Detection of prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse is critical to ensure adequate monitoring of the affected children. A doctoral dissertation defended at the UAB compares the utility of maternal hair and meconium in detecting prenatal...
Cadmium is a contaminant element whose presence in the environment has increased in recent years and which can accumulate in the human body. A study in which a UAB researcher participated has developed a new device which not only detects cadmium in water but also...
Researchers from the ICTA-UAB and the University of Maryland (UMD) demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk when global oil production peaks (‘Peak Oil”). This multi-disciplinary team...
A doctoral dissertation presented at CREAF, at the UAB, proposes an information system through the use of species distribution models, of interest for conservation species and exotic invasive species with the aim of generating maps useful in the conservation of...
Two professors from the UAB, Dr Adolf Tobeña and Dr Oscar Vilarroya, organised a conference on Neuroethics titled "From Lab to Law" in November 2012. Now a compilation of articles from this meeting has been published. The Neuroethics examines the neurobiological basis of fundamental sociological issues and...
