Given the high annual demand for energy and its consequent emission of large amounts of carbon dioxide contributing to climate change, it is increasingly necessary to use renewable energy to solve these problems. That is why this new project aims to use biogas to obtain methanol, a renewable clean...
A characteristic teeth found in the latest Cretaceous outcrops in a zone of Catalonia have provided the evidence to prove the existence of Myliobatiform rays. Moreover, these teeth have been identified as a part of a new fossil species called...
Nowadays, biomarkers to detect water contaminants coming from human pharmaceuticals are much needed to prevent deterioration of the aquatic environment. In this study, the effects of Gemfibrozil, a pharmaceutical widely found in the aquatic environment, were...
Interview with Deborah Coen, historian of science at Yale University and author of Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale (Chicago, 2018).
Researches of the UAB have developed a new software for the identification of the features of the peptide repertoires presented by HLA class I and HLA-DR molecules to T lymphocytes. T lymphocytes recognize protein fragments...
The normal shape for a red blood cell is a bi-concave disc. However, a lot of pathologies are generated by a distortion in this shape due to different causes like a defects in the cell membrane skeletal architecture. Acoustic...
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont have evaluated the body size evolution of Mikrotia magna, a giant rat which dwelled in the paleoisland of Gargano during Late...
Currently, plastic waste and its consequences are receiving a lot of media attention. Every day, vast ammounts of plastic debris are released into the oceans, having an impact on aquatic...
A new study published by ICTA-UAB states that the co-management model of small groups of fishermen together with the government contributes to a greater abundance and habitats of species. Moreover, it offers social and economic...
An international team of paleontologists including Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, associated researcher at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and a renowned pterosaur specialists, have described the over 200-million-year-old new species Caelestiventus...
