A study estimates a decrease of almost 16% in NO₂ levels between 2020 and 2022, while its effect was smaller in reducing PM10 and PM2.5 particles, which are less directly linked to traffic emissions.

Socioeconomic factors are widely recognized as potential modifiers of the relationship between air pollution and mortality, but the available evidence remains limited. In this context, a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health ...

A total of 100 researchers will carry out their projects in Spain and Portugal thanks to the 60 fellowships awarded under the INPhINIT doctoral programme and the 40 fellowships from the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Junior Leader postdoctoral ...

Investigators at the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), research center of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, together with Hospital del Mar Research and its research center (HMRIB), have published in Nature Scientific Reports the results of ...

Hypatia will lead the first mission made up exclusively of women scientists to take place at an Arctic research base, scheduled for the summer of 2027. The new crew is also the first to include Spanish researchers.

Households that report being more financially comfortable spend 18% more on private tutoring than those who say they struggle to make ends meet. This is one of the conclusions of the study Shadow Education in the Iberian Peninsula, published by the ...

The prenatal period is a critical window for brain development, yet few studies have examined the impact of air pollution exposure during pregnancy on child cognition. A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center ...

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by “la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society (ACS), analysed the relationship between different air pollutants and the main ...

The "la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with Change Dyslexia, is making a digital tool for the detection and educational support of dyslexia among pupils, Dytective, available to all primary schools in Spain. The online platform, based on ...