Research from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili adds to the debate surrounding the need to fortify staple foods such as flour with vitamins.
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A Universitat Rovira i Virgili research project studies how ageing affects the transmission mechanisms between neurons and muscles, while testing the potential of antioxidants in the prevention of this deterioration
A research team from the URV and the UB analyses for the first time the presence of microplastics accumulated on beaches along the Catalan coastline
A study from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and ’Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV) has investigated the patterns of supplementation and status in these vitamins in pregnant women, a lack of these vitamins is a risk factor for maternal and child health
A research project involving the URV has studied the presence of microplastics in bivalves cultured in Catalonia and has determined the effects of a purification process on the levels of these particles in mussels, oysters and clams
This unique infrastructure in Catalonia will enable the stages of experimental and clinical research to be optimised before finally being applied to people.
Research led by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Max Planck Institute determines the diet, lifestyle and causes of death of these medieval religious knights
For the sixth consecutive year, the University features on the QS World University Rankings by Subject in the disciplines of Nursing, Agriculture and Forestry, Chemical Engineering, Medicine and Chemistry
Part of a project that studies fungi as indicators of environmental quality, the URV research finds that in periods of drought some species could be more exposed and constitute a risk to human and animal health
This is the conclusion of one of the studies of the ECLIPSES project, led by the URV with the participation of the IISPV, which analyses various parameters related to the health of both pregnant women and their babies