Since its foundation in 1992, the Subaquatic Archaeology Center of Catalonia in Girona has catalogued over 800 underwater archaeological sites in Catalonia’s coastal waters and has led the fight against treasure hunters seeking to turn the Mediterranean’s cultural heritage into personal profit

JOSEPH WILSON | APRIL 19TH, 2011

The most important fossil records of apes of the Miocene period, between 23 and 5 million years ago, rests in Catalonia. The great diversity of these ancient apes found in the region make this record essential for understanding the evolution of hominids and, therefore, of humans, according to a study in PNAS

STAFF | MARCH 22ND, 2011

Pere Pardo and Lluís Rovira have been named the respective new directors of Agaur and Cerca. The appointments will consolidate the research grant system in Catalonia

STAFF | MARCH 9TH, 2011

Isabelle Vernos, ICREA researcher at Barcelona’s Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) has been named to the scientific committee of the European Research Council (ERC) along with six other new members

STAFF | JANUARY 18TH, 2011

Spain’s Blood and Tissue Bank will hold a marathon during today and tomorrow in Barcelona with the goal of reaching 1,500 blood donors. Spain remains the world leader in organ donations per capita, according to the latest report by the National Transplant Organization

STAFF | JANUARY 14TH, 2011

A partial solar eclipse, which will be visible from the entire Iberian Peninsula, welcomes the new year. The astronomical phenomenon, which will not been seen again from here until 2015, arouses curiosity among all types of public, and numerous associations and organizations have organized special events for its observation

STAFF | JANUARY 3RD, 2010

In this year that is quickly coming to a close, the world has seen for the first time ever the creation of a synthetic life form. But Craig Venter’s synthetic bacteria are not the only remarkable event in a 2010 dedicated to Biodiversity and marked by extreme weather and geological disturbances

STAFF | DECEMBER 30TH, 2010

Last year, 844 organs were transplanted at hospitals in Catalonia, a country that leads the European effort in this area. What is now an established practice 40 years ago was an activity where researchers like Gil-Vernet and the Caralps brothers set the groundwork for organ transplant on the edge of the law

JORDI MONTANER | December 22nd, 2010

Training opportunities are as essential to promoting research as large research facilities and centers. The various forms of aid available today for researchers allow this author to state that Catalonia has changed, and now it is a good place to carry out research

December 21st, 2010

The election polls conducted by RAC1, SER and El País were the closest to the final results of the Catalan elections held on Nov. 28, while the CIS poll was the least accurate, according to a study by two professors at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)

ÀNNIA MONREAL | DECEMBER 15th, 2010

In 2009, R+D spending in Catalonia remained stable over the previous year at around €3.2 billion. The investment represents 1.68% of the GDP of the autonomous community. While it is above the Spanish average, it stills lags behind Europe.

STAFF | NOVEMBER 30TH, 2010

The Center for the Recovery of Marine Animals (CRAM) and Caja Madrid have launched on the beach of El Prat, a town near Barcelona, a pioneering project for the assisted reproduction of Mediterranean sea turtles in captivity

STAFF | NOVEMBER 25TH, 2010

Research carried out in Catalonia is on the level of countries such as Canada and Finland. It also enjoys a significant international impact and comes at an average cost of between 10%-15% less than research in the community of Madrid. These results are among the findings of the latest report on bibliometric indicators of scientific activity in Catalonia (2003-2008), published by Scimago, comparing scientific activity in Catalonia with the rest of Spain.

ÀNNIA MONREAL | NOVEMBER 18TH, 2010

El Boscarró Nord, to be built in the town of Tàrrega, will be the first project of its kind in Catalonia and is promoted by the Waste Agency of Catalonia (ARC) and the Catalan Institute of Ground Use (Incasòl). Its designers plan for it to be a reference demonstrating the feasibility of this type of projects.

STAFF | NOVEMBER 2ND, 2010

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) still has an important role to play in developing responses to global warming despite the controversial attacks that have tried to discredit it, according to the four Catalan scientists participating in the drafting of the next Global Report 2014, a document to be prepared by 831 specialists from around the world, which will most likely show that not enough is being done to mitigate climate change.

ÀNNIA MONREAL | NOVEMBER 2ND, 2010