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Ivan Morera at the award ceremony held at the University of Barcelona on December 16th, 2025

Ivan Morera receives the Ramon Margalef award for the discovery of a new type of magnetism

Domènec Espriu (ICCUB)

Domènec Espriu, new director of the ICCUB

This image shows the gas disc in a computer simulation of a Milky Way-like galaxy from the Auriga suite. Colours represent the ratio of magnesium (Mg) to iron (Fe), revealing that the galactic centre (pink) is poor in Mg, while the outskirts (green) are Mg-rich. These chemical patterns provide important clues about how the galaxy formed.

New study sheds light on the Milky Way’s mysterious chemical history