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...
Scientists from CREAF and CSIC have collaborated with scientists from 105 institutions worldwide to gather and sort three million data on 69,000 species of wild plants representative of the 300,000 which are currently described in the five continents. This...
In chemistry, structures called "hybrid ligands" are those consisting of two or more donor atoms (such as nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, phosphorus, etc.) combined with (linked to) metals. One of these is the hybrid ligand N-pyrazole found in many major pharmaceutical products. Researchers at UAB's Unit...
Nosocomial infections are acquired during hospital stays. They are a cause of death and it is estimated that in Catalan centres they can cause a 7 to 10-day prolongation of hospital stays, with additional costs of over 2,000 euros per patient. It is estimated that half of all ICU...
The growing demand for rapid, simple, inexpensive and portable testing methods has encouraged research in the field of DNA sensors or genosensors. The application of nanotechnology to these types of biosensors has greatly increased their effectiveness and applications are being found in fields as...
