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It is expected that this sector will generate more than 150,000 jobs in the next 20 years El Drone Research Laboratory (DroneLab) was released today on the campus of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (CPU) situated in Castelldefels. It is a multidisciplinary flight space -with dimensions of 80x40x15 meters and covered by a protective net- specializing in mobile communications applied to drones. In this new center, the first of its kind in Europe, test flights will be carried out and applications based on drones will be validated and tested. The DroneLab is promoted by the UPC and the Castelldefels Town…

Climate migration affects the poorest countries, with less resilience and that have contributed the least to global warming, warns Susana Borràs, professor of International Relations The climate change I could take one 216 million people from Sub-Saharan and North Africa, South, East and Central Asia, Latin America, the Pacific and Eastern Europe to travel within their countries to 2050 if "urgent measures" are not taken to reduce the Emissions of greenhouse gases. This phenomenon, known as climate Migration, occurs to a greater or lesser degree in all parts of the world to the extent that the effects of climate change…

The research provides data that helps to better understand the biological bases of the disease and postulates two new biomarkers as possible therapeutic targets. Researchers from the Research Institute of the Hospital de Sant Pau (IIB) in Barcelona have participated in the analysis of data from the largest international study to date on genetics of Alzheimer's risk and has identified two new genes that increase the risk of developing the disease. The research, which is published in the journal 'Nature Genetics', provides data that helps better understand the biological basis of the disease and postulate two new biomarkers as potential…

The results obtained in the research have served to identify which factors are associated with the most serious cases of covid in the first waves of the pandemic, prior to vaccination Researchers from the Cancer Research Center (CIC), based in Salamanca, have identified that patients hospitalized with covid-19 during the early waves of the pandemic have a higher frequency of B-cell lymphocytosis monoclonal cells with low counts than the general population. The CIC explained this Tuesday in a press release that a study published by these scientists has shown that this lymphocytosis is identified as a new independent risk marker…