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Quantum Internet goes Hybrid
2018-02-13
ICFO researchers report the first demonstration of an elementary link of a hybrid quantum information network, using a cold atomic cloud and a doped crystal as quantum nodes and single photons as information carriers. In a study published in Nature, ICFO researchers Nicolas Maring, Pau Farrera, Dr. Kutlu Kutluer, Dr. Margherita Mazzera, and Dr. Georg Heinze led […]
IACTEC: The new technological and business collaboration space promoted by the IAC
2018-02-13
IACTEC is a technological and business collaboration space set up by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) to promote collaboration between the public and private sectors by boosting the creation of quality employment and the generation of high added-value technological products with a high commercialization potential, both nationally and internationally. IACTEC has been created […]
BCAM collaborates with ETXE-TAR on the FRACTAL Project
2018-02-13
This initiative represents the merge between Spanish Scientific Research and Industrial sectors and has been funded with more than 7 million euros by CDTI. The collaboration started in 2014 as part of BCAM’s ongoing efforts to work closely with industry and has already shown some promising results FRACTAL – Development of Spanish-Technology Based Advanced Manufacturing […]
Why college students should meet senior female mathematicians
2018-02-13
On September 19th 2017, Nalini Joshi (University of Sydney) spoke about her research work and her professional career with students from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in a debate chaired by Ana Bravo, a tenured lecturer at the UAM and chair of the ICMAT Gender Commission. Joshi, who was the first woman to hold […]
MareNostrum 4 begins operation
2018-02-13
The MareNostrum supercomputer is beginning operation and starts executing applications for scientific research. MareNostrum 4, hosted by Barcelona Supercomputing Center, is entirely aimed at generating scientific knowledge and its computer architecture has been called ‘the most diverse and interesting in the world’ by international experts. The Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness has funded […]
EJAtlas – Mapping Socio-Environmental Conflicts Around the World
2018-02-13
The Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas) monitors and maps the distribution of socio-environmental conflicts in the WorldOver 2,500 identified conflicts are currently mappedEJAtlas was launched in 2012 and is co-directed at the ICTA-UAB by Leah Temper and Joan Martínez-Alier What is EJAtlas? The Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), created by researchers of the ICTA-UAB, is an initiative […]
New evidence to the mechanism of vesicle fusion during neurotransmission
2018-02-12
Researchers from the Structural Biology Unit (SBU) provided high resolution snapshots of a protein complex involved in the regulation of synaptic vesicle fusion. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences journal (PNAS), the study sheds new light into the understanding of the neurotransmission mechanism. Neurons are able to communicate with others through […]
The biotechnology company ZeClinics receives a grant of €1.87M from the European Commission
2018-02-10
A grant awarded to ZeClininics allows it to develop and accelerate the commercialization of one of its flagship products: ZeCardio®, a predictive system for the analysis of the cardiovascular effects of drugs during the discovery phase. One of the most important challenges for biotech companies is to get enough funding to turn their most innovative […]
More than only photosynthesis: chloroplasts as plant growth regulators
2018-02-09
Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) Researchers at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and the University of California, Berkeley, discover that under stress conditions, chloroplasts send signals to the cell nucleus to modify plant development. The discovery of this signalling influencing develoment, contributes to understand how endosymbiotic organelles (as mitochondria and chloroplasts) can change […]
NEDxA, commercialized by Genomica
2018-02-09
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) The Nano Electronic Diagnostic Array (NEDxA) is the result of the Joint Research Unit between IBEC’s Nanobioengineering group, led by Josep Samitier, and Genomica S.A.U. (Grupo Zeltia), the leading Spanish company in molecular diagnostics. NEDxA-HPV is a new in vitro diagnostics device for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing, a new […]
Novel therapies for Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) acting on eye surface temperature-sensitive fibers
2018-02-09
Novel therapies for Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) have been developed based on the research on the role of eye surface temperature-sensitive nerve fibers in tear film regulation. Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the tears and ocular surface that results in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear film instability with potential damage to the ocular surface. It is accompanied by increased osmolarity of the tear film and inflammation of the ocular surface. TRPM8 (transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily […]
Novel tools for safer and sustainable agriculture
2018-02-09
Pioneering work on the role of the jasmonate signalling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana done by researcher Roberto Solano, from the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología of CSIC (CNB-CSIC), has yielded fundamental insights into how plants perceive changes in their environment and integrate stress signals with their internal developmental programs, to induce adaptive responses and survive in […]