3,980 years ago occurred the largest eruption of the last millennia in Antarctica, according to the latest analysis of the lake sediments on the Byers Peninsula. This...
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...
Vanillin is the aromatic compound responsible for the characteristic flavour of natural vanilla. As the agricultural production of this aromatic compound is not sufficient to cover nowadays’ great demand...
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona together with other research groups have analyzed the progression and modeled the spatio-temporal distribution of the epidemic of the new Middle Eastern...
Lisa Randall, professor of theoretical physics at Harvard University and renowned theoretical physicist, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the UAB. In this interview, Randall tells us about...
The synthesis and characterization of different crystalline materials and synthetic biology allow for obtaining porous materials with different metals, such as copper (Cu) or zinc (Zn). Researchers from the UAB have studied the role of...
In a new study in the journal Science China Life Sciences authors developed a high-throughput quantitative-PCR-based chip, Quantitative microbial...
Contagious mastitis causes inflammation in the mammary glands in herds of dairy cows. In this study, an association between teat skin colonization with the pathogens that cause mastitis,...
A nutrition intervention study published by researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Rovira i Virgili University shows that eating 60 grams of nuts per day in men who maintain a Western-style diet (poor in fruit and vegetables and rich in fat and meat) increases the...
Professor of theoretical physics at Harvard University, Randall has linked her studies with philosophy, the humanities and music. The UAB awarded an honorary doctorate to Lisa Randall last march.She is also a well-known scientific disseminator, author of books like "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding...
