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Innovative vacuum lithography technique for creating functional microstructures

The EHU’s research study was featured on the front cover of the journal ‘CS Applied Materials & Interfaces’
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Fiscal policies are highly effective in mitigating the environmental impacts of food

How can fiscal policies reduce carbon emissions, water consumption and food waste? BIRTE researchers have identified effective combinations of taxes and subsidies...
On the top line from left to right: Julia Fernández, Irrintzi Fernández, Manuel Franco. On the bottom line from left to right: Sendoa Ballesteros, Silvia Caballero, Ainara San Juan, Leyre Gravina
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The urban elements of Bilbao condition the physical activity of its inhabitants

How does urban design affect the physical activity of citizens? The Nursing and Health Promotion research group has examined the case of three neighborhoods in Bilbao ...
From left to right: Aitor Benedicto, Beatriz Arteta, Maria Dolores Boyano, Alba Herrero.
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Liver metastasis disappears almost completely when one type of cancer-activated cell is eliminated.

What happens when metastatic cells reach the liver? The Cancer and Translational Medicine research group has been investigating this for many years...
The Prehistoric Research Group, GIZAPRE, at the Lezetxiki excavations.
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Study reveals that the final stages of the last glaciation led to human migration eastwards in prehistoric Europe

International research has analysed the impact of climate change at the end of the last glaciation
Idoia biurrun researching during the pandemic
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Human activity reduces plant diversity hundreds of miles away

The Biodiversity and Evolution group of the UPV/EHU has participated in the research published in Nature. The study, carried out in 5,500 localities in 119 regions around the world, yie...
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European controls to mitigate bias in AI healthcare systems are insufficient

The regulation of medical devices is not prepared for artificial intelligence health systems, as it is designed for classical biomedical research. Iñigo de Miguel analyze...
The researcher Joana Acha at the Faculty of Psychology of the Basque Country.
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Children’s reading and writing develop better when they are trained in handwriting

The researcher Joana Acha explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children’s abilities in their reading and writing learning process.
Two-dimensional slice of a mouse brain region with fluorescent markers (image acquired with ChroMS). Each white dot represents an individual cell automatically detected by BiaPy, demonstrating its ability to analyse large images and detect cells in both densely populated and more sparse regions. Contact:
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BiaPy, an accessible AI tool for analysing biomedical images
Alex Tro on a rooftop with photovoltaic panels
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38% of the annual electricity consumption of Vitoria-Gasteiz could be produced by fitting photovoltaic panels onto the city’s rooftops

The Ekopol research group has measured the capacity of buildings in Vitoria-Gasteiz to generate electricity from...
Markel Pérez in the goal of the soccer field of the Faculty of Education and Sports.
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Most goals in football result from first touch shots

The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has published the first academic study to analyse shots on goal in football from the goalkeeper's perspective
The Añana Saltern, Alava,
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Añana Saltern microorganisms help to clarify the groundwater flow pattern

The MicroIker group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has explored the diversity and distribution of unicellular organisms in the springs of the Añana Salt V...
Myelin levels in the brain of runners
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The brain resorts to myelin when other brain nutrients are depleted

A study of marathon runners, carried out by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), CIC biomaGUNE and IIS Biobizkaia, reveals the unexpected behaviour of myelin
From left to right: Fernando José Unda Rodríguez, Beatriz Pardo Rodríguez, Andrés Mateo Baraibar Sierra, José Ramón Pineda Martí, Susana Mato Santos, andurena Polo Arroyabe, Jon Luzuriaga González, Ruth Basanta Torres, Jone Salvador Moya y Gaskon Ibarretxe Bilbao
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Cells very similar to neurons obtained from human dental stem cells

The cells with electrophysiological activity obtained at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) are opening up new avenues for the study of neurodegenerative diseases and ...
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System for calculating the impacts of emissions by large European industrial plants is published

59.5% of the total industrial impact is generated by the European energy sector, according to the results obtained using the Amalur EIS tool
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The UPV/EHU Ikerbasque research fellow Noemí Jiménez awarded a prestigious 1.2-million-dollar HFSP Research Grant

The project selected by the Human Frontier Science Program will be exploring the metabolic principles that regulate the formation of ...
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Colonoscopy and the faecal occult blood test are equivalent in detecting colorectal cancer

Professor Luis Bujanda has participated in a study, published by The Lancet today, involving 57,000 individuals over a 10-year period to compare the effecti...
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Antidepressants and COVID-19

The UPV/EHU has participated in a study that highlights the rise in the prescription of antidepressants as a result of the pandemic
Leyre Urigüen at the UPV/EHU Laboratory
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Potential risk biomarkers found for schizophrenia resulting from cannabis use

Leyre Urigüen at the UPV/EHU Laboratory
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Part of the Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Acts Through the Placenta

An international team led by UPV/EHU and Biobizkaia reveals the relationship between placental DNA methylation and certain neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Illuminating the immune response to aberrant DNA

A research led by Sergio P. Acebrón, Researcher Ikerbasque at the UPV/EHU, develops a key tool to visualize the immune response to abnormal DNA, opening new avenues for the treatment of diseases.
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Presence of potentially toxic microalgae confirmed in La Concha Bay

The proliferation of the Ostreopsis ovata algae is no cause for alarm, but it is advisable to continue taking measurements, according to Laurenns Balparda, a researcher at the Uni...
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Pollinator diversity in urgent need of protection to ensure ecosystems function properly

A study by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and BC3 says that the reproductive success of wild and cultivated plants is reduced by the loss of p...
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Toxic chemical pollutants detected in lichens and mosses in the Irati forest

These pollutants that are released into the atmosphere and reach Irati on the wind accumulate in the environment for a long time