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CLARA: Climate Services Designed to Benefit End Users
2021-01-15
Climate services provide information that companies and administrations can leverage for better decision-makingThe CLARA project strives to improve climate services by the integration of end users into the co-developmentThe involvement of public and private stakeholders in addition enables yet another interface for interaction of actors from both sectors Climate services for better decision-making A climate […]
New conceptual model predicts key characteristics of major earthquakes and tsunamis
2021-01-14
Researchers Valentí Sallarès and César R. Ranero have presented a study that represents a fundamental change in understanding of earthquakes and their association with tsunamis.The model contributes towards developing better tsunami early-warning systems by enabling a better understanting of earthquake behaviour and the influence of the depth at which they occur.Rock rigidity is proposed as […]
Change in the presidency of SOMMa: Maria A. Blasco substitutes Luis Serrano
2020-12-16
During the three years that Luis Serrano has been president of SOMMa, together with vice presidents Maria A. Blasco and Mª José Sanz, the alliance has deployed an intense activity in science policy, establishing bridges with numerous entities of the political and scientific world.“Our country has research institutes and researchers that are among the best […]
Leading scientific associations and innovative companies demand to place R&D at the heart of our country’s strategy
2020-10-28
The announcement is made in light of the recent approval of the preliminary draft of the Spanish government’s budget which announces an investment of more than five billion euros in scienceThe signatories demand a national pact that includes long-term strategies aimed at promoting frontier science and business innovationThe document aims to add and provide strategic […]
SOMMa community: training for more successful ERC AdG writing
2020-10-06
ERC Advanced Grant webinar for the SOMMa community On July 3, 2020, the SOMMa community held a webinar in connection to one of the most notorious European research funding schemes: the ERC Advanced Grants. The event is aimed at helping SOMMa members to secure funds for research projects from especially competitive funding programs such as […]
1st detection of a giant planet remnant core: unprecedented glimpse inside other worlds
2020-09-23
An exoplanet with anomalous characteristics orbiting Sun-Like Star TOI-849 is discovered by a University of Warwick-led team with participation of the Centro de Astrobiología The first exposed planetary core was found in the “Neptunian desert”, where objects of such size and density are rarely seenThe core could be part of a former gas giant similar […]
The genome of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian wheat
2020-08-14
A study published in Nature Plants sequenced the genome of a 3000-year old wheatThe study was conducted by an international team of researchers including the University College London, the Natural History Museum (London) and the Centre of Research in Agricultural GenomicsThe research may pave the way towards more pest-resistant and cold-resistant wheat varieties The interconnection of […]
Flexible, robust and secure tapes for information storage
2020-08-05
A material for data storage is developed aiming at the substitution of traditionally used ferromagneticsTapes made of the antiferromagnetic material provide a new, versatile and safer support for the storage of informationThe research is fruit of a collaboration of ICMAB-CSIC with the ALBA Synchrotron A primer about data storage materials Ferromagnetics are a widely used […]
Constitution of the new SOMM alliance Executive Board
2020-07-31
The SOMM alliance designates a new Executive Board for internal coordination across the strategic axes of actionFour new delegates and a new executive director will design and execute in coordination with the presidency the strategies for communication, visibility, I+D+i, global impact and intitutional relationsThe new structure that is established by this precedes the change in […]
Viable cyanobacteria in the deep underground of Rio Tinto
2020-07-24
A study led by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA) has detected for the first time the presence of viable cyanobacteria in the deep subsurface (below 600 meters of depth)The finding took place at the rocky massif sulphide ore of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB; at Río Tinto, Huelva), an area in the South of Spain considered […]
Viable cyanobacteria in the deep underground of Rio Tinto
2020-07-24
A study led by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA) has detected for the first time the presence of viable cyanobacteria in the deep subsurface (below 600 meters of depth) The finding took place at the rocky massif sulphide ore of the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB; at Río Tinto, Huelva), an area in the South of Spain […]
Light and nanotechnology combine to prevent biofilms on medical implants
2020-06-12
ICFO and B. Braun Surgical develop a new technique that could prevent bacterial contamination and infection in medical implantsThe procedure generates heat via the application of light radiation onto gold nanoparticles on the implantsThis advance may contribute to avoid post-surgery complications, keeping minor surgeries as safe as possible. On surgical meshes, caveats, and how to […]