The QUANTUMGRAIN research group at the Department of Chemistry has carried out sophisticated atomistic simulations to investigate what happens when hydrogen cyanide (HCN), a possible precursor to life, interacts with interstellar silicate surfaces. The...
The Department of Chemistry has conducted a study to deepen our comprehension about the water in space. As most of space’s water exists as ice frozen, scientists believe surface chemistry on the grains is key. The innovation of the
A new study, conducted in collaboration with the QuantumGrain research group from the Department of Chemistry at the UAB, reveals how organic molecules bind to the ice on the dust grains in space. The research shows that...
The Bioprocess Engineering and Applied Biocatalysis Group (ENG4BIO) of the UAB, is conducting the Biopol scientific project in collaboration with the company Cromogenia Units, an international company that develops different chemical specialties, to tackle...
A new EU-funded research project coordinated by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), HAMTRACE, has officially launched. It brings together universities, research infrastructures, industry...
A GICOM Group study highlights the importance of the valorisation of wastewater treatment residuals. The investigation suggests the biopesticide production from the digestate, the digestion waste from the treatment plants’ first sludges.
Stable metallacarboranes can become an alternative to current cancer treatments and with fewer side effects, but for them to be effective, they need to accumulate in the nuclei of cancer cells. A team from the ICMAB has investigated how one of these...
The surface of proteins is irregular, diverse, and exposed to environmental changes, which makes its study challenging. At ICMAB, researchers propose the “effective surface”: a way to measure the protein’s behavior using a...
Proteins can form more complex structures to be stored and released when needed. The research group in Nanobiotecnology at UAB has developed a new concept of artificial protein granules capable of acting as protein depots and libering them over time. This...
The lithographic and 3D printing techniques are limited by long printing times or low resolution, which prevents reaching micrometric scales. The Department of Chemistry takes part in the development of an alternative...
