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The latest book by physicist Ricard Solé, a researcher at the IBE, takes us into the world of viruses.
Public engagement  11.05.2020

Viruses: complex adaptive systems

Patients who received redemsivir had a 31% faster recovery time than those who received placebo. There was a 4-day reduction in hospital stay. | Picture by Francisco Avia.
Research  08.05.2020

The antiviral drug remdesivir reduces the time to recovery in COVID-19 patients

The developed tool, which is at the implementation phase, uses Artificial Intelligence technology to assist the diagnosis of COVID-19. | Picture by Geralt from Pixabay.
Research  07.05.2020

Artificial Intelligence, a great ally in the diagnosis of COVID-19

The four PRBB researchers who have received the international grants to finance their research projects. From left to right, Verena Ruprecht (CRG), Óscar Vilarroya (IMIM), Oriol Gallego (DCEXS-UPF) and Ben Lehner (CRG).
Community  15.04.2020

Prestigious international and European grants will finance PRBB research projects

Increases in aridity such as those expected from climate change could dramatically alter and even endanger ecosystems in arid areas of our planet. | Picture by Parsing Eye from Unsplash.
Research  06.04.2020

A global map of the planet’s desertification

In Spain, around 41% of children aged 6 to 9 years were overweight and/or obese in 2015. | Picture by Kevin Gent from Unsplash.
Research  24.03.2020

Childhood overweight trend shows a slight decrease, but increases in disadvantaged environments

Microomics, the second CRG spin-off, has just received two important grants.
Scientific life  13.03.2020

Microomics: next-generation sequencing to analyze the microbiome

Students tend to have a more solid position towards the scientific-technological path once they get older than 10-14 years old | Picture by NeONBRAND on Unsplash.
Public engagement  20.02.2020

“We must awake aspirations, not vocations, among youth”

Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, researcher at IBE, was the mission commander of the latest 'trip to Mars' in Astroland, where he collected environmental samples to analyse.
Research  18.02.2020

A scientific field trip to Mars… on Earth

During the last 10 years, eating disorders cases have doubled globally. | Picture by Tom Sodoge on Unsplash.
Research  13.02.2020

Food addiction exists, and shares common features with drug addiction

Scientific life  16.01.2020

A matter of gender (or gender matters)

Community  06.01.2020

A ‘science machine’ that never rests

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