A research conducted in collaboration with the UAB at the Aranbaltza site in the Basque Country reveals the existence of 90,000-year-old tools built by Neanderthals, the oldest samples of Neanderthal-built tools ever found in the Iberian Peninsula. The study was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE. Read more
A study coordinated by the Institute of Neuroscience provides evidence that a long-term consumption of caffeine has negative effects for Alzheimer’s disease, worsening the neuropsychiatric symptoms appearing in the majority of those affected by the disorder. The research was recently published in Frontiers in Pharmacology. Read more
Shark Bay seagrass carbon storage hotspot suffers alarming losses after a devastating marine heat wave, according to a study led by ICTA-UAB researchers. The loss of seagrass would have released up to nine million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. Read more
A consortium consisting of five research centres and two companies from France and Spain launches the REDPRION cross-border Pyrenean project to develop innovative diagnostic tools and to identify therapeutic compounds for patients affected by a prion disease. Read more
A study by the ICTA-UAB and the UAB Department of Animal Health and Anatomy demonstrates that the main species hunted by the indigenous popoulations of the Peruvian Amazon ingest water and soil contaminated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals. Read more
Researchers from the CVC-UAB and the University of Florence have developed a new technique based on an algorithm which allows estimating the number of people in large crowds through images with more precision than before, with a 10% to 20% margin of error. Read more
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Since January 2017, the Research Group in Sport Psychology (Grup d’Estudis en Psicologia de l’Esport, GEPE) of the UAB, participates in the project ‘Be a Winner in elite sports and Employment before and after athletic Retirement’. Read more
