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UAB-CIE Sphere centres offering 31 research positions
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.
Rainwater harvesting systems bring savings on laundry detergents
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.
Rainwater harvesting systems bring savings on laundry detergents
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.
Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week at UAB
From 26 to 30 October UAB is holding its Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week, for the whole university community: different activities to raise awareness of more sustainable ways of getting around.
Talk for the volunteers on the “From prison to community” project
A study in which the UAB is involved will investigate whether assistance with the transition into the community for people who have served a prison sentence improves reintegration levels. Members of the university community can take part as mentors during the final months of the sentence and the first few months on release.
Bacterium capable of aquifer decontamination identified in River Besòs
UAB researchers have succeeded in characterising and cultivating, for the first time in Europe, a bacterium of the genus Dehalogenimonas, which transforms certain toxic organochlorine compounds into others that are harmless, thus opening the door to their production and application to contaminated aquifers.
