A group of researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Research of Barcelona is working on a pioneering treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on an innovative hypothesis: the transplant of type II pneumocytes, the cells that allow the lung to exchange gases

STAFF | February 11th, 2011

A study by Spain’s National Research Council has developed a new model for explaining the creation of continental shelves. The study’s findings, published in Nature, may help predict the presence of resources such as oil on a large scale

STAFF | NOVEMBER 5TH, 2010

A team led by Carles Lalueza-Fox, a researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, studied a dried blood sample stored in a gourd that supposedly was kept as a souvenir from the execution of the French King Louis XVI by guillotine in 1793.

STAFF | OCTOBER 25TH, 2010

Planktonic microorganisms respond to the presence of natural sulfur compounds. This attraction had already been seen in other animals, but this is the first time scientists have detected their effects on these small waterborne organisms. The investigation involved researchers from the Institute of Marine Sciences of Spain’s National Research Council located in Barcelona

STAFF | AUGUST 6, 2010