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Delbios Pharmaceuticals SL, new ICMAB-CSIC spin-off, secures Neotec 2025 funding

Written on 26 December 2025.

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- Empresas innovadoras en tecnología médica, materiales y fármacos basados en nanotecnología ganan fondos Neotec
- Delbios Pharmaceuticals: un ascensor para la nanotecnología biomédica

Delbios Pharmaceuticals SL, a new spin-off from the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), has been awarded funding from the prestigious Neotec 2025 Programme (CDTI). The company, created by researchers from the Nanomol-Bio group, aims to bring innovative nanomedicines from advanced preclinical stages to early clinical development, translating cutting-edge research into real therapeutic solutions.

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ALBA II approved: a €926M investment to transform the ALBA Synchrotron into a 4th generation facility with ICMAB’s contribution

Written on 12 September 2025.

In an event at ALBA Synchrotron, the President of the Generalitat and the Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities signed an agreement to approve the ALBA II project, which will transform ALBA into a 4th generation facility, and guarantees the financial stability of the infrastructure until 2038.

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Can Catalonia compete in the world’s most impactful research fields? - An opinion article by Xavier Obradors in Diari Ara

Written on 18 March 2025.

Xavier Obradors, research professor at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (CSIC) and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona, has published an article in Diari Ara newspaper analyzing the evolution of scientific research in Catalonia. His article, which can be consulted in full in the newspaper, highlights both the progress made and the challenges ahead for Catalonia’s research ecosystem.

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The newspaper El País reports the ICMAB project SynEry

Written on 26 September 2024.

This newspaper had the piece on the last 20 September, titled 'Stem cells and high technology: two Spanish labs face the challenge of creating artificial blood'.

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El Laboratori de la Neu proposa una tecnologia d’innivació única al món

Written on 01 December 2023.

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El Laboratori de la Neu és un projecte conjunt entre l'ICMAB-CSIC, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) i l’empresa TechnoAlpin, líder en tecnologia d’innivació. Compta també amb el suport financer dels fons Next Generation EU, atorgat per l'Agencia Estatal de Investigación. Aquest projecte pioner al món té com a objectiu principal estudiar l’aplicació d’una nova tecnologia per a produir neu d’una manera més sostenible, amb menys temps, utilitzant menys aigua i amb menys energia. Desenvolupada amb èxit en laboratori pel Dr. Albert Verdaguer, científic titular a l’ICMAB, i l’equip de TechnoAlpin mitjançant l’aplicació de les últimes tècniques de producció amb equip tecnològicament innovadors, les proves es traslladaran ara a estacions d’FGC Turisme en condicions i entorn reals.

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Experimental setup. A thin layer of cobalt nitride (CoN) in a liquid with ionic conductivity. The voltage is applied to the liquid via two platinum plates. (Credits: Zheng Ma)

First-ever wireless device developed to make magnetism appear in non-magnetic materials

Written on 06 November 2023.

Press Links: First-ever wireless device developed to make magnetism appear in non-magnetic materials (UAB, 30 OCT 2023)
Cómo hacer magnéticos a materiales que no lo son de forma inalámbrica (SINC 2 NOV 2023)

Researchers at the UAB and ICMAB-CSIC have succeeded in bringing wireless technology to the fundamental level of magnetic devices. The emergence and control of magnetic properties in cobalt nitride layers (initially non-magnetic) by voltage, without connecting the sample to electrical wiring, published in Nature Communications, represents a paradigm shift that can facilitate the creation of magnetic nanorobots for biomedicine and computing systems where basic information management processes do not require wiring.

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On the path for nuclear fusion: insights from Xavier Obradors and Teresa Puig in ARA

Written on 21 August 2023.

Press Links: Fusió nuclear: utopia o realitat? (Diari ARA, 4 August 2023)

In their recent ARA newspaper article titled "Fusió nuclear: utopia o realitat?" (Nuclear Fusion: Utopia or Reality?), researchers Xavier Obrador and Teresa Puig provide a comprehensive overview of the international pursuit of a functional nuclear fusion reactor.

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Amanda Muñoz using an optical microscope | ICMAB, CSIC

Amanda Muñoz-Juan visits the President of La Rioja and is interviewed in the radio about her research

Written on 20 April 2023.

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- Concha Andreu recibe a la investigadora riojana Amanda Muñoz (Rioja 2, 11 April 2023)
- Amanda Muñoz, joven investigadora riojana: "Quiero seguir formándome fuera y traer nuevas técnicas a España" (Cope Logroño, 12 April 2023)

Amanda Muñoz, PhD researcher at the Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites (NN) group was intervied by La Cope Logroño. During the interview, she talks about her reseach and about her experience and future challenges.

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"Leave the country for research and never come back" (El Pou de la Gallina)

Written on 03 February 2023.

The February issue of the magazine "El Pou de la Gallina" from Manresa is devoted to "Doing research abroad". The number was presented at the Casino in Manresa in a round table with Xavier Obradors, who participated in the report.

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