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doi.orgObservational Evidence for Accelerated Warming and Salinification Propagating Into the Deep MediterraneanMediterranean warming and salinification are accelerating, by up to 0.3°C per decade2 in the upper 1,000–2,000 m Acceleration is vertically coherent, reaching the deep basin, so linear trends alo...

17 Sept

The Mediterranean is warming faster and the signal now reaches deep below the surface. A 75-year study by IRB scientists finds accelerating warming and salinification, with pronounced changes in the Adriatic–Ionian region. doi.org/10.1029/2026... #OceanScience #Mediterranean

25 May

What if “junk DNA” hides highly ordered patterns essential for life? IRB molecular biologists discovered previously unreported macro-dyad symmetries in repetitive DNA of the Tribolium madens, offering new insight into chromosome organization and cell division. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s130...

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EU-LIFE

@eu-life.bsky.social

14 Apr

🐜 What does really happen behind the scenes of Science is Wonderful!? In a EU-LIFE blog, Marko Košiček @institutrb.bsky.social, explains why visibility is a shared responsibility in science and how outreach can spark curiosity, connect researchers & open dialogue with policymakers 📖 bit.ly/4vqTMfo

youtube.comEnvironmental Impacts of Big ComputingYouTube video by Sustainable HECAP+

6 May

From AI to data analysis, big computing powers modern research—but at what cost to the planet? Join SC4RC expert panel to discuss the environmental footprint of hardware and energy use, and how we’re fixing it. Join live today at 19 CEST! www.youtube.com/live/JQbdZ7m...

28 Apr

RBI scientists reveal how ACRC acts as molecular scissors, protecting DNA in the earliest hours of embryo development. doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

22 Apr

A new computer model by #RBI scientist Dr Nina Marn reconstructs the full life cycle of the leatherback turtle, the world’s largest sea turtle, and shows that even small changes in food availability and ocean temperature can reduce its reproductive success. doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

1 Apr

Why haven’t perovskite solar cells taken over the market yet? A new paper in Nature Energy shows that the problem is not a single “culprit,” but a chain of interconnected chemical processes that gradually undermine cell stability. @natenergy.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415...

doi.orgPolar chromosomes are rescued from missegregation by spindle elongation-driven microtubule pivoting - Nature CommunicationsPolar chromosomes in human cells are prone to late alignment and segregation errors. Here, the authors show that spindle elongation rescues them by repositioning astral microtubules via a pivoting mec...

17 Mar

Your cells divided thousands of times today. Most chromosomes landed where they should, but some got stuck. New #RBI research reveals how cells rescue trapped chromosomes during division, and why cancer cells often fail at it. 📄 Published today in @natcomms.nature.com 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

13 Mar

New research by a Croatian multidisciplinary team shows that Parkinson’s disease is linked to measurable changes in specific immune cells in the blood. Key bioinformatics analysis was carried out at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

24 Feb

What if one fabric could resist fire, block UV, and fight bacteria all at once? RBI researchers are making it happen through the NATO SPS-funded SAFEGUARD project. Better protection for soldiers, firefighters, and medics. 🧪🛡️

6 Feb

Mechanochemistry is doing chemistry by smashing and grinding powders (often with little/no solvent), like in a ball mill. A team from RBI and @fau.de used computer simulations to watch a single impact like an ultra-slow-motion replay at the atomic level.

doi.orgDeciphering Ball Milling Mechanochemistry via Molecular Simulations of Collision‐Driven and Liquid‐Assisted ReactivitySupported by experiments, molecular dynamics simulations were developed to reveal how mechanochemical reactions, such as between KCl and 18-crown-6 with water as a liquid additive, proceed. Product f....

6 Feb

What they learned: 1) the reaction starts only when a hit is strong enough to crack the crystal (a “threshold” event) 2) the process moves forward in jumps, each strong hit adds a small step 3) a tiny amount of water can help, but too much can slow/stop the reaction

6 Feb

Paper in Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., featured as an Outside Front Cover. doi.org/10.1002/anie...

