"Understanding evolution would help us live more fully"
Francisco José Ayala gave a talk on human biology and culture at the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts on 6 October.

Francisco José Ayala gave a talk on human biology and culture at the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts on 6 October.

Manremyc, led by UAB lecturer Dr Pere Joan Cardona, has received the funding needed to complete the trials it was conducting to fight against tuberculosis using a food supplement. The objective is to provide aid to those...

Dr. Theodore M. Porter (University of California, Los Angeles) gave a talk entitled "Eugenic Madness: Asylums and the Data of Heredity" within the colloquia series of the...

Researchers from the Department of Business of the UAB and of the University of Birmingham have analysed the productivity of technology-based companies in Spain with the aim of comparing the characteristics of spin-offs with...

ESTEVE has announced the signing of two agreements that will enable it to progress the development of its gene therapeutic for the treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPSIIIA or Sanfilippo A Syndrome) and begin a...

As part of the colloquia series of the Catalan Society for the History of Science and Technology (SCHCT) for the 2013-2014 course, and in collaboration with the Center for the History of Science (UAB - CEHIC), Dr Emilia Musumeci (Università di Catania)...


Rumination is characterised by an effortless recurrent regurgitation of recently ingested food into the mouth, with consequent spitting and/or re-chewing and re-swallowing. A study with 28 patients detected the manoeuvre that causes regurgitation by measuring the electrical activity of...

Exotic plants can strongly affect the composition, structure and functioning of the invaded ecosystems and it seems that they are able to change their own chemical composition and toxicity. To determine whether these changes actually take place, the Chemical Ecology and...

This study examines how design features in learning environments based on digital simulation regulate efficacy and learning transfer. The results indicate that high levels of user control, as well as feedback after the performance simulation,...
