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Structure and mechanistic basis of NrdR, a bacterial master regulator of ribonucleotide reduction 

Pedraz López, Lucas; Szura, Arkadiusz; Schmitz, Claus; Rubio Canalejas, Alba; Martínez Mateos, Ángela; Santella, Anthony; Gomila Lluch, Gabriel; Calò, Annalisa; Solà, Maria; Torrents Serra, Eduard (Publication date: 2026-03-26)

Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) are the essential enzymes responsible for synthesizing dNTPs, the building blocks of DNA. In bacteria, the entire RNR network is controlled by the master regulator NrdR. As a regulator of an ...

Fish scale-based carbon dots with g-C3N 4 as a photo-catalyst for oxidation of herbicide 2,4-dichloro phenoxy acetic acid under visible light. 

García-Gutierrez, Yessenia Scarlette; Palacios-Cabrera, Cristian Brayan; Santiago-Cuevas, Alan-Javier; Reyes-Domínguez, Ivan Alejandro; Orta-Ledesma, Maria Teresa; Güell Vilà, Frank; Llobet, Eduard; Huerta-Aguilar, Carlos Alberto; Thangarasu, Pandiyan (Publication date: 2026-03-24)

2,4-dichloro phenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) has been employed as an herbicide to increase crop yields and ensure large-scale food production; however, it is highly toxic and persistent in the environment. This work deals with ...

Chip-Sized Microscopy for Continuous Monitoring: Application in White Wine Fermentation and Yeast Cell Counting via Deep Learning 

Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; Moreno Martín, Sergio; Moncada-Madrazo, Sofía; Caravaca, Oriol; Diéguez, Joel; Canals Gil, Joan; Benito Altamirano, Ismael; Prades García, Juan Daniel; Vilà i Arbonès, Anna Maria (Publication date: 2026-03-23)

Nowadays, continuous monitoring is a difficult issue in microscopy. A chip-sized microscope was developed, composed only of microelectronic components, with high optical resolution and a wide field of view. Due to its ...

The RISC-V FPGA (RVfpga) Teaching Package 

Grinshpun, Alexander; Gabbay, Freddy; Seed, Luke; Duarte, Rui; López, Manuel; Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Owen, Robert; Chaver, Daniel; Harris, Sarah; Pinuel, Luis; Kindgren, Olof; Kakakhel, Zubair; Owen, Chris; Kravitz, Roy; Gómez-Pérez, José I.; Castro, Fernando; Olcoz, Katzalin; Villalba-Moreno, Julio (Publication date: 2026-03-18)

RISC-V is a free and open-standard ISA based on RISC principles, allowing anyone to design, manufacture, and sell RISC-V chips and software. Its flexibility and growing ecosystem have made it popular in research, education, ...

Pixelated 3D sensors for tracking in radiation harsh environments 

Duarte-Campderros, J.; Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; CERN-RD50 Collaboration (Publication date: 2026-03-05)

The High Luminosity upgrade of the CERN Large Hadron Collider will be able to reach a peak instantaneous luminosity of 5 × 1034 cm−2 s−1. The innermost detectors of the CMS and ATLAS experiments will have to cope with ...

PEGylated PLGA nanoparticles prepared from nano-emulsion templates as versatile platforms to cross blood-brain barrier models 

López Mitjavila, Joan Josep; Palma Florez, Sujey; Lagunas, Anna; Mir Llorente, Mònica; Samitier i Martí, Josep; Rodriguez-Abreu, Carlos; Grijalvo, S. (Publication date: 2026-02-27)

PEGylation prevents aggregation and enhances the systemic circulation of nanoparticles (NPs), improving the delivery of actives to targeted cells. In this study, a conjugation reaction was used to attach polyethylene ...

PEGylated PLGA nanoparticles prepared from nano-emulsion templates as versatile platforms to cross blood-brain barrier models 

López Mitjavila, Joan Josep; Palma Florez, Sujey; Lagunas, Anna; Mir Llorente, Mònica; Samitier i Martí, Josep; Rodriguez-Abreu, Carlos; Grijalvo, S. (Publication date: 2026-02-27)

PEGylation prevents aggregation and enhances the systemic circulation of nanoparticles (NPs), improving the delivery of actives to targeted cells. In this study, a conjugation reaction was used to attach polyethylene ...

Improving neuroblastoma therapy with a new p53 family-activating agent 

Almeida, Joana; Resende, Diana I. S. P.; Silva, R.; Villasante Bermejo, Aranzazu; Murphy, Catherine; Zingales, Veronica; Palmeira, Andreia; Skoda, Jan; Broso, Francesca; Vadivellu, Aiswariya; Oliveira, Paula A.; Reis, Salette; Nunes, Claudia; Loh, Amos H.P.; Ferreira, Joana Margarida; Martins, Eduarda P.; Costa, Bruno M.; Inga, Alberto; Samitier i Martí, Josep; Sousa, Emilia P.; Saraiva, Lucília (Publication date: 2026-02-27)

Neuroblastoma (NB) is among the most common malignancies in children and represents a therapeutic challenge in pediatric oncology. p53 family proteins play a critical role in protecting cells from genomic instability and ...

