08-02-2011
UPF is the Spanish university to have been awarded the most distinctions by the European Research Council
Pompeu Fabra University is the Spanish university to have been awarded, in absolute numbers, the
most distinctions by the European Research Council (ERC).
19-01-2011
Set sail around the world with the best transoceanic sailors
Thanks to a website and an educational game designed by the GTI in collaboration with the Fundaciķ
per la Navegaciķ Oceānica de Barcelona based on this year's Barcelona World Race, which weighed
anchor in the Port of Barcelona on 31 December.
10-01-2011
The genome of a new hominin has been determined, the Denisova Hominin, who shared a common origin with the Neanderthals
Tomās Marqués-Bonet participated in the analysis of the fossil remains that have determined a
different evolution for this new population of hominids. The findings were published in the on-line
edition of
Nature.
17-12-2010
Researchers at the UPF create a living cellular system with the capacity for artificial computing
An important breakthrough published in
Nature on 8 December, made jointly by two CEXS research groups, which will enable
biological systems that are programmed to respond to specific stimuli or complex situations to be
designed.
