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3Q Raymond Wheeler

Plant physiologist and senior scientist at NASA's Exploration Research and Technology Directorate at Kennedy Space Center, Raymond Wheeler has led the advanced life support and plant-based research groups at the US space agency.

NEO: The Moon as a Gravitational Wave Detector

Diego Blas, distinguished researcher "Beatriz Galindo" from the UAB Department of Physics and IFAE proposes to use the small deviations of the orbits of binary systems, such as the Earth and the Moon, as a natural detector of gravitational waves. This would measure a...

3Q Margarita del Val

The prestigious virologist and immunologist at the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has had a great scientific and informative relevance on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection and the vaccines that have been developed during the pandemic.

NEO: Linya, a 14,000 year old Homo sapiens

Researchers from the Centre for the Study of Archaeological Heritage (CEPARQ-UAB) recently made an exceptional discovery at the Cova Gran de Santa Linya: the remains of a female Homo sapiens dating back 14,000 years. They have called “Linya, the woman of...

NEO: The memory of fear: opposite effects according to sex

A research from the Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB), conducted with a drug capable of modifying the memory of fear, shows for the first time that the neural processes and behaviours related to the formation of memory can be opposite between male...

NEO: Pyrennean Ecosystems During the Last Glaciations

The archaeological digs conducted at "La Grotte de la Carrière", at the Réseau Lachambre karstic complex help to understand the changes undergone by the Pyrennean ecosystems during the last glacial cycles. The palaeontological research...

NEO: Neurons and Symptoms: advances in Leigh Syndrome

At the Institute for Neurosciences, a team of researchers directed by Dr Albert Quintana has identified two groups of neurons involved in Leigh Syndrome. They have also been able to identify the role of these neurons in the manifestation of this mitochondrial disorder...

3Q: Lisa Randall

Professor of theoretical physics at Harvard University, Randall has linked her studies with philosophy, the humanities and music. The UAB awarded an honorary doctorate to Lisa Randall last march.She is also a well-known scientific disseminator, author of books like "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding...

3Q Deborah Coen

Historian of Science and Medicina at Yale University, she has published three books, the latest one entitled Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale (Chicago, 2018). Deborah Coen investigates the culture of science of the past and its connection with other intellectual and politica spheres, as well as...

3Q Caddy Adzuba

The lawyer and journalist Caddy Adzuba has stood out as an international speaker of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially with regard to the situation of women, victims of gender violence related to DRC war. She is a founding member of the network "A loudspeaker for silence" and is...