Seagrasses reveal devastation of coastal ecosystems

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
seagrasses, coastal ecosystems, environment

The research, involving researcher Dr Pere Masqué from ICTA-UAB, UAB Department of Physics and the Edith Cowan University in Australia, provides new insights to properly manage further environmental ...

Protein that improves mobility after spinal cord injuries

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
IL-37, Spinal cord injuries, proteins

An international team of scientists coordinated by UAB and CIBERNED researcher Rubén López Vales has established that interleukin-37 (IL-37), a cytokine belonging to the interleukin-1 family, promot...

Crowdfunding campaign for research into pesticides and cancer of the pancreas

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
crowdfunding, pancreatic cancer

A project conducted by the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) and the UAB to investigate whether certain pesticides and other environmental toxins contribute to pancreatic cancer has b...

Desarrollan una herramienta para medir el riesgo de fractura ósea desde los centros de salud

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
fractura ósea, algoritmo FRAX, OMS

Un estudio del IDIAP Jordi Gol y la UAB demuestra la efectividad de la adaptación de una herramienta de la OMS para medir, desde los Centros de Atención Primaria, la previsión del riesgo de fractur...

Evolutionary advantage of genetic recombination in the genome measured for first time

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
genetic recombination, genomics, evolution

The Genomics, Bioinformatics and Evolution research group, in collaboration with researchers in the universities of Sussex and Edinburgh, have quantified one of the most important and hard-to-measure ...

Geometric study of brain cells could change strategies on Alzheimer's

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
Alzheimer, brain cells, amyloid plaques, astrocytes

UAB researchers have found that, contrary to current thinking, astrocytes are repelled by the amyloid plaques that are linked to the disease. This research was published this week in Proceedings of th...

Fish could have emotions and consciousness

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
fish, emotional fever

An international team of scientists with participants from the UAB has discovered that fish show "emotional fever", a slight increase in body temperature in situations of stress linked to the emotions...

Nanoparticles simplify DNA identification and quantification

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
DNA, nanoparticles, Leishmania infantum

In an article published in Small, researchers successfully applied a new qualitative and quantitative method for the detection of a DNA sequence characteristic of Leishmania infantum kinetoplast, a fr...

System created at ICN2 could add new functionalities to silicon chips

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
chips, MEMS, nanotechnology, flexoelectricity

Researchers at the Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) have created the first integrated flexoelectric microelectromechanical system on silicon. This research, published in Nat...

Birth of Europe's largest network of nanoscience infrastructures

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
NFFA-Europe, nanoscience, research

he NFFA-Europe project brings together 20 research centres, laboratories and universities that pioneer research in this field, among them those that make up the Barcelona Nanocluster Bellaterra BNC-b:...

La UAB coordinará una red europea COST sobre autofagia

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
TRANSAUTOPHAGY, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), autophagy

La UAB liderará la red europea TRANSAUTOPHAGY. El proyecto prevé avances biomédicos en prevención, diagnóstico y terapia en diversas patologías, así como mejoras de la calidad de vida relaciona...

Television advertising embedded in programmes shown to be ineffective in older adults

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

11 years ago
eye tracker, Television advertising embedded in programmes, adults

Television advertising embedded within programmes is ineffective in older adults (aged 68 and above) according to a study by UAB researchers. Although they pay attention to this content and do not con...