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Information and Communication Technologies

New inexpensive and easy to implement computer software provides real-time and highly accurate data on traffic

Researchers at the University of Granada and the company ‘Ciudad 2020’ are actually testing this new method in the metropolitan areas of Granada and Seville  Systems currently employed in Spain to measure traffic density are expensive, which does not allow for their profitable use in secondary roads. Researchers at the University of Granada have designed… Seguir Leyendo New inexpensive and easy to implement computer software provides real-time and highly accurate data on traffic

Health Science and Technology

Adolescents from southern Europe are less fit and more obese than their central-northern European peers

Scientists from the University of Granada, in collaboration with another 25 European research groups, have shown that teenagers in Spain, Italy and Greece are less fit and more obese The study—published in Pediatrics, the worldwide leading journal in its field—included 3528 adolescents from nine European countries Adolescents in southern Europe are less fit in terms… Seguir Leyendo Adolescents from southern Europe are less fit and more obese than their central-northern European peers

Health Science and Technology

Colon cancer survivors are more likely to have pain in the back and abdomen

Researchers from the University of Granada discover that colon cancer patients experience abnormalities in processing chronic pain that increase their sensitization to pain of any kind in the future Researchers from the University of Granada have discovered that colon cancer survivors are more likely to suffer future lesions related with pain in the back and… Seguir Leyendo Colon cancer survivors are more likely to have pain in the back and abdomen

Social, Economic and Legal Sciences

A study warns of the risk entailed when night owls—»evening-type» people—drive early in the morning

Researchers from the University of Granada have shown that some of us are «morning-types» and others «‘evening-types», as a function of the time of day when our biological and cognitive functions are more active. This has a marked influence on the individual’s capacity to react when behind the driving wheel Evening-types drive worse during their… Seguir Leyendo A study warns of the risk entailed when night owls—»evening-type» people—drive early in the morning

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Research at the University of Granada finds that the eye’s optical quality deteriorates after alcohol consumption

Ethanol in the tear-film is one of the causes: it covers the surface of the eye, disturbs the outer layer and favours evaporation of the aqueous content of the tear, deteriorating the optical quality of the image we see The deterioration in vision is significantly greater in subjects with breath alcohol content over 0.25mg/litre, the… Seguir Leyendo Research at the University of Granada finds that the eye’s optical quality deteriorates after alcohol consumption

Social, Economic and Legal Sciences

Researchers analyse 15m scientific articles to design the most comprehensive ‘world map of research’ yet

Scientists from the University of Granada and the Spanish National Research Council—members of the SCImago research group—have found that, worldwide, there are three major ‘clusters’ of countries, defined by the thematic areas they investigate and that their governments invest in most The study, published in Plos One, analysed the scientific production of more than 80… Seguir Leyendo Researchers analyse 15m scientific articles to design the most comprehensive ‘world map of research’ yet

Natural Resources and Environment

Fossils prove useful in analysing million year old cyclical phenomena

Analysing palaeontological data helps characterize irregular paleoenvironmental cycles, lasting between less than 1 day and more than millions of years Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar, Professor of Stratigraphy and Paleontology at the University of Granada, is the first Spanish scientist to have an article published in the Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences Research conducted at… Seguir Leyendo Fossils prove useful in analysing million year old cyclical phenomena

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Scientists from the University of Granada successfully calculate nuclear structures more accurately than ever before

To do so, they used more than 8000 neutron-proton and proton-proton experimental scattering data, measured between 1950 and 2013 in particle accelerators around the world Their work has recently been published in Physical Review—edited by the American Physical Society Scientists at the University of Granada have determined the most accurate means of calculating nuclear structures… Seguir Leyendo Scientists from the University of Granada successfully calculate nuclear structures more accurately than ever before

Social, Economic and Legal Sciences

No such thing as a ‘universal’ intelligence test. Cultural differences determine results country by country

Scientists from the University of Granada have studied 54 individuals—half Spanish and half Moroccan—to determine how IQ tests work Researchers at the University of Granada have shown that a universal test of intelligence quotient (IQ) does not exist. Results in this type of test are determined by cultural differences. Their objective was to study and… Seguir Leyendo No such thing as a ‘universal’ intelligence test. Cultural differences determine results country by country

Health Science and Technology

Artificial magnetic bacteria “turn” food into natural drugs

Scientists from the University of Granada are the first to develop magnetic bacteria that, as part of food intake, help to diagnose digestive diseases like stomach cancer  Researchers have incorporated magnetic particles into probiotic bacteria like those found in many foodstuffs. These “magnetic probiotics” behave like some natural magnetic bacteria but are difficult to obtain… Seguir Leyendo Artificial magnetic bacteria “turn” food into natural drugs