15 Jan

Applications open for the JIC–IRB Summer School on Microbial Specialised Metabolites (from genome to molecule) in Dubrovnik (IUC), 12–20 Sep 2026. Lectures + hands-on computational analysis of natural product gene clusters. Apply by 23 Jan 2026.

jic.ac.ukApplied Molecular Microbiology | John Innes CentreJohn Innes/Rudjer Bošković – Summer Schools in Applied Molecular Microbiology Applications are invited for a summer school on Microbial Specialised Metabolites: Discovery…

15 Jan

Croatian early-career researchers: check IUC scholarship options. www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

22 Dec 2025

45 years of Martinska! IRB’s field station near Šibenik is our window into the Adriatic: a rare freshwater–brackish–seawater interface, long-term monitoring, and data that inform real decisions—from biodiversity and fisheries to planning and climate adaptation. Wishing Martinska continued success!

19 Dec 2025

Speeding up the search for cancer therapies: how computational modeling helps researchers spot the strongest drug candidates first. t.co/4eN616UmxX

For a week, we've been dropping hints. Today, you meet coccolithophores. They've been working without recognition for millions of years, building calcium plate shells, producing oxygen, capturing atmospheric carbon. Their blooms are visible from space, yet most people have never heard of them.

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These microscopic workers keep our oceans thriving and our climate stable. They've earned their day. Join the initiative by sharing this post and using #CoccolithophoreDay. Help us get recognition for the organisms that have been shaping Earth's climate since long before humans existed.

When Cocco talks, climate walks. #InvisibleHeroes #OceanGuardians #ClimateWarriors #InternationalCoccoDay

Now we are making things right. @Ruđer Bošković Institute @marescience.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social International Nannoplankton Association Norce are jointly proposing to make October 10 International Coccolithophore Day!

Why do they deserve recognition? They capture CO2 and build ocean ecosystems. They're sensitive to climate change and when they falter, it's an early warning for our planet. Almost no one knows them, yet their impact is global.

6 Oct 2025

In a world visible only under a microscope, a story unfolds that's changing our planet. Like grains of sand that build beaches, these microscopic organisms are constructing something far greater. Follow us and reveal the secret heroes. Illustrations by Rosie Sheward.

doi.orgUnprecedented warming and salinization observed in the deep AdriaticThe deep Southern Adriatic is a Mediterranean region highly sensitive to climate change, influenced by dense water cascading from the northern Adriatic and heat/salt transport from the Eastern Medite...

27 Aug 2025

The deep Adriatic is warming fast. IRB scientists new paper published in Limnology and Oceanography Letters states that temperature and salinity levels expected by 2100 are already here. #ClimateScience doi.org/10.1002/lol2...

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6 Aug 2025

🎥 #PeopleBehindTheScience episode 3 is here! Meet Jelena Bujan from Institut Ruđer Bošković, an ecologist who works in the wild. 🛶 Boat trips, 🐜 ant studies, 🌳 tree climbing: this is science in action. Watch her video 👇 #FrontierResearch #Ecology @jelenabujan.bsky.social 🌍

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Marko Košiček

@kosicek.bsky.social

20 Feb 2025

New year, new beginnings: ✅join Bluesky ✅do something important ✅write the first post about it This year started with a great workshop in Rome in January. February is reserved for internal trainings in Zagreb and Rijeka. And the exciting month of March is just around the corner.

youtube.comKvantna kriptografija, slučajnost i kvantna računala - Mario Stipčević | O zakonima prirode #3YouTube video by Promocija znanosti

30 June 2025

Kvantna kriptografija, slučajnost i kvantna računala, komplicirano za ponedjeljak? Ne brinite, komplicirano je i ostalim danima u tjednu. 🤯🔐 Srećom, dr. Mario Stipčević sve to objašnjava jednostavno i razumljivo, u podcastu Promocije znanosti - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fhL...

20 June 2025

🌊 Why is the Adriatic turning yellow every spring? Not pollution — it’s pollen. And thanks to scientists @institutrb.bsky.social + partners, we’re finding out how it affects marine life.