Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are used as antibacterial agents for the manufacture of textile materials with microbicidal properties. Researchers from the UAB Department of Chemistry, have satisfactorily stabilized these silver... Read moreAntibiotic protected silver nanoparticles for microbicidal textile materials
Because of its extraordinary properties, graphene has been studied as a new and promising material for electronics during the last fifteen years. The dynamic of electrons in graphene is modelled by... Read more"Klein tunneling": an exotic phenomenon with implications on the speed of graphene electron devices
Did the children of farmers and artisans inherit the occupation or social status from their parents in the Barcelona area along the early... Read moreThe apple never falls far from the tree: Intergenerational transmission in the families of farmers and artisans in the pre-industrial era
Some hunter-gatherer societies are undergoing a dietary transition because, due to the integration of market economy and its effects, processed foods are being introduced into their diets causing an increase of their oil, fats... Read moreDietary transitions among three contemporary hunter-gatherers across the tropics
Most serious and fatal adverse effects are caused by well-known and commonly prescribed medicines, and have a great public health impact. This article reflects on what use is given to these drugs and considers what strategies could be used to avoid the adverse reactions,... Read moreAdverse drug effects: could we help to prevent them?
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... Read moreThe Mistery of the Island of Deception solved. The largest eruption in the last millennia that Antarctica has undergone.
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... Read moreTools to assess effects of human pharmaceuticals in fish
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... Read moreIt smells like vanilla! UAB develops an immobilized biocatalyst for the synthesis of vanillin
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... Read moreTemporal dynamics of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula
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... Read more"Dinosaur extinction could have been triggered by the solar system going through the dark matter plane"
