Viernes, 15 de Junio de 2012
Spanish Scientist Participate in the Most Comprehensive Study Ever Done on Ice
Researchers at the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra and other CSIC institutes are co-authors of this article, which was recently published in the prestigious jorunal Reviews of Modern Physics.
This study analyses all ice types and the structures and chemical and physical processes where ice is involved, from climate change and the origin of life to its presence in the atmosphere and comets.
A group composed of 17 scientists from 11 different countries has published (...)
Miércoles, 09 de Mayo de 2012
Researchers develop a web application for the evaluation of the ecological status of rivers in the Spanish Mediterranean basin
University of Granada researchers have designed a web application called MEDPACS (MEDiterranean Prediction And Classification System), a project inspired in similar projects developed in other countries as the United Kingdom and Australia.
With just one click, the system provides a list of the macroinvertebrate community that should live in a specific point in any river of the Mediterranean basin, as long as there are no environmental alterations in that point. The list of macroinvertebrates provided by (...)
Miércoles, 25 de Abril de 2012
A University of Granada Professor is Awarded the Best Film for a Video Showing a Beetle from the Inside
The biofilm was made using a computed microtomography that shows the anatomy of a small aquatic insect named Dryops.
This film has been awarded a prize at the SkyScan Micro CT Meeting, an international conference of computed microtomography recently celebrated in Brussels, Belgium.
A University of Granada researcher has been awarded the Best Film of the Year at the SkyScan Micro CT Meeting, an international conference of computed microtomography recently celebrated in Brussels, Belgium. Professor Javier Alba (...)
Miércoles, 25 de Noviembre de 2009
Researchers characterize DNA from an animal species in its whole distribution, which will help to develop appropriate conservation plans
Scientists from the Biological Station of Doñana (CSIC) and the University of Granada have characterized the population genetic diversity of an animal species (a mouse, in this case) in its whole distribution. This information is essential for developing successful conservation plans for such species.This work was conducted by Alejandro Centeno Cuadros at the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) in Sevilla, and the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Granada. His work was directed by (...)
Martes, 03 de Noviembre de 2009
Researchers characterize DNA from an animal species in its whole distribution, which will help to develop appropriate conservation plans
Scientists from the Biological Station of Doñana (CSIC) and the University of Granada have characterized the population genetic diversity of an animal species (a mouse, in this case) in its whole distribution. This information is essential for developing successful conservation plans for such species. This work was conducted by Alejandro Centeno Cuadros at the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) in Sevilla, and the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Granada. His work was directed (...)
Lunes, 28 de Abril de 2008
Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time
A scientific group of the Universities of Illinois (USA), Georgia (USA), Hawaii (USA) and Nakai (China), among others, have deciphered for the first time fruit genomic sequence, in this case papaya (Carica papaya), according to the cover of the last issue of the prestigious journal Nature. One of the researchers is a scientist assigned to the group of Molecular Genetics of the Department of Genetics of the University of GranadaThis new advance involves, after (...)
Lunes, 21 de Enero de 2008
Economic experts propose a single payment at the time of retirement in order to delay Spaniards’ retirement age
A study from Professors Juan Antonio Lacomba Arias and Francisco Lagos García, of the Economic Theory and History Department of the University of Granada and from Enrique Fatás, from the University of Valencia, has proved that those systems that include an additional payment in the first period in which pensions can be required, are much more effective in delaying the retirement decision than those which periodically distribute additional payments to retirement pensions.The article, published in (...)
Jueves, 17 de Enero de 2008
Design of a new system that improves hearing in patients who carry a cochlear implant
The doctoral thesis of Isaac Manuel Álvarez Ruiz has been developed in the Departments of Signal Theory, Telematics, and Communication, and Surgery and its Specialties of the University of Granada, and directed by Professors Ángel de la Torre Vega and Manuel Sainz Quevedo. The main aim of this work includes improving the acquisition of Compound Action Potential records, carrying out an application analysis in the cochlear implant programming and studying the distribution of (...)
Lunes, 08 de Octubre de 2007
Scientists of the University of Granada create a black-spot map to prevent road kill of protected amphibians and reptiles
Researchers of the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Granada, in collaboration with the Junta de Andalucia Enviromental Department, have created the first “black-spot” map to prevent road kill of amphibians and reptiles in Andalucía. This peculiar “radiography” shows that in this region there are at least 29 black-spots where it is necessary to act to prevent the death of these animals, most of them protected species. The research, carried out by professors (...)
Jueves, 05 de Octubre de 2006
According to a study of the UGR, the fish from the Andalusian coasts have less Anisakis than do the fish from other fishing grounds
For a number of years, people have talked about Anisakis, a parasite found in fish and passed on to the human when undercooked fish are ingested. Fresh anchovies in vinegar, a typical Spanish dish, together with the exotic Japanese dishes such as ‘sushi’ and ‘sashimi’, present a risk because they are not not cooked before being eaten. Normally, the Anisakis larvae are found in the intestine and muscles of fish, which act as hosts in (...)