Lighteligence. Second prototype report 

Palacio Bonet, Francisco (Publication date: 2026-01-30)

Projecte LIGHTELLIGENCE (AGAUR 2010) dut a terme a la Fundació Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC)

Latest Depleted CMOS Sensor Developments in the CERN RD50 Collaboration 

Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; CERN RD50 Collaboration (Publication date: 2026-01-26)

This contribution summarizes the most recent activities carried out within the CERN RD50 collaboration with regard to Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (DMAPS). In particular, these activities have been focused on ...

Low Gain Avalanche Detectors for 4-dimensional Tracking Applications in Severe Radiation Environments 

Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; RD50 Collaboration (Publication date: 2026-01-26)

For the High Luminosity upgrade of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), the collider will reach a peak instantaneous luminosity of 5 × 1034 cm−2 s−1, with a total integrated luminosity of ∼3000 fb−1 after around 12 ...

Compatibility Study of 3D Printing and PCB Technologies for RF Components and Circuits 

López Villegas, José María; Vidal Martínez, Neus (Publication date: 2026-01-22)

This paper explores the potential of combining additive manufacturing with printed circuit board technology to fabricate radio frequency components and circuits. This combination aims to leverage the design freedom of ...

Malaria quantitative POC testing using magnetic particles, a paper microfluidic device and a hand-held fluorescence reader 

Arias Alpízar, Kevin; Sánchez-Cano, A.; Prat-Trunas, J.; Serna, E.; Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Sulleiro, E.; Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; Baldrich, E. (Publication date: 2026-01-16)

A point-of-care (POC) device is reported for highly sensitive and selective detection of Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase (Pf-LDH), a biomarker of malaria infection, based on a single-step magneto-immunoassay, ...

Status of the Belle II Pixel Detector 

Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; Belle-II DEPFET and PXD Collaboration (Publication date: 2026-01-14)

The Belle II experiment at the super KEK B-factory (SuperKEKB) in Tsukuba, Japan, has been collecting e+e− collision data since March 2019. Operating at a record-breaking luminosity of up to 4.7×1034 cm−2s−1, data corresponding ...

Belle II Vertex Detector: Run Performance (PXD + SVD) and Upgrade Developments (VTX) 

Dhayal, R.; Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; Belle II VTX Collaboration (Publication date: 2026-01-12)

TheBelle II experiment at SuperKEKB continues to pursue high-precision measurements in Standard Model studies and in searches for physics beyond the Standard Model, with a target dataset of 50 ab−1 and peak luminosities ...

Commissioning of the Belle II Pixel Vertex Detector 

Ye, Hua; Alonso Casanovas, Oscar; Diéguez Barrientos, Àngel; On behalf the Belle II DEPFET and PXD Collaboration (Publication date: 2026-01-09)

As an upgrade of the asymmetric e+e collider KEKB, SuperKEKB aims to increase the peak luminosity by a factor of 40 to 8 1035 cm 2s 1. Theupgraded Belle II detector allows the experiment to handle the much increased data ...

Multi-compartmentalized electrochemical sensing platforms for monitoring cascade enzymatic reactions 

Fernández, Laia L.; Bastos-Arrieta, Julio; Appelhans, Dietmar; Zhou, Yang; Moreno, Silvia; Palet, Cristina; Baeza, Mireia (Publication date: 2025-12-19)

Designing an electrochemical biosensor with the required features is a complex process involving multiple factors. For instance, nanocomposite materials used ensure the adaptation of the sensor to specific parameters on ...

Reading QR Codes on challenging surfaces using thin-plate splines 

Benito Altamirano, Ismael; Martínez Carpena, David; Lizarzaburu-Aguilar, Hanna; Fàbrega Gallego, Cristian; Prades García, Juan Daniel (Publication date: 2025-12-18)

In real world uses, QR Codes are printed or overlaid on top of complex surfaces, like cylindrical bottles or other daily objects with random topographies that pose big challenges to their readout with the conventional ...

Design, Additive Manufacturing, and Characterization of a Symmetric 3-Way Wilkinson Power Divider/Combiner 

López Villegas, José María; Vidal Martínez, Neus (Publication date: 2025-12-05)

This work presents the design, manufacturing and electromagnetic characterization of compact 3-way Wilkinson power divider/combiner prototypes intended to work in the sub-GHz frequency band. The primary objective is to ...

ZIF-8-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance and Fabry–Pérot Sensors for Volatile Organic Compounds 

Estany Macià, Anna; Fort Grandas, Ignasi; Joshi, Nirav; Svendsen, Winnie Edith; Dimaki, Maria; Romano Rodríguez, Albert; Moreno Sereno, Mauricio (Publication date: 2025-07-28)

This work explores the use of ZIF-8, a metal–organic framework (MOF) material, for its use in the optical detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Fabry–Pérot and surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensors. The ...

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