The contribution made by Goodenough, Whittingham and Yoshino, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is the discovery, 30 years ago now, that adding a lithium electrode enormously improves the performance of rechargeable batteries without significantly increasing production costs
The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded twice to three leading scientists pioneers in the field of exoplanets.
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
One third of the participants were international students from countries including the Netherlands, Portugal, France and China
More than 300 students have come to the University this year through mobility programmes
The programme aims to improve research results by improving the relationship between researchers and doctoral students
The essay explains the importance of transdisciplinary knowledge in order to be a good management practitioner
The URV-coordinated project has trained almost 260 staff members at 6 European universities in the skills they need to attend to an international public and to open their institutions up to the world
Juan Pablo Muñoz recently won the Explorer programme for entrepreneurs in Tarragona and has undergone extensive training at international institutions and universities through specialist programmes for students
In this year’s edition of the two rankings the University is classified in the 501-600 band and is the fourth highest Catalan university
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
The summer school, involving universities from five countries, will take place at the URV in 2020 via a European mobility project
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
The Challenge of Generating Distributed Prosperity in the Age of Robotics, Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence
One of the great challenges our society will have to face in the near future is how to provide a solid response to periods of economic stagnation and the lack of attractive job opportunities. These phenomena, which directly affect the lives of so many citizens in western countries, are due primarily to three factors: (1) the lack of ideas, ethics and leadership we have observed
Depressive symptoms, anxiety and compulsive obsessive disorder are the main risk factors, according to a study by Universitat Rovira i Virgili researchers
Candidates have until 2 September 2019 to present their applications