Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia causes children to have blood cholesterol levels that are dangerous for their health. A study led by the URV has shown that a pill, lomitapide, can reduce cholesterol in these children by half
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Over the next six years, the researcher from the URV’s Department of Chemical Engineering will co-lead a pioneering project to study how these circuits vary across different fly species and understand how they influence the insects’ behaviour
ISEP is a non-profit organization of over 300 partner universities, including the URV, that facilitates student mobility for studies, internships, and volunteer work around the world
30/10/2024
Do we need to change the time?
The researcher from the Department of Economics, Josep Maria Arauzo, reflects on the clocks going back. He believes that a change is need at European-level to address problems that call into question the energy savings that are the main reason for changing the time
Stanford University updates its list of the world’s most important researchers with 2023 data. The URV has second highest rate of influential researchers among its permanent teaching and research staff out of all the universities in Spain and Catalonia
This discovery, made by a research team led by the URV, modifies the previously held conception of primitive fish and demonstrates that they were able to inhabit areas other than the seabed
On Tuesday, the Governing Council approved the first of these advanced digital training qualifications, which are aimed at meeting the demands of the local manufacturing sector
The founder of the UNESCO Chair in Housing has been asked to appear before the committee this Wednesday. He will do so alongside around twenty other experts proposed by parliamentary groups
The event brings together international experts in statistics, computer science, demography and law to find solutions that ensure privacy without compromising data quality
The first edition of the competition, promoted by the URV’s Cinema Society, has been a success with 132 entries from around the world
The loan service between Catalan universities incorporates the request for articles and book chapters in digital format
The new regulations affect the “Rects Research” and “Generation of Knowledge” modalities
The University is the fourth-ranked in Catalonia and seventh in Spain in this classification, which evaluated the top 2,092 universities worldwide
Research by the URV’s Department of Electronic, Electrical and Automatic Engineering has produced an inexpensive and very practical instrument
The URV co-organizes an interdisciplinary event bringing together experts in cybersecurity, cryptography, election management, law and political science.
A research project involving the URV has studied the presence of microplastics in bivalves cultured in Catalonia and has determined the effects of a purification process on the levels of these particles in mussels, oysters and clams
Around 250 researchers from the URV and local research centres have put forward fifty activities over two days aimed at bringing science closer to the public. Tomorrow at 12 p.m., there will be a workshop on microplastics in the Port of Tarragona
The research by the Department of Chemical Engineering at URV is part of a European project to establish sustainable value chains and produce new renewable fuels
Researcher Susana Borràs will represent the university at this summit held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The aim is to adopt a “Pact for the Future,” negotiated at the intergovernmental level and focused on actionable outcomes
The event forms part of the Welcome Days, the URV’s programme for welcoming international students at the start of the academic year and introducing them to Catalan culture