A new technique, published in Nature Communications, uses lumbar puncture to determine the characteristics of the brain tumour without the need for a brain tissue biopsy. The research was led by UAB professor Joan Seoane.
4th edition of the UAB Solidarity Run-TV3 Marathon – divided this year into four categories so there's room for everyone: 6 km run, 6 km walk, 10 km run and run for persons with reduced mobility.
Music and dance performances, castellers, student stalls, rugby, gymkhanas and many other activities will liven up the UAB Festa Major 2015. Psychology student, Karen Dayanna, and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology student, Martí Gibert, will give the opening speech.
UAB professor José Martínez Gázquez has identified a new set of annotations and commentaries made in the 15th century by Nicholas of Cusa, in the margins of a Latin manuscript in the Vatican Apostolic Library, following his reading of a Latin Koran.
An ICTA-UAB study quantifies the potential economic losses that could derive from the gradual disappearance of Coralligenous species and the proliferation of jellyfish.
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has issued a statement, subscribed to by the UAB, advocating open access to research publications in the face of the high cost of payments to specialist journals.
The European project P-SPHERE is offering 31 research positions in various fields related to food, health, smart and sustainable cities, cultural heritage, materials and energy, such as computer vision, Big Data, nanoscience and nanotechnology.
According to an ICTA-UAB thesis, the key to the efficiency of rainwater harvesting systems lies in the savings on detergent and fabric softeners that they allow. Households with rainwater harvesting systems save over 5 Euros on every 10 wash cycles.