrocytes in the control of zinc levels in our brain, an essential element for many neural functions.

Universitat de València full-time university professor Rubén Artero is leading a research that has identified a promising therapy for treating myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), based on anti-miRs. The study is being carried out by the Human Translational Genomics Group of the INCLIVA-Universitat de València Health Research Institute (Biotecmed).

Researchers from the Centro de Biología Molecular -Severo Ochoa- (CBMSO), the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and the Hospital Universitario de Alcorcón have identified a possible key role of glial activation and inflammation in the neurodegeneration of the cerebellum of mice mimicking Friedreich's ataxia, an inherited neurodegenerative disease.

Scientists at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) argue that the most exotic and complex quantum phenomena occur at frequencies where quantum systems emit the least light. The work opens new doors for the development of advanced quantum technologies by studying correlations of multiple photons emitted by qubits (atoms or other two-electron systems).

The result, the most accurate performed at CERN's LHC to date, was obtained from 2016 data from the CMS experiment and is in agreement with the prediction of the standard model of particle physics.

In this study, published in the journal Computers in Biology and Medicine , researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that represents an important advance in the combination of deep learning and computational biology techniques. A team of researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Seville, led by Juan Antonio Marchal Corrales and Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Naranjo respectively, has published an innovative study in which an Artificial Intelligence is designed to improve the prediction of the evolution of cell migration in breast cancer.

An international team of scientists, led by professor Veronika Eyring from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the University of Bremen, and with participation from the University of Valencia, has published an innovative approach that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) with Earth system models to improve the accuracy and speed of climate simulations.

Some ostracoderms-primitive vertebrates without fins or jaws-colonised for the first time the marine pelagic realm over 400 million years ago. These fish optimised their headshields to rise from the seabed and move efficiently through ocean waters, compensating for their lack of fins. This is the main finding of a study co-led by a team from the Cavanilles Institute of the University of Valencia and recently published in Nature Communications Biology.

It is the carotenoid phytoene, which is found in foods such as tomatoes, carrots, apricots, red peppers, oranges, tangerines or passion fruit, among others. Researchers from the Color and Food Quality group of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Seville, in collaboration with Marina Ezcurra's group at the University of Kent (UK), have demonstrated that the carotenoid phytoene increases the lifespan of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and that it can slow the onset of paralysis associated with the formation of amyloid plaques in a model of Alzheimer's disease.

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town (South Africa), the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the University of Valencia has analysed human remains from the Oakhurst rock shelter in the far south of Africa and has reconstructed the genomes of thirteen individuals who died between 1,300 and 10,000 years ago, including the oldest human genome recovered from southern Africa to date.

A study carried out by the Autonomous University of Madrid, the University of Alcalá and GREFA, has revealed the presence of microplastics and artificial fibers in birds. The results have been published in the journal "Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety". Plastic pollution is a global problem. Most plastics end up in the natural environment due to our mismanagement of our waste.

International collaboration to uncover how cells communicate through vibrations Organisms of all shapes and sizes communicate by vibrating the solid stuff of their environments, and initial evidence suggests that individual cells in our bodies might do the same. A team of researchers from Israel, the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States have been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Human Frontier Science Program to study this potentially transformative new mode of cell-to-cell communication.

This megalithic construction, located in Antequera and built 6000 years ago, shows signs of advanced techniques that suggest the great precocity of the technical and scientific developments existing i

Research shows industrial interest of the gut microbial community of the beetle Pachnoda marginata 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 published a study that reveals a highly diverse microbial community and the potential of the gut of the beetle larva Pachnoda marginata as a source of microbial diversity of industrial interest.

Researchers from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge in Barcelona have discovered a spontaneous response of the brain of adult rats after stroke that facilitates neurological and motor recovery. The study reveals an increase in oligodendrocytes that promotes remyelination of damaged tissue.