An article recently published by CRAG (Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica) and researchers of the University of Florida shows how modern computational methods can help in the genetic improvement of plant species...
Reading the life-history of organisms in their bones and teeth is the main task of vertebrate palaeontologists. Bone remains of extinct species do not only evidence about who (taxonomy) or how (morphometry) they were, but also about the...
The latest Global Virus Network (GVN) and Spanish Society of Virology (SEV) conferences were held jointly with the participation of more than 300 international researchers. In this article, researcher at the UAB Department...
At the Institute for Neurosciences, a team of researchers directed by Dr Albert Quintana has identified two groups of neurons involved in Leigh Syndrome. They have also been able to identify the role of these neurons in the manifestation of this mitochondrial disorder...
The researcher from the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) Laura R. Botigué has conducted a study in collaboration with British researchers in which the genome of a wheat sample from more than 3,000 years ago has been sequenced for the first time. This...
Immobilized enzymes, which are enzymes attached onto solid particles, confer extra rigidity and stability to the three-dimensional structure of the protein and allow an easy separation of the biocatalyst. In this...
Given the high annual demand for energy and its consequent emission of large amounts of carbon dioxide contributing to climate change, it is increasingly necessary to use renewable energy to solve these problems. That is why this new project aims to use biogas to obtain methanol, a renewable clean...
A characteristic teeth found in the latest Cretaceous outcrops in a zone of Catalonia have provided the evidence to prove the existence of Myliobatiform rays. Moreover, these teeth have been identified as a part of a new fossil species called...
Nowadays, biomarkers to detect water contaminants coming from human pharmaceuticals are much needed to prevent deterioration of the aquatic environment. In this study, the effects of Gemfibrozil, a pharmaceutical widely found in the aquatic environment, were...
Interview with Deborah Coen, historian of science at Yale University and author of Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale (Chicago, 2018).
