Scientific highlights

Every year, a committee of experts sits down with a tough job to do: from among all ICREA publications, they must find a handful that stand out from all the others. This is indeed a challenge. The debates are sometimes heated and always difficult but, in the end, a shortlist of the most outstanding publications of the year is produced. No prize is awarded, and the only additional acknowledge is the honour of being chosen and highlighted by ICREA. Each piece has something unique about it, whether it be a particularly elegant solution, the huge impact it has in the media or the sheer fascination it generates as a truly new idea. For whatever the reason, these are the best of the best and, as such, we are proud to share them here.

75 results

Certified predictions for quantum states of many particles

2024

Acín Dal Maschio, Antonio (ICFO)

Engineering Sciences

A Neanderthal’s burning structure for tar obtention

2024

Albert Cristóbal, Rosa María (UAB)

Humanities

Characterization of druggable pockets in the human proteome

2024

Aloy Calaf, Patrick (IRB Barcelona)

Life & Medical Sciences

Males and females have different brain connectivity to process the same memory.

2024

Andero Galí, Raül (UAB)

Social & Behavioural Sciences

From heat racism and heat gentrification to urban heat justice in the USA and Europe

2024

Anguelovski, Isabelle (UAB)

Social & Behavioural Sciences

Efficiency enhancement in Lithium-Sulfur batteries

2024

Arbiol Cobos, Jordi (ICN2)

Engineering Sciences

Revealing the Stories of Black Lives in Early Modern Spain

2024

Berruezo-Sánchez, Diana (UAB)

Humanities

A novel universal light-based technique to encode information in quantum materials

2024

Biegert, Jens (ICFO)

Experimental Sciences & Mathematics

Can We Predict Crime? Should We?

2024

Castillo Ocaranza, Carlos (UPF)

Engineering Sciences

Bending for better photovoltaics

2024

Catalán Bernabé, Gustau (ICN2)

Experimental Sciences & Mathematics

Atomic optical antennas

2024

Chang, Darrick (ICFO)

Experimental Sciences & Mathematics

Stories of Clay: Discovering Chosŏn Korean Potters in Tokugawa Japan

2024

Clements, Rebekah (UAB)

Humanities

Hunting Human and Animal Trophies in the East Asian War of 1592–1598

2024

Clements, Rebekah (UAB)

Humanities

AI Spots Cancer cells, Stem cells and Viral Infected cells at Nanoscale Precision

2024

Cosma, Maria Pia (CRG)

Life & Medical Sciences

Are you a robot? Detecting Autonomous Vehicles from Behavior Analysis

2024

Costa Perez, Xavier (i2CAT)

Engineering Sciences

ANNUAL REPORT

These research reports summarize the work done during a year.

Publications are the most visible part of research, but we must also take into consideration other elements that show the contribution of our researchers to the improvement of the Catalan R+D system: creation of new research teams and opening of new research lines, consolidation of existing teams and research areas, mentoring of doctoral dissertations, teaching at all academic levels, etc.
Thus, the data contained in the reports attempt to quantify not only the scientific production of our researchers but also their broader impact on the research system.

Our most recent Memoir is that of 2024. Click in the image to visit it. We hope you enjoy it.