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...
Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most promising strategies for mitigating emissions. For this reason, the Department of Chemistry aims to revolutionize the way it is captured. With the help of...
In an accelerating expanding universe, where galaxies are separating more and more rapidly, are the laws of physics valid beyond the solar system or our galaxy? With observational data from different moments of the universe's expansion, the Department of Physics has...
In addition to the environmental and health benefits, proximity to cities also promotes the creation of strong social ties, which are associated with...
The MolBioMed research group of the Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with the University of Barcelona, has published a study that demonstrates the direct relationship between the COX-2 dimer and cancer. The computational study shows the different...
