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Mara Segovia, Erasmus+ researcher at the Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (ICBiBe) of the University of Valencia, has participated in a study that reveals the response capacity of seaweed to the effects of climate change. Over the last 60 years, diatoms - the subject of this study - have increased their optimal temperature by 1°C to adapt to global warming.

A Digital Archaeology pioneering study has revealed that the eyed idols of the Iberian Peninsula, prehistoric figures carved from long bones that represent eye-shaped motifs, had their original focus in the south of the current province of Valencia and the north from that of Alicante, specifically the basin of the Serpis river, and from there they expanded to those of the Tajo-Jùcar rivers, and also towards the Segura-Guadiana.

Researchers develop a new computer tool to investigate the complexity of the genome A team from the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (UV-CSIC) has published in Nature Methods its own software to analyse data obtained by long-read sequencing of the genome. This system makes it possible to discover new RNA molecules and assign them a function in the creation of tissues.

A study shows the dual effect of epicardial fat in patients with acute myocardial infarction Researchers from several institutions, including the University of Valencia and the INCLIVA Health Research Institute, of the University Clinical Hospital of Valencia, have developed a study to evaluate the correlation between epicardial adipose tissue (the layer of fat covering the heart), with infarct size and reduction in cardiac function in the short (1 week) and long term (6 months) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

A team from the Desertification Research Centre (CIDE) collaborates in a study on the role of the so-called 'facilitating plants' in the survival of other plants in adverse conditions. The implications of this work, in which a total of 141 different plant species from the south of the Iberian Peninsula were recorded, are very important in the current context of climate change.

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is coordinating one of the five BBVA Foundation's Fundamentals Programme's innovative research projects to explore core issues in basic science. Specifically, the UC3M project, in which research staff from the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Florida (UF) in the USA are also participating, will analyse the mutual dependence between social relations and cultural characteristics.

Researchers create VIPERA, a software that evaluates how SARS-CoV-2 evolves throughout the infection A research team from the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio, a joint centre of the University of Valencia and the Spanish National Research Council) and other Spanish centres has created software that allows analysing the SARS-CoV-2 evolution within patients who suffer chronic infections from this virus, which can last many months.

Research by UC3M and Johns Hopkins University Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU), in the USA, have analyzed the growth of breast tumors from a biomechanical perspective and have created a computational model that simulates the invasion process of cancer cells, depending on the characteristics of the surrounding tissue and cell junctions, among other parameters.

In order to achieve a personalised and community-based care model for certain vulnerable population groups (people with disabilities, the elderly, children and adolescents at risk and homeless people)

The pharmaceutical drug, named ATX-01, has just been authorised to start clinical trials in the US. This new therapeutic advance gives hope to those suffering from Myotonic Dystrophy type 1, an hereditary degenerative disease currently lacking of effective treatment.

An international research team, with the participation of the University of Valencia, has managed to multiply the luminescence efficiency of upconversion nanomaterials, a light absorption and emissio

"This is one of the most important works that this research group has done in its history, and that is saying a lot", especially in a team that is able to characterize and synthesize its own carbon n

A study published in Nature, with notable participation from the University of Valencia, has identified a new migratory route of young neurons in the human infant brain. This migratory pathway extends from the lateral ventricle, where these cells are born, to the entorhinal cortex, an area interconnected with the regions where memory and learning are consolidated.

Researchers from the Universitat de València and the Catholic University of Valencia have demonstrated a change of mentality towards gender stereotypes in sport in young men.

A team at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) has developed a tunable light source that can emit single photons in the terahertz (THz) regime. The finding opens up new frontiers in quantum technology, promising innovative applications in sectors such as spectroscopy, microscopy, medical diagnostics, communications and security.

UPM and UC3M scientists develop a high-precision router Your next router will know where you're sitting. A team of researchers from two Madrid universities - Polytechnic (UPM) and Carlos III (UC3M) - has developed a prototype router with high positioning accuracy that allows them to know the exact location of a mobile phone.

Jaume Pla and Javier Esparcia, researchers from the University of Valencia (UV), have analysed rural depopulation in the Valencian press between 1996 and 2022, and conclude that this factor or job creation has been subordinated to the construction of parks wind farms, often without paying enough attention to environmental issues.

A study led by the Complutense University of Madrid discovers a new generation of artificial materials by stacking two ultra-thin crystals of ceramic oxides rotated together. The work, published in Nature , opens up new avenues for increasing the information storage density and energy efficiency of future computing devices.

A team from the University of Seville has analyzed the evolution in the flowering date of fifty plant species during the last 35 years in the Doñana National Park .

Some 4,000 people in Madrid, almost half of the inhabitants of La Cañada Real, have experienced a situation of extreme energy poverty.