The study, published in Science of the Total Environment, shows that contamination of heavy metals experienced a very important growth between the 1930s and 1980s, and a drastic descent in levels in the 1990s.
UAB has opened the admissions period for its 2017/18 official and specific master's degrees and graduate diplomas. Over a hundred programmes are available, covering all academic areas. Find in our website the full list of master's degrees and graduate diplomas for the 2017/18 academic year and apply for admission!
The University occupies 14th place worldwide in the latest ranking conducted by the University of Indonesia based on environmental criteria.
The Engega! programme is a training initiative to help UAB-campus researchers generate market solutions for the energy efficiency and clean technologies sector.
"Should governments have control over the media?" was the subject of the Ninth UAB Debate League. Team R, with Anna Vilà and Edward Bernal, are the winners of the debate and will represent the UAB against other universities on 24-27 April.
A study directed by researchers from the UAB and IMIM are the first to reveal how pregnancy causes long-lasting alterations in brain structure, probably related to improving the mother’s ability to protect and interact with the child. The research was published in Nature Neuroscience.
European research commissioner Carlos Moedas, Secretary of Universities and Research Arcadi Navarro, and UAB Rector Margarita Arboix inaugurated the centre on Friday 16 December. The IEE-UAB will foster joint interdisciplinary research into issues concerning the European Union.
Researchers at the UAB have participated in the sequencing of the genome of the Iberian lynx, which opens new paths of research and conservation. The study confirms that it is one of the species with the least genetic diversity among individuals.
