Iron fertilisation fosters the growth of small organisms which eat phytoplanktons and produce carbon dioxide when forming their calcareous shells. The research was published in Nature Geoscience.
On Thursday 6 November, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will be celebrating its Festa Major and the campus will be filled with activities from 12 noon until 10 pm. You can consult the list of activities here.
The company GoEuro is offering a grant to students interested in spending three months in their Berlin office. The grant will go to the student with the most creative project on a better connected Europe.
Developed by researchers from ICN2 and the UAB, it is the first application using nanoparticles to improve the production of this source of renewable energy and the treatment of organic residues. The technology will be commercialised under the newly created spin-off Applied Nanoparticles.
On 15 October the contest “Aquí busquem nom!” starts, which aims to gather proposals to find a name for the R Building of the UAB, located at the Plaça Cívica.
The university moves up 12 positions in this year's ranking. It ranks number 157 and is the second top university in Spain.
The new headquarters of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology and the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont were inaugurated on Friday 10 October. The new building is unique in Catalonia thanks to the sustainability criteria with which it was constructed.
Bicycles will be the stars at the 9th Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week, held from 20 to 24 October. Several activities are programmed for each day of the week and all are open to the university community.
On 6 October the first meeting with members of the university community to give information, listen to proposals and clear up doubts about the FM14 took place.