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The URV aims to promote all the research activities of its members and pays particular attention to the strengthening of groups, and the quality and the magnitude of its scientific production.

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A new antivirus model to fight against evasive malware

18/12/2024

Researchers from the URV and the University of Piraeus design a system to detect malware that modifies its behaviour to avoid detection

The Universitat Rovira i Virgili leads a protocol to improve the durability of flexible photovoltaic devices

03/12/2024

A team from the University together with 23 international experts promote a standardized method to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of these devices

Nanorobots and electrochemistry: the research by Bahareh Kherzi

25/11/2024

The researcher, ICREA research professor at the URV, investigates chemical reactions conducted with electricity and the design of synthetic nanorobots for environmental and health applications

Folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies are detected in pregnant mothers in Tarragona province

13/11/2024

A study from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and ’Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV) has investigated the patterns of supplementation and status in these vitamins in pregnant women, a lack of these vitamins is a risk factor for maternal and child health

Marta Sales-Pardo secures an ERC Synergy Grant to investigate the evolution of neural circuits

05/11/2024

Over the next six years, the researcher from the URV’s Department of Chemical Engineering will co-lead a pioneering project to study how these circuits vary across different fly species and understand how they influence the insects’ behaviour

One in ten permanent researchers at the URV is among the most influential in the world

28/10/2024

Stanford University updates its list of the world's most important researchers with 2023 data. The URV has second highest rate of influential researchers among its permanent teaching and research staff out of all the universities in Spain and Catalonia

Tarragona hosts the first international workshop on the privacy and anonymization of census data

21/10/2024

The event brings together international experts in statistics, computer science, demography and law to find solutions that ensure privacy without compromising data quality

The URV Ranks 601-800 Globally in the “Times Higher Education” Rankings

09/10/2024

The University is the fourth-ranked in Catalonia and seventh in Spain in this classification, which evaluated the top 2,092 universities worldwide

A sensor is developed for early detection of bovine mastitis, which accounts for around 15% of losses in milk production

09/10/2024

Research by the URV's Department of Electronic, Electrical and Automatic Engineering has produced an inexpensive and very practical instrument

Each mussel grown in Catalonia contains an average of 9 microplastics

01/10/2024

A research project involving the URV has studied the presence of microplastics in bivalves cultured in Catalonia and has determined the effects of a purification process on the levels of these particles in mussels, oysters and clams

URV Professor Lluís Marsal named Fellow of the European Optical Society

17/09/2024

The EOS recognizes Marsal’s scientific contributions and advancements in optics and photonics with nanostructured materials and their biomedical and environmental applications

Researchers develop a sustainable method that improves the preparation of medicines and pesticides

02/09/2024

The URV collaborates with an international team from the Netherlands, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The research findings have been published in the journal Science

Current forecasts of the amount of renewable energy that can be generated are too optimistic, according to a new study

05/08/2024

A research team led by Universitat Rovira i Virgili warns that material limitations could mean that the development of clean energy technologies at the rate required to achieve the Paris climate goals is unfeasible.

The URV has opened a reference facility for biomedical and biotechnological research

19/07/2024

This unique infrastructure in Catalonia will enable the stages of experimental and clinical research to be optimised before finally being applied to people.

URV develops mathematical model that describes the dispersion of aerosols in indoor spaces

10/07/2024

Researchers from the URV's Department of Mechanical Engineering simulate the behaviour of particle nuclei derived from violent respiratory episodes and determine their dispersion time in closed spaces

More than a hundred secondary school and baccalaureate students take part in a new edition of EstiURV

09/07/2024

Courses will be held on different URV campuses during the first half of July to encourage students to consider a career in research and the sciences.

Research by the URV transforms coffee grounds into bioplastics

09/07/2024

The resulting product will be used to manufacture parts for the coffee makers of the INCAPTO company, a collaborator in the project

Five URV research projects have been awarded a prize by the Board of Trustees for their social impact

08/07/2024

The five projects focus on improving the lifestyle of the young elderly, overcoming social exclusion through education, creating polymers that help reduce waste production, studying the consequences of femicides on the victims' sons and daughters and designing a nutritional support programme for people with dementia

URV researchers Àlex Arenas and Sergio Gómez receive the “Test of Time” award from the Web Science Trust

04/07/2024

The award recognises their contribution to the analysis of multilayer social networks applicable to real situations

Youth educator networks have a positive impact on the fight against LGBTQIA-phobia

26/06/2024

The results of a URV research project in collaboration with various European universities demonstrate the effectiveness of training and the support of these networks in creating more respectful and inclusive spaces

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