For the second consecutive year the Universitat Rovira i Virgili has been included in the QS World University Rankings by Subject and has improved its international position with respect to the previous edition
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The president of the Catalan Government has awarded the medal to 19 individuals and one institution for their contribution to science and technology in Catalonia
Doctoral students are challenged to explain their research to the general public. The winner will go through to the final round to compete against representatives of other Catalan universities
It takes 63rd place for a study on the oldest remains of the first humans discovered outside of Africa
The publication is aimed at primary school children and features content from the Science of Chocolate workshops, during which women researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia explain their research using cocoa as a common denominator
The company was partially founded by the URV and works on controlling the progress of chronic kidney disease by analysing biochemical parameters in the blood
URV researchers have managed to halt the white spot virus that prevents prawns from growing and then kills them in prawn farms
Research shows that it is possible to control the transport of nanomaterial across a cell membrane by tuning the membrane tension
The list “Highly Cited Researchers 2018”, published by Clarivate Analytics, regards these URV professors as being among the most influential in the world because of the impact of their research
The researcher Nicolás Pazos develops plasmonic nanomaterials that fit into sensors of various shapes and sizes. These could help diagnose different illnesses such as cancer
Until recently, most paleoanthropologists believed that early hominins dispersed into Northern Africa much later. The journal Science publish an article about this question and one of the authors is an IPHES-URV researcher, Isabel Cáceres, the taphonomist of the project
It is the first time that the researcher from the URV’s Department of Business Management has entered this ranking, which is compiled every trimester by the University of Bath (United Kingdom)
These are the results of an analysis of 28 nutritional intervention studies involving 2900 participants and headed by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. These supplements may increase male fertility
This is the principal finding of a citizen science experiment where participants were encouraged to act collectively against global warming
The Predimed-Plus trial evaluates more than 600 patients with overweight or obesity and metabolic syndrome, and shows that the health benefits of following this healthier lifestyle are still present after one year
In the 2019 edition of the ranking, the University is classified in the 401-500 band for the fourth consecutive year
The selection process for the second edition of the Martí i Franquès COFUND Fellowship Programme for PhD candidates has ended this August. 27 new international students will join the URV, in addition to the 21 candidates of the first call
The versatility of lasers means that they are being increasingly used in ambits such as surgery, imaging and research into new materials
250 researchers from around the world have gathered at the Palau de Congressos in Tarragona to attend this scientific event
In total 54 subjects in five knowledge areas are analysed and the University has 14 in the top 500