How do insects build rigid plates and flexible joints from one material? 🪲
A team at @ibecbarcelona.eu has tuned chitosan with trace metal ions so one material is stiff in some areas and flexible in others, which could simplify #Recycling
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@bist.euHow do insects build rigid plates and flexible joints from one material? 🪲
A team at @ibecbarcelona.eu has tuned chitosan with trace metal ions so one material is stiff in some areas and flexible in others, which could simplify #Recycling
@bist.eu🚀 18 #BISTCommunity members have kicked off their innovation and entrepreneurship journey!
The 2nd Ed of #BISTCatalysers kicked off yesterday @icn2.bsky.social, with the support of @fbsabadell.bsky.social
Highlights & 📷👇
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@bist.eu🧠 Behind great science are people whose mental health matters.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we highlight #WellBIST, supporting #BISTCommunity through well-being workshops and confidential psychological support. 💙
Discover more 👇
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@bist.euThe @ec.europa.eu backs GENCODE with €19 million, helping long-term sustainability of one of the most important and widely used biodata resources in the world.
The Commission cites GENCODE as critical infrastructure for EU economic security.
@bist.eu🎲 A team from @iciq.org has launched a board game called "Plàsticus" to bring research into #SmartPlastics closer to the public
The game is now being distributed to educational centres across Catalonia
@bist.euThis is Tango, protagonist of an international study to decode the jaguar genome and support felid conservation
The new genetic “road-map” is published in BMC Genomic Data with @cnag-eu.bsky.social, @bsc-cns.bsky.social, @irbbarcelona.org & #IBYME CONICET
@bist.eu☀️ Researchers at @iciq.org have developed a hybrid photoelectrode that combines a light-absorbing material with molecular catalysts, achieving efficient and stable water oxidation under simulated sunlight
@bist.euWelcome to the #BISTCommunity Carlos Moreno-Yruela, who joins @ibecbarcelona.eu to lead the new Enzyme Sensors and Chemical Probes group 👏
@bist.euThe #BISTCommunity #IFAE board of trustees has appointed Prof. Mario Martínez as its new director.
He will take up the position on November 1, 2026, succeeding Prof. Eugenio Coccia.
@bist.eu🌌 A cosmic flare from eight billion years ago ✨
The MAGIC and LST-1 telescopes on La Palma have captured an exceptionally bright flare from distant blazar "OP 313"
#BISTCommunity centre #IFAE is part of the collaboration, which studies the #cosmos and its evolution
@bist.eu#ICYMI Researchers at @irbbarcelona.org have identified a molecular mechanism that amplifies chronic inflammation in skin that's aged
The finding clarifies how ageing and inflammation are connected in the skin
📝 Published in #NatureAging
