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Developed a pioneering new technology that has been adopted by the UN to calculate the contribution of nature to our well-being
04/29/2021A project led by Ferdinando Villa, Ikerbasque researcher and head of the ARIES research and innovation platform of the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) has developed a pioneering technology to quickly account for...
New genetic study sheds light on the causes of hemorrhoids
04/23/2021The research led by Mauro D’Amato, Ikerbasque Researcher at CIC bioGUNE has discovered 102 regions in the human genome that contain genes that contribute to an increased risk of hemorrhoidal disease, by studying the DNA of almost one million people. This discovery has been published in Gut, the...
4 ikerbasque researchers awarded by the Royal Spanish Chemical Society
04/22/2021The Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (RSEQ), the institution that represents the Spanish research community in chemistry, has announced the awards it grants annually. In this year's 2021 edition of a total of 15 winners, four Ikerbasque researchers have been recognized.
Towards a holistic view of biodiversity
03/26/2021An article led by Unai Pascual, Ikerbasque Researcher at BC3, calls for a comprehensive approach to biodiversity that enables it to face its decline at a global level. This study has been published in "Nature Sustainability" of the scientific journal "Nature", one of the most prestigious...
Ikerbasque researchers managed to attract funds worth more than 35 million euros to the Basque Country in 2020
03/11/2021Ikerbasque ended 2020 with 290 researchers distributed in three categories: 170 Research Professors, 78 young Research Fellows and 42 Research Associates.
The economic effort to promote Ikerbasque and the money raised by the researchers allowed the hiring of a total of 1,190...