The Aiguamolls de l’Empordà area is the second largest wetland in Catalonia, and was the first to be declared a protected area in the Costa Brava. A participatory study on vulnerability and adaptation to climate change reveals the...
Almost three decades ago,the discovery of proteins that could perform two different functions was a breaking point in the perception of classical molecular biology, changelling the concept of "one protein, one function". Recently, an international team lead by researchers from the UAB found a...
Fat replacers are used to avoid some of the problems found when producing low-fat cheeses such as lack of flavour, bitterness, off-flavour, poor meltability, undesirable colour and rubbery texture. One of these is inulin, which possesses the properties of dietary fibers and stimulates the...
Cross-sectional earnings inequality of male full-time employees falls over the second half of the nineties in Spain. A study finds that such decline was determined by a decrease in earnings instability and an increase in...
Cadmium is a contaminant element whose presence in the environment has increased in recent years and which can accumulate in the human body. A study in which a UAB researcher participated has developed a new device which not only detects cadmium in water but also...
Researchers from the ICTA-UAB and the University of Maryland (UMD) demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk when global oil production peaks (‘Peak Oil”). This multi-disciplinary team...
