The ”la Caixa” Foundation has awarded 105 new doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships to excellent researchers to carry out their projects at universities and research centers in Spain and Portugal. With the INPhINIT doctoral scholarships and the Junior Leader postdoctoral scholarships, the ”la Caixa” Foundation pursues the double objective of retaining and attracting talent to promote excellent research in these countries.  The researchers Luciana Scrinzi, Lyen Castro, and Daniel Gutiérrez Martín, are some of the INPhINIT awardees who are developing their research at IDAEA in the field of hydrology, environmental science and applied chemistry, respectively. 

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An IDAEA study shows for the first time the effects of cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy and ketamine in Daphnia magna at high and low concentrations.

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IDAEA-CSIC and IREC-CSIC release a report requested by SEO Bird/Life that shows the impact of lead on Spanish biodiversity.

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The IDAEA researcher Tomás Aquino has just obtained a prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council to understand the transport of water, pollutants, and nutrients through the most superficial layer of the subsoil: the unsaturated zone.

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A new international study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, authored by an international research team of the Multi-Country Multi-City (MCC) Collaborative Research Network, with the participation of IDAEA-CSIC, the Climate Research Foundation (FIC), and the University of Valencia, has analysed how global warming will affect the seasonality of mortality in different countries and climate zones, estimating the seasonal variation in mortality between the years 2000 and 2099 in 707 cities in 43 countries, which included the study of more than 125 million deaths.

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The Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) joins the Catalan network for innovation and knowledge scalability in the field of renewable hydrogen (H2CAT). IDAEA will participate in the network as a research center in the field of underground hydrogen storage.

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The National Plan against Antibiotic Resistance (Plan Nacional frente a la Resistencia de los Antibióticos, PRAN), coordinated by the Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), has released Report 2.2 Antibiotic Residues in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Surface Waters. The report was conducted by the PRAN’s Environmental Resistance Working Group in collaboration with the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) and the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC).

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On January 29, 30, and 31, the 13th Meeting of Young Researchers of the Catalan Countries took place at the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in Tarragona. The event, organised by the Catalan Society of Chemistry (SCQ), was attended by more than 140 people and provided a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange among scholars.

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The Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), together with the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), and the Institute of Physical Technologies and Information (ITEFI), coordinates ONE-BLUE, a transformative initiative funded by the EU to comprehensively evaluate contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and their impact on marine ecosystems. This pioneering project brings together a consortium of 18 partners, from 20 institutions and 11 European countries. Its primary objectives include advancing the understanding of the combined impacts of CECs and climate change on diverse marine environments, developing innovative technologies for CECs monitoring in the ocean, and assessing their consequences.

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New IDAEA-CSIC study, published in Environmental Science and Technology, shows the human daily exposure to organophosphate esters through the inhalation of PM2.5, ingestion and dermal contact of dust in indoor environments, such as homes, workplaces, and means of transport, where people spend most of their daily time. Researchers have identified 16 chemical compounds in indoor environments, also analysing the carcinogenic risk.

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