Awarded Projects

Olfactory receptors (ORs) are the largest subfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). ORs evolved to interact with the outside world by detecting volatile molecules called odorants.

Intermolecular electron and energy transfer plays a fundamental role in organic solar cells, which have practical advantages over silicon-based cells but still have to catch up in efficiency.

The prebiotic origin of the chemical complexity found on Earth nowadays is a matter of debate in the astrochemical community. In the interstellar medium (ISM), huge molecular clouds mainly composed by atomic species and dust grains, provide the factory for ignition of chemical processes.

Pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) are central receptors of electrochemical signaling in cells across evolution, in particular as the major mediator of fast synaptic transmission in the vertebrate nervous system.

High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) are a new class of random solid-solution alloys that present impressive mechanical properties, making them attractive for many applications. However, the physical mechanisms underlying the strengthening of HEAs remain unknown.

Our understanding of Nature depends on our ability to validate, with experiments, theoretical predictions for observable quantities.

Natural language processing plays an increasingly important part of our digital lives but it works best for high-resource languages due to the amount of data needed to train models.

The combination of cutting-edge HPC platforms, pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) methodologies, and High-Performance Data Analytics (HPDA) techniques are expanding horizons for aeronautical engine design and optimisation.

The project aims to perform the first simulation of a wave energy farm using high-fidelity numerical modelling to anticipate the effects of arraying wave energy converters (WECs) within the same sea stretch.