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Why do we buy?
For years, many scientists have been very interested in discovering how, when and why we buy... In order to explain how our brain is activated and how our consumer impulse works, the social neuroscience UAB Chair "El cervell social" has organized an itinerary to visit several shops of Barcelona.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció
Date: Maig 2008
Time: 03:05
Size: 23 MB
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Improving satellite images.
The UAB Computer Vision Center, in collaboration with other Spanish universities, has developed an improved version of Wisper, an image fusion system, that increases the space resolution of data. This system has received an international prize in the most prestigious competition of its speciality.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Maig 2007
Time: 02:19
Size: 19 MB
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Heartbeat sensor
An electronic device developed by researchers of the National Microelectronic Centre will further help to analyse the exact conditions of transplant organs during their transport to hospital. With Microtrans it is possible to monitor the temperature and impedance of organs in real time. The fast and exhaustive analysis of these data is very helpful when operating.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Maig 2007
Time: 02:35
Size: 17 MB
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Industrial composting plants.
The UAB Organic Waste Compost Group has carried out a study in order to reduce bad smells and contamination of the atmosphere by industrial composting plants. Researchers have reduced to a minimum ammonia emissions, one of the main gases produced in the process of composting and the one responsible for bad smells.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Diciembre 2006
Time: 2:34
Size: 17 MB
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Eco-friendly packagings.
Packagings make people's lives easier, but also generate a large amount of waste that must be reduced as much as possible. The UAB Institute of Environmental Science and Technology has now studied how to reduce the environmental impact of this waste by using the Ecodesign concept.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Desembre 2006
Time: 02:37
Size: 17 MB
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Digital Climatic Atlas.
A team of geographers and biologists of the UAB have developed the first Digital Climatic Atlas of the Iberian Peninsula. The atlas, which is free to consult on the Internet, contains a large amount of data and provides extremely detailed and precise maps, making it a useful tool for the study of climate change.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció
Date: Març 2007
Time: 02:19
Size: 14 MB
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Protecting the Health of Animals
The Animal Health Research Centre (CReSA) is leader in the study of diseases affecting animals such as swine fever, mad-cow disease and bird flu. The UAB and the Catalan Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology have signed an agreement making CReSA the only centre in Catalonia with the necessary characteristics to carry out research in these kinds of infectious diseases.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Març 2006
Time: 2:12
Size: 14 MB
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Levitating without cheating.
A team of UAB researchers is studying magnetic levitation, a phenomenon made possible by using superconductors and which has many technological applications. Researchers have studied how to improve the safety and stability of devices developed using this technique.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Març 2006
Time: 01:59
Size: 11 MB
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Schools of the Future
The use of new technologies in school classrooms is now a reality thanks to the interactive whiteboard developed by the UAB Teaching and Multimedia group. Trials of the equipment and methods developed by the researchers have been very successful.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Març 2006
Time: 02:12
Size: 15 MB
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Surviving in Space
If we are to have manned, long-term space missions, we must be able to maintain a breathable atmosphere, produce food and treat the waste generated by astronauts. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona participates in a project organised by the European Space Agency for the development of a life-support system for future manned missions.
Author: Institut de Cičncies de l'Educació. Ŕrea de Comunicació i de Promoció.
Date: Octubre 2005
Time: 02:09
Size: 13 MB
Type: video/x-flv