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Social, Economic and Legal Sciences

Researchers successfully measure the duende of flamenco dancers

Scientists from the University of Granada Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center have identified the ‘thermal imprint’ of the duende of flamenco. Their experiments have isolated an objective criterion that shows which dancers really do experience duende and which do not Subjects who have duende–a condition related to greater empathic stress in the brain aroused… Seguir Leyendo Researchers successfully measure the duende of flamenco dancers

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Researchers develop a new theoretical model for an atomic switch that will facilitate the design of more efficient solar panels and more robust quantum computers

Researchers from the University of Granada, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design have opened the path for the construction of the first symmetry controlled current quantum switch The manufacturing of this system, which would allow for the control and modification of power currents at atomic level, is… Seguir Leyendo Researchers develop a new theoretical model for an atomic switch that will facilitate the design of more efficient solar panels and more robust quantum computers

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Researchers develop a new theoretical model for an atomic switch that will facilitate the design of more efficient solar panels and more robust quantum computers

Researchers from the University of Granada, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design have opened the path for the construction of the first symmetry controlled current quantum switch The manufacturing of this system, which would allow for the control and modification of power currents at atomic level, is… Seguir Leyendo Researchers develop a new theoretical model for an atomic switch that will facilitate the design of more efficient solar panels and more robust quantum computers

Life Sciences

New insights on why many similar species coexist within complex ecosystems—such as the Amazon rainforest or coral reefs.

Scientists from the universities of Granada (Spain) and Warwick (United Kingdom) suggest a possible reason for the coexistence of different similar species in a complex ecosystem without one of them prevailing above all the rest and displacing them The results of their research has just been published in the journal PNAS   Scientists from the… Seguir Leyendo New insights on why many similar species coexist within complex ecosystems—such as the Amazon rainforest or coral reefs.

Natural Resources and Environment

New data provided by seabed sediments on the climate within the Mediterranean basin over the course of the last 20.000 years

Scientists from the University of Granada participate in an international survey that has analysed the chemical composition of seabed sediments to obtain information about climate change The Mediterranean is an “exceptional natural lab” for paleoenvironmental research, since its nature as a semi-enclosed basin “makes it particularly sensitive to, and turns it into an amplifier of,… Seguir Leyendo New data provided by seabed sediments on the climate within the Mediterranean basin over the course of the last 20.000 years

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

UGR scientists provide new data on the nature of dark matter, one of the most important mysteries of physics

Dark matter amounts to more than 80% of the universe, according to indirect evidence provided by its gravitational effects In an article published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters, researchers have set limits to the properties of one of the particles which aspire to be identified as dark matter: axions   Recent research conducted… Seguir Leyendo UGR scientists provide new data on the nature of dark matter, one of the most important mysteries of physics

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

The Curiosity robot confirms the existence of methane in Mars’ atmosphere, which may hint that there once existed life on that planet

An article published this week in Science confirms the existence of methane fluctuations in the atmosphere of Mars, as a result of the detailed analysis of data sent during 605 soles or Martian days The team of researchers that have elaborated this article includes Francisco Javier Martín-Torres, from the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences (CSIC-UGR)… Seguir Leyendo The Curiosity robot confirms the existence of methane in Mars’ atmosphere, which may hint that there once existed life on that planet

Health Science and Technology

New data on the regulation of the genetic activity that protects against lung cancer

A research project led by the University of Granada, which includes researchers from Harvard and Yale, has provided new data for a better understanding of the alterations produced during the development of lung cancer, the tumour with the highest yearly death rate in Spain This research clears the path for the development of new antitumoral… Seguir Leyendo New data on the regulation of the genetic activity that protects against lung cancer

Health Science and Technology

A study relates the level of pollutants accumulated in the body with obesity levels

A team of Spanish scientists, which includes several researchers from the University of Granada, proves that subjects who present higher levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in their organism also suffer from higher cholesterol and triglycerides levels This This study, which has been published in the journal Environmental Pollution, analysed the level of these environmental… Seguir Leyendo A study relates the level of pollutants accumulated in the body with obesity levels

Natural Resources and Environment

Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science

They are formations resembling vegetal structures, which are produced when certain solid salts (copper sulfate, cobalt chloride) are added to an aqueous solution of sodium silicate. This research has been published in PNAS and in it participate scientist from Brussels Free University and the University of Granada Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences Recent research which has… Seguir Leyendo Recent research provides new data on chemical gardens, whose formation is a mystery for science