Medical radiation from tests such as computed tomography (CT), even at low doses, can damage the DNA of cells. This study reveals that not all cells respond the same way to different doses of radiation: some are more radiosensitive and others more radioresistant. If the...
The Biological Anthropology Research Group of the UAB has studied the burials of infants from the Iberian site of Ullastret in a pioneering comprehensive research of the site. The study, in collaboration with the MAC-Ullastret, rules out sex or...
The SEAaq research group from UAB has participated in the study on the effects of temperature and feeding habits on the ingestion and expulsion of plastic fibers by European sardines. The article demonstrates that the way sardines feed, which...
Catalan soils are deteriorating due to both natural factors and human activities, leading to nutrient depletion and increased alkalinity and salinity, which reduce their suitability for cultivation. In response to this...
The MolBioMed research group of the Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with the University of Barcelona, has published a study that demonstrates the direct relationship between the COX-2 dimer and cancer. The computational study shows the different...
Paleontologists from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP), the University of Edinburgh (UK), the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil), and the University of Toronto...
Head of research at the Australian National Science Agency (CSIRO) AND executive director of the Global Carbon Project (GCP), organisation made up of dozens of international scientists from more than 90 institutions that has been providing detailed information on natural and anthropogenic carbon dioxide sources and sinks...
A pioneering UAB study reveals the fundamental role of secondary structures of encoding mRNA in the DNA damage detection machinery, which directs and stabilizes vital proteins in the response to genetic damage, such as p53. The findings suggest...
A study led by ICP-CERCA improves the understanding of the paleoenvironment of the Miocene site of Can Llobateres, which records one of the latest great apes from mainland Europe. The study, based on the dental morphology of large herbivorous mammals,...
Ludwing Feuerbach, a German philosopher and anthropologist, said in the 19th century: "If you want to improve the people, instead of speeches against sins, give them better food. Man is what he eats"....
