11/10/2019
Discovering the universe
The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded twice to three leading scientists pioneers in the field of exoplanets.
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The studies carried out by the prize-winners William G. Kaelin, Gregg L. Semenza and Peter J. Ratcliffe describe the mechanisms of one of life’s most essential adaptive processes
The essay explains the importance of transdisciplinary knowledge in order to be a good management practitioner
The journal Nature has reported the finding of a rhinoceros tooth at the site in Dmanisi, Georgia, where members of IPHES and the URV are working
The GRATET Research Group, with the support of URV Solidària, provides the working methodology so that local stakeholders can draw up a tourism plan
Sebastiano Cattaruzzo, awarded a grant by Martí i Franquès COFUND Doctoral Fellowship Programme, is writing his thesis about finance, R&D and automation of manufacturing industries
The finding is from a nutritional study carried out by researchers from the URV’s Human Nutrition Unit, which concludes that regular consumption of nuts by men who follow a western diet improves the quality of their orgasms and their sexual function
During their stay they combine training activities, workshops and cultural visits
Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the URV, jointly with researchers from the UPC, have found a way to reuse the rubber from tyres that are no longer in use, which will save the footwear industry 20 million euros per year in raw material and reduce CO2 emissions by 40,000 tonnes
Depressive symptoms, anxiety and compulsive obsessive disorder are the main risk factors, according to a study by Universitat Rovira i Virgili researchers
The Universitat Rovira i Vigili will apply, along with the other members of this alliance, for the second call of the European Universities Network project of the European Commission
The results are from the Predimed-Plus study, and they have been obtained after monitoring for a year almost 2,000 patients suffering from overweight and the metabolic syndrome
The researcher in Inorganic Chemistry has collaborated with this university in Toulouse (France) for more than 34 years in subjects related to the research in catalysis
Organized by the Department of Private, Procedural and Financial Law, the conference has brought together more than 60 experts in the field to discuss the challenges for the future
11/06/2019
Nanodiamonds for detecting dangerous gases
URV researchers have taken part in a study that shows for the first time that nanodiamonds can be used in sensors for detecting polluting gases
Researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili research group Tecnatox have analysed the pollution of the sea, the marine sediment and the beaches of the Tarragona coast with microscopic plastic waste
A URV study analyses this type of tourism mobility and the business that the arrival of a cruise liner brings to the public spaces of the city
This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Human Nutrition Unit of the URV-IISPV after analyzing nearcly 3,000 articles
The games use a digital platform in order to improve aspects related to movement control and social interaction
The study, led by researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, analyzes the new trend in this genre, which has traditionally been considered sexist