Catalan soils are deteriorating due to both natural factors and human activities, leading to nutrient depletion and increased alkalinity and salinity, which reduce their suitability for cultivation. In response to this...
A new study of the Department of Geography has analysed how the LGTBIQ+ community experience mobility in Barcelona through around twenty interviews with members of the collective. Walking and cycling can become political acts, as well as mechanisms...
A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus...
Organic waste and effluents generated by agro-industrial activities can be reused as a source of organic matter and nutrients in arid areas. This study explores the feasibility of the efficient use of waste from Argentine...
To contribute to a better understanding of social function in autism, a new article has investigated how autistic individuals process and perceive facial expressions and how this affects their social evaluation of others. The...
With China's rapid economic rise, its food consumption and the pace of imports have increased considerably. This has led to significant changes in its diet, which now depends on imports from Latin America and the United States, especially...
The recent description of tetraconodont pig remains from the Late Miocene of Sant Quirze confirms the distinctiveness of a species described more than a hundred years ago, which had remained unnoticed until recently. The study shows the uncertain kinship...
Second-generation raw materials (organic waste and non-food crops) can be recycled to obtain marketable products through the biotechnological process of solid-state fermentation. The GICOM group from UAB confirms...
The European Union presents a clear territorial pattern, with areas where population ageing is more evident. A new study analyses the economic consequences considering the spatial dimension and shows that migration has a compensatory effect. Ageing and immigration,...
The Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit fly, shares homology with humans in some key physiological systems and serves as an efficient model to study infections. Moreover, it is an ethical alternative to reduce the use of...
