The Ceramics Industries Research Association (AICE), in collaboration with the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló and 15 additional partners, is developing a project to test safe and clean industrial technologies that reduce risks to human health and biodiversity. The project is linked to the new Environmental Engineering Laboratory, whose technical committee includes Irina Celades and Eliseo Monfort. The project kick-off meeting was held on 15 and 16 June at the headquarters of the Ceramic Technology Institute (ITC) on the UJI campus. BRISA addresses the urgent challenge posed by emerging airborne industrial pollutants, which are linked to approximately 125,000 deaths annually. The aim is that its implementation in 600–800 industrial facilities will protect more than 45,000 workers by 2035, prevent hundreds of premature deaths each year, and reduce material consumption by 5% and energy consumption by 15%.

- Scientists have, for the first time, used an extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing to study gene function in human embryos.

- Using the technique, they found that a gene called NANOG is essential for forming the future body from an embryo. Without it, the embryo loses its ability to differentiate into different body tissues.