3Q Raymond Wheeler
Plant physiologist and senior scientist at NASA's Exploration Research and Technology Directorate at Kennedy Space Center, Raymond Wheeler has led the advanced life support and plant-based research groups at the US space agency.
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Hospital-level impact of viral lower respiratory tract infections in child population
In Catalonia, information is scarce about the in-hospital burden of diseases involving viral lower respiratory tract infections (bronchiolitis, bronchitis, asthma exacerbation and pneumonia) in paediatric population. A...
Zinc and cadmium complexes with optical properties
Crystal engineering plays an essential role in understanding how organic ligands and metal ions are assembled when synthesizing materials with special properties. Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have synthesized four zinc and cadmium compounds with 2-furoic...
RETINDE and educational research in Spain
On April 27th, the RETINDE network, composed of 16 entities representing more than 6000 researchers from all over the State, published a position paper in which they present the current situation of educational research in Spain. The document highlights the ten issues affecting...
Pathways to post-capitalist tourism
Investigators of the TUDISTAR group (UAB), the Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) and the University of the Balearic Islands, all specialized in the study of tourism, have published an article where they analyse the...
How long will plants keep rescuing us?
Anthropogenic fertilization of the Earth, with increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen in-puts, has enhanced plant photosynthesis and carbon sinks of terrestrial ecosystems. Several signals now suggest, however, that this carbon-sink activity is slowing its rate of...
A tarsal bone sheds light on the locomotor behaviour of early primates
Researchers of the Institut Català de Paleontologia, the UAB, the Naturhistorisches Museum Bern and the Université de Lyon has conducted a paleobiological study on the locomotor diversity of the first euprimates. This work,...
Raymond Wheeler: "the seed potato industry uses techniques developed by NASA"
Raymond Wheeler, a plant physiologist and senior scientist at NASA's Exploration Research and Technology Directorate at Kennedy Space Center, recently was part of a UAB thesis tribunal on bioregenerative life support within...
Global conservation prioritization areas of crocodilian diversity
A study with the participation of the Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology of the UAB highlights how important crocodiles are in the ecosystems they inhabit and proposes a new conservation protocol that prioritizes the components...
Reconstructing Quaternary European Ecosystems from Hippo Fossils
Recently published research centered on the fossil hippopotamus populations from Europe highlighted the importance of the dispersion and ecological requirements of these forms in relation with fossil hominin dispersals into Europe. The authors...
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