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An international team including a researcher from the URJC identified the role of herbivore diversity as major regulators of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grazed ecosystems.
An international team led by Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Marie Skłodowska-Curie researcher at the Dryland Ecology and Global Change Lab of Rey Juan Carlos University, provides new advances about the major ecological patterns driving the changes in soil biodiversity over millions of years.  
During the last year of the AVANSECAL-CM project, researchers of the URJC have been working to develop an efficient sensor based on a carbon paste electrode modified with amino-functionalized mesostructured silica. The sensor was successfully applied, for the first time, to the simultaneous determination of three β-blockers (pindolol, acebutolol and metoprolol) in tap water, mineral water, river water and sewage effluent water. These compounds belongs to an important group of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals) that are found in drinking-, environmental- and waste-waters, due to they are only partially eliminated by wastewater treatment plants. In this sense, the sensor prepared was found…
A study led by Marina Dacal, a PhD student from the Dryland Ecology and Global Change Lab at the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC, Spain), has shown that CO2 emissions into the atmosphere from the microbial respiration of the soil of  global drylands decrease according to increases in mean annual temperature of the place. The article, published in the prestigious journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, is the result of the collaboration of an international group of researchers from the URJC, the Institute of Agrarian Sciences (CSIC, Spain) and the Yale University (USA). Global warming, which is a consequence of anthropogenic…
Researchers from 19 Institutions, led by an URJC professor, have analysed and published the biological traits and evolutionary placement of a set of more than 1000 domesticated species around the world. The paper has been published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, a journal of the influential Nature group. This work provides the scientific community with a detailed database which will permit to address new questions and calls to amplify the search for new species that can be used as human food in the future. The results could be used to pinpoint which are the relevant traits of food species, and…
Lunes 01 de Octubre de 2018 a las 12:00

The keys to the success of small businesses

The URJC is participating in an international study which proposes a new methodology to improve management in the retail sector of pharmaceutical distribution. This work also shows its viability based on the models used successfully in other sectors. The main aim is to establish which distinctive abilities can generate a competitive advantage. The image of pharmacy and management of customer knowledge, the trends and the market segments are the elements with the greatest effect on performance and results. The results of the study have been published in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
GET’s first call will finance 17 fellowships for experienced researchers to develop a 24- month stay: 8/9 under the UAH and 8/9 under the URJC. The fellowships will provide the opportunity for experienced researches from around the world to spend two years at Madrid (Spain) to undertake an independent, interdisciplinary research project in the fields of “Smart Energy International Excellence Campus”. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ekaHU5F
The data obtained show the excellent performance of these water treatment systems using plants as filtration agents. The new results make clear that they constitute a suitable system to eliminate, in the great majority of cases, the so called emerging contaminants such as drugs (analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, etc.) or stimulants (caffeine). In comparison with conventional water treatment systems, the percentages of elimination of these substances were in many cases greater. The study was carried out by researchers from URJC, in collaboration with the IMDEA Institute for Water and the Centre for New Water Technologies (CENTA).  
Martes 19 de Septiembre de 2017 a las 12:19

3D printing on fabric to create complex 3D structures

3D printing on fabric to create complex 3D structures A team of computer science researchers from Disney Research and the University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid have developed a design tool software that makes it possible to 3D print smooth curved surfaces in a fast and cost-efficient manner. The process enabled by the design software involes 3D printing planar curve networks (a bit like a 2D skeleton structure) onto a pre-stretched piece of fabric. When the fabric is cut into a pre-determined shape after printing, it contracts into a specific structure determined by the 3D printed pattern. The result is…
Researchers from URJC have launched DESILICO, a 3D simulation and visualisation tool development company aimed at the textile sector. The researchers, Miguel Ángel Otaduy, Jorge López, Eder Miguel and Gabriel Cirio, have started up DESILICO, a company which commercially develops computer tools which were once restricted to research. DESILICO will be devoted to "developing and offering tools which through 3D simulation and visualisation offer solutions to the textile marketplace in its phases of design and testing", indicates Otaduy. The idea came to light as a result of the work of the Multimodal Simulation Lab Research Group at Universidad Rey Juan…
A new 'cloud' platform to reduce the test time for software projects for large systems. The ElasTest Project offers an "open source" platform for carrying out tests "end-to-end" in a rapid and reliable manner, thereby increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the software testing process and the quality of the system that is being tested.  The ElasTest platform will supply capacity for carrying out advanced tests which will help to increase the scalability, robustness, security and quality of experience of currently distributed systems. In short, it will allow any development team to create faster software with fewer defects.  The new…
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Un estudio pionero de la URJC, premiado por la revista ‘Sports Health’

Un estudio pionero de la URJC, premiado por la revista ‘Sports Health’

La investigación, desarrollada en colaboración con LALIGA y la Universidad Miguel Hernández, demuestra que una baja participación competitiva aumenta ... leer +

Cómo evitar el enredo de Turing y otros desafíos de la IA

Cómo evitar el enredo de Turing y otros desafíos de la IA

La tercera edición del curso de verano ‘Human-centred Artificial Intelligence: How to bypass the Turing Trap?’ vuelve a abordar los dilemas éticos y l... leer +

Nueva guía práctica para incluir la diversidad sexual y de género en la investigación

Nueva guía práctica para incluir la diversidad sexual y de género en la investigación

El director de la Unidad de Diversidad de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Miguel Ángel López-Sáez, ha sido el encargado de presentar la Guía prác... leer +

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La Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre premia a Adrián Escudero

La Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre premia a Adrián Escudero

Esta entidad ha otorgado al profesor de la URJC la distinción ECOSISTEMAS-Luis Balaguer 2024-2025. El jurado ha reconocido su excelente trayectoria, así como su compromiso con la trasmisión del conocimiento y su... leer +

María Herranz Matesanz participa en una campaña en el Ártico

María Herranz Matesanz participa en una campaña en el Ártico

La investigadora del Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global (IICG) ha sido una de las integrantes del equipo para el estudio de la biodiversidad en el fondo de los ecosistemas... leer +

Jesús Rodríguez Pérez, medalla de honor de la Sociedad Española de Integridad Estructural

Jesús Rodríguez Pérez, medalla de honor de la Sociedad Española de Integridad Estructural

El profesor y catedrático de Ingeniería Mecánica de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos ha sido galardonado durante el 41 Encuentro del Grupo Español de Fractura (GEF), celebrado en Vitoria-Gasteiz. Recibió... leer +

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Una regla ayuda a explicar cómo se organiza la vida en la Tierra

Una regla ayuda a explicar cómo se organiza la vida en la Tierra

Un nuevo estudio internacional publicado en Nature Ecology & Evolution revela un patrón común en la distribución de las especies a nivel mundial. ... leer +

Un futuro sostenible diseñado por los más jóvenes

Un futuro sostenible diseñado por los más jóvenes

La URJC ha celebrado el II Certamen de Proyectos Educativos Medioambientales con la participación de 16 centros educativos que expusieron sus proyecto... leer +

Ampliada la mayor base de datos sobre biodiversidad

Ampliada la mayor base de datos sobre biodiversidad

Silvia Matesanz, investigadora del Instituto de Investigación en Cambio Global de la URJC, forma parte del equipo de más de cuatrocientos investigador... leer +

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