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Microbial health of beehives improves the more natural their location is

According to a study published by the journal Nature, when the anthropization of beehives decreases, the relative abundance of their beneficial bacteria increases
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Gluten-free products are not usually nutritionally equivalent to those that contain gluten

A research team at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has spent 9 years monitoring gluten-free products to analyse whether they are nutritionall...
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Impact of load on mountain rescues

According to a University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) thesis, it may not be advisable for rescuers to carry loads greater than 20 % of their body mass, as this may affect the success of their work
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Seeking to characterise the autistic population more effectively by observing the strategies they use to fit into society

A multidisciplinary team from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) suggests that delving deeper into the barely stu...
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The rich meteorology of Mars studied in detail from the Perseverance rover

The analysis of the Martian atmosphere made by the MEDA instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover has been published in the journal Nature Geoscience
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Fabrication of microfluidic plasma separators

Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have developed a microfluidic plasma separator to optically detect blood biomarkers
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Energy footprint is reduced by the alternative community lifestyle

Using the Input-Output methodology for the first time, the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has calculated the energy footprint of the Errakaleor neighbourhood and of the A...
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One of Europe’s most ancient domestic dogs lived in the Basque Country

The humerus analysed by the UPV/EHU’s Human Evolutionary Biology group belonged to a specimen that lived in the Palaeolithic period, 17,000 years ago
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Socio-ecological benefits of mountain grazing

Interdisciplinary research at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) proposes sustainable models for this livestock system
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Strategies against diabetes

Classifying individuals with diabetes according to their genetic and clinical characteristics is key to being able to provide them with the most appropriate treatment
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Advances in understanding the origin of the universe
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Psychedelic drugs to treat psychiatric disorders

Research at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country provides valuable data on the involvement of the serotonergic system in the effects of psilocybin
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Warning of the need to regulate the beach safety signage system

Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have analysed beach management policy in relation to safety flag systems along the coast of the Bay of Biscay
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Women in scientific societies, a positive development

The researcher Nagore Iriberri, together with the Nobel Laureate in Economics David Card, has studied the role of gender in professional recognition within leading international scientific soci...
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RNA modification that could hold the key to breast cancer is detected

The BIOMICs group of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has found that the RNA of breast cancer cells is methylated to a lesser extent than in healthy cells
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Making pharmacy more sustainable

Researchers point to the need for new measures and research designed to limit the ecological impact of pharmaceuticals
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Solving stability problems of relevant graphene derivatives

An international team involving chemists, physicists and materials scientists implements protection/deprotection strategies for the on-surface synthesis of technologically prominent graph...
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Promising eco-friendly plug to treat nosebleeds

A team at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has used food industry waste to develop a nasal plug designed to tackle nosebleeds
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3D printing of starch for personalised medicine development

A UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country team has successfully produced starch-based pharmaceutical tablets by means of 3D printing
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The environmental and social footprint of the UPV/EHU

After its environmental and social footprint had been calculated, alternative scenarios were analysed and actions designed to reduce them were proposed
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Neural networks being used to improve the performance of high-power wind turbines

They predict several flow control devices designed for wind turbines fairly reliably and much more rapidly
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7-month-old babies perceive symmetry

A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country reveals the ability of 7-month-old babies to perceive symmetry in abstract, mosaic-like visual patterns
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The Palaeocene-Eocene global warming

The alluvial and hydro-climatic changes on the boundary between Huesca and Lleida during the Palaeocene-Eocene global warming are analysed
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Remotely control the air-water interface

The Microfluidics Cluster of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has developed a novel magnetic structure designed to manipulate small volumes of fluids