The research, involving URV researcher Vladimir Baulin, opens the door to the development of new bactericide materials as an alternative to antibiotics
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By applying forensic criteria, it has been possible to reconstruct how the trauma that ended the life of the deceased occurred
URV researchers have studied the association between the metabolism of this molecule, choline, and the emergence of two cardicac pathologies: atrial fibrillation and cardiac insufficiency. These results may help to determine some biomarkers that predict certain cardiovascular diseases
The applications are for the Martí i Franquès programme, both in its standard format and the MSCA-COFUND version, and they are from 60 and 90 different countries respectively. The individuals chosen will join the University between December this year and April 2021
Adding nuts to a Western‐style diet has an effect on its epigenetics. This research shows, for the first time, that there are regions in the sperm epigenome that respond to the diet, which would explain why diet can modulate male fertility
This drug is currently taken by one in four people to reduce cholesterol in the blood and thus prevent cardiovascular diseases. URV-IISPV researcher Lluís Masana has coordinated a study carried out at 19 Catalan hospitals during the first wave of the pandemic
He has been elected a fellow of the society together with over 100 researchers from 24 countries around the world
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson for their advances in auction theory and for inventing new auction formats to the benefit of buyers, sellers and contributors around the world
10/10/2020
Feeding peace
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has won the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 for its efforts to fight hunger in the world and especially in conflict zones, “avoiding the use of hunger as the weapon of war”
09/10/2020
Contemplating Light and Darkness
The choice of Louise Glück for the Nobel prize for literature this year is one that many poets have openly celebrated. She is a poets’ poet, and certainly as good as any poet writing today. Writing, that is, in a voice that is uniquely her own, and yet of universal appeal