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Research ICN2

January 13, 2026

New Materials that Change Colour with Heat: A Major Step Towards Smart Sensors and Inks

Researchers at the BIST Community centre ICN2 have developed novel thermochromic compounds capable of reversibly…

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Innovation ICN2

October 29, 2025

Apeiron Intelligence: New ICN2 Spin-off to Transform Design and Engineering of Innovative Advanced Materials

Born from the Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience Group at the BIST Community centre ICN2, Apeiron…

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Research ICN2

September 17, 2025

Salty Ice: a New Way to Generate Electricity in Extreme Conditions

Researchers at the BIST Community centre ICN2 have co-led a study showing that adding salt…

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Research ICN2

August 27, 2025

Scientists Find that Ice Generates Electricity when Bent — a Clue to how Lightning Forms

A study co-led by the BIST Community centre ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric…

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Research ICFO ICN2

August 12, 2025

Twisted 2D Materials Enable a Breakthrough in Single-Photon Detection

While studying layered two-dimensional materials, researchers observed an anomaly—an unexpected transition in the system’s state…

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Research ICN2

June 19, 2025

Innovative Clip-off Chemistry Enables Fast and Precise Production of Complex Molecules

Researchers at the BIST Community centre ICN2 have developed a novel strategy to obtain complex…

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Research ICN2

May 27, 2025

ICN2 Researchers Discover Electric Vortices in Non-Polar Materials

An international study published in Nature Materials has revealed vortex-like structures in an antiferroelectric material…

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Research ICN2

March 11, 2025

New Hybrid Materials for Controlled Drug Release

Researchers at the BIST Community centre ICN2 have developed innovative structures that combine metal-organic frameworks…

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Research ICN2

December 18, 2024

Sulphur-Based Batteries: The Future of Clean and Efficient Energy Storage?

A review study led by researchers at the BIST Community centre ICN2 analysed the great…

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BIST Community ICN2 IFAE

November 6, 2024

Two BIST Community researchers receive new ERC Synergy Grants

• ICREA Research Professors Diego Blas (IFAE) and Kostas Kostarelos (ICN2) have been awarded 2024…

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Innovation ICN2

October 29, 2024

ICN2 Spin-off INBRAIN Neuroelectronics Raises $50 Million Series B Funding

The spin-off company INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, co-founded in 2019 by researchers from the BIST Community centre…

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BIST Community CRG ICN2 IRB Barcelona

October 21, 2024

Three BIST Community researchers selected in 2024 CaixaImpulse Health Innovation Call

Three projects headed by researchers from the BIST Community have been selected in the 2024…

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