Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Researchers of the UGR analyse historical earthquakes to design risk maps to prevent future damages

Just a few months ago a tsunami devastated the coast of Indonesia and left more than 190,000 people dead. The lack of prevention measures and the ignorance of the real risks in an area with such seismic activity were some of the factors that increased the effects of the seaquake. To avoid similar events in… Seguir Leyendo Researchers of the UGR analyse historical earthquakes to design risk maps to prevent future damages

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Scientists of the University of Granada participate in the most ambitious mission of the ESA to discover the origin of the Universe

What happened after the Big Bang? How did the Universe originate? or When did life arise? They are some of the questions mission Planck intends to answer starting on 2007, one of the most ambitious projects of the ESA (European Space Agency) in which the University of Granada takes part with the design of an… Seguir Leyendo Scientists of the University of Granada participate in the most ambitious mission of the ESA to discover the origin of the Universe

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The University of Granada does research on the seismic activity of the southeast of the Bética Mountain Range

The region of Almeria has historically suffered the consequences of an important seismic activity, getting to register recently earthquakes of a magnitude higher than 5 (December of 1994 to January of 1995). Professor Jesús Galindo Zaldivar, together to the Spanish Geological and Mining Institute (IGME –Ministry of Education and Science) have carried out a study… Seguir Leyendo The University of Granada does research on the seismic activity of the southeast of the Bética Mountain Range

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The UGR publishes a constructive-structural study on the columns of the Courtyard of the Lions

The phenomenon of flaking of some of the columns of the Courtyard of the Lions is one of the main aspects of this book published by the University of Granada: Estudio constructivo-estructural de la galería y columnata del Patio de los Leones de la Alhambra de Granada (Constructive-structural study of the gallery and colonnade of… Seguir Leyendo The UGR publishes a constructive-structural study on the columns of the Courtyard of the Lions

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Calculi carried out in the UGR will check the existence of rays in Titan’s atmosphere

Andalucía Investiga The mission started in 1997, when the satellite Cassini and the probe Huygens started together their trip Saturn, the second biggest planet of the solar system and famous for its rings. At the end of 2004 they reached their objective and set their division in motion: Cassini, constructed by the NASA, heavier (6… Seguir Leyendo Calculi carried out in the UGR will check the existence of rays in Titan’s atmosphere

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The UGR develops a methodology for the examination and analysis of a statistical program in a teaching innovation project

Providing students with the necessary experience to interrelate the theoretical knowledge acquired on the suggested subjects by using the necessary computer tools for their implementation, and developing it all in the context of a real problem of applied statistics, is one of the main goals of the teaching innovation project “Methodology for the examination, analysis… Seguir Leyendo The UGR develops a methodology for the examination and analysis of a statistical program in a teaching innovation project

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The UGR suggests a new method to detect accumulation areas of heavy metals in soils and sediments

In the framework of the scientific studies of the scientific studies carried out to get to know what soils are contaminated by heavy metals, there is an important difficulty: differentiating which metals are in the environment in a natural way and which of them have increased by human action. This last point is what we… Seguir Leyendo The UGR suggests a new method to detect accumulation areas of heavy metals in soils and sediments

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UGR scientist Jorge Andrés Rodríguez Navarro receives an award from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry 2004

Prof. Jorge Andrés Rodríguez Navarro has been awarded in the 2004 Awards for new researchers of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, supported by the chemical company SIGMA-ALDRICH. This teacher of the University of Granada belongs to the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and has carried out important contributions to the development of synthesis and characterization… Seguir Leyendo UGR scientist Jorge Andrés Rodríguez Navarro receives an award from the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry 2004

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Geophysicists of the University of Granada make the final preparations of the campaign to Deception Island, in Antarctica

The TOMODEC project. High resolution seismic tomography of the Deception Island (Antarctic) and modelling of the seismic-volcanic sources aims to determine in detail the speed structure of seismic waves down to about 8 km in the volcano in a surface of about 400 km2. This integral dissection work of the seismic physiognomy of a volcanic… Seguir Leyendo Geophysicists of the University of Granada make the final preparations of the campaign to Deception Island, in Antarctica

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A UGR thesis demonstrates how to teach Physics by means of cartoons

Are cartoons a motivational element in Physics and Chemistry classes? Can we get to know if the cartoons broadcasted in TV channels are a source of previous ideas and conceptual errors for teenagers? These are some of the many questions posed by José Miguel Vílchez González in his thesis “Physics and Cartoons. A scientific and… Seguir Leyendo A UGR thesis demonstrates how to teach Physics by means of cartoons