On 9 October 1963, two thousand people were swallowed up by a colossal wave of water and mud unleashed by a gigantic landslide that sank the dam in the Vajont basin, Italy. A tragedy that the UNESCO would...
Biogas has become a promising option as a renewable resource, but its composition includes some impurities, such as carbon dioxide. UAB researchers have used catalysts based on copper nanoparticles...
One of the major health challenges nowadays is the fight against bacterial resistance to antibiotics. The use of bacteriophages (virus that only infect bacteria) is one of the most...
Due to the economic crisis of 2008-2014, many Spaniards emigrated to search for work in Iceland. There, the number of Spaniards has increased fivefold between 2008 and 2021, and many of these new migrants are highly qualified young...
Gender justice can be controversial in different contexts shaped by religion and culture. This article dives into the complexities of this issue, focusing on the personal stories of African religious...
Errors in medicine obviously affect the patient, but also the professionals involved. Survey-based research in the field of cardiology has analyzed the experience of these professionals to shed light on the psychological...
A review of the scientific literature finds results suggesting that suicide prevention interventions using telephone contact appear to be feasible and effective in reducing suicidal ideation...
A major effort is currently being made in the implementation of municipal waste selective collection systems. Bioproducts of commercial interest can be obtained from the organic fraction of...
In Catalonia, information is scarce about the in-hospital burden of diseases involving viral lower respiratory tract infections (bronchiolitis, bronchitis, asthma exacerbation and pneumonia) in paediatric population. A...
Crystal engineering plays an essential role in understanding how organic ligands and metal ions are assembled when synthesizing materials with special properties. Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have synthesized four zinc and cadmium compounds with 2-furoic...
