Complete lockdown or health system collapse by April 24, scientists tell Spain
60 professionals ask for "shutdown" of Catalonia, guaranteed supply of protective equipment, and access to data
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Study links exposure to chemicals and reduced lung function in children
Barcelona and French scientists carry out pioneering research into the impact of the exposome on respiratory health
34 scientists from Catalan centers in ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ ranking
Half belong to University of Barcelona or Hospital Clínic-Idibaps
Two Catalan researchers finalists at EU Prize for Women Innovators 2017
Two Catalan researchers, Gemma Galdon and Isabel Trillas were amongst the finalists at EU Prize for Women Innovators 2017, an initiative promoted by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research and Innovation together with the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Galdon is a policy analyst working on the social, ethical and legal impacts of data-intensive technologies while Trillas is full Professor at the Faculty of Biology at Universitat de Barcelona and developed a pesticide based on a natural microorganism to control crop diseases. The ceremony, held on Women’s International Day at the European Parliament, awarded four European researchers for their outstanding contribution. They were Michela Magas, Petra Wadström, Claudia Gärtner and Kristina Tsvetanova.
International study involving Catalan researchers concludes that two tsunamis destroyed coasts on Mars
An international study with Catalan participation from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed that the coasts on Mars were destroyed by tsunamis. The study has been published in “Scientific Reports-Nature” and explains that two tsunamis that were produced millions of years apart reduced the level of the ocean and made the climate significantly colder. The tsunamis appear to have been created by the impacts of 30-km-wide meteors. The discovery gives an answer to the question of why scientists couldn’t recognise its shorelines if there really had been an ocean on Mars about 3.4 billion years ago.