The URV presented its progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the Aurora Network project for measuring scientific contributions to social challenges, research on governance and environmental law, and a sustainable desalination project
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An evolving concept
The adjective rural has traditionally referred to life and activities linked to the countryside. It is used to refer to environments in which people live by making direct use of resources.
Rurality, however, is seen in an increasingly multifaceted way. For instance, we can identify several types of rural area depending on their relationship with cities. These include periurban areas, agricultural spaces (industrialized or not), intermediate cores with services, mountain areas used for second residences and others.
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climate change can still offer opportunities, for instance, exploiting new farming methods or marketing extended tourist seasons
Local participants can learn about Chinese culture and phrases in Chinese for daily use through conversation with Chinese students
This ranking weighs the results of 13 indicators corresponding to the areas of teaching; research, citations, internationalisation and transfer
URV researchers are taking part in this research work that is paving the way to finding effective treatments that can counteract the virulence of necrotizing fasciitis caused by a bacterium in water
The professor and director of the URV’s Unit of Human Nutrition is on the list of most influential scientists in the world thanks to the impact of his research, according to the list “Highly Cited Researchers 2019”
The research, led by CNIO and in which URV researchers participate, has found that the FASN enzyme is crucial for one of the essential processes by which a normal cell becomes cancerous. Blocking this enzyme in an animal model slows the onset of tumours and extends their survival
URV students will be able to participate in summer schools in Russian universities and to undertake joint assignments in different subjects with Russian students
This mathematical model, developed by URV researchers, has a success rate of 75%