Transmissible viral proventriculitis (TVP) is an infectious disease of chickens which results in an enlarged and fragile proventriculus. The disease is characterised by specific microscopic lesions including glandular epithel...
Trace elements are elements with a concentration of less than one hundred parts per million in a sample, but which are of great interest due to their harmful effects. Trace element emission from human activities has risen in the past decades, causing accumulation in soil and sediments and...
Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with the Vall d'Hebron Hospital, analysed the effects of Bisphenol A (BPA), a polymer widely used to manufacture plastics, in an in vitro culture of ovaries. The research demonstrated that exposure to this substance gravely...
A group of scientists led by researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) has quantified dust and iron fluxes deposited in the Antarctic Ocean during...
