According to the World Health Organisation, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Current treatments are mainly aimed at reducing the concentration of cholesterol in the blood plasma, but more than half of those affected still suffer acute...
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Human population increases at a fast pace making necessary to devise more efficient strategies to ensure an adequate food supply. In this study, researchers investigate the molecular basis...
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with the municipal water company Aigües de Manresa S.A., presented a study conducted within the framework of the European...
The study of the “legendary” cave bear Ursus spelaeus has made it possible to reveal certain aspects of its biology, ecology and evolutionary history. The lives of these bears passed through a hostile environment in which they...
Pig farming is the sector with the greatest economic impact in Catalonia. For this reason, it is essential to deepen the understanding of the physiology of this animal. Thanks to a collaboration between the Center for Research in Agrigenomics (CRAG) and the...
The present work, framed in the coordination chemistry, exposes the obtaining of 4 compounds of zinc (II) and cadmium (II). They have been extracted from two reactions and thanks to the benzoic acid that coordinates each acting like carboxylated ligand....
Glaesserella parasuis causes Glässer's disease in recently weaned pigs. Faced with the problems of resistance and other secondary effects caused by...
Can the expansion of urban land be efficient from an economic point of view? Is it sustainable from an environmental point of view? A study carried out by researcher Verónica...
Currently, severe speech impairments can be mitigated with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems that replace or complement this function, transforming it, depending on the system, into different types of...
The scenario created by the Covid-19 pandemic has interfered with the lives of most of the population, and has especially affected people with previous mental pathologies. A group of researchers has focused their studies on factors related to a worse adaptation to the...
