The city has changed and urban tourism has gained importance. And this influences the tourist images that destinations produce and causes them to change over time. The Thesis by Raul Morais, analyzes how the...
Even though wild meat represents an important source of protein and income for local people in tropical forests, it is considered the main cause of population declines of many animal species. In this article, with the aim of improving the understanding of this type of trade and thus...
Immobilized enzymes, which are enzymes attached onto solid particles, confer extra rigidity and stability to the three-dimensional structure of the protein and allow an easy separation of the biocatalyst. In this...
Lenalidomide is a drug commonly used to treat myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells. One of its side effects is venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is the development of a blood clot in the veins. Most...
Antibiotic resistance is nowadays one of the most serious threats to global health; a challenge considered to even rival Climate Change....
A study by researchers at the ICTA-UAB analyses the reasons why environmentally-minded scientists find it difficult to give up meat consumption, one of the world's greatest environmental problems. Scientists do not believe in individual actions and prefer to rely on politics and technology.
Were women working in the 18th century Spain, before censuses of the population existed? Thanks to this research, it has been discovered that a large percentage of women worked in manufacturing (especially in...
Vertigo, often referred to as a feeling of dizziness, is one of most frequent causes patients seek hospital emergency consultation and especially in primary healthcare centers. However, its diagnosis and treatment are...
Selective drug delivery (nanoconjugates generated by the cell-targeted drug and a nanoscale vehicle) could be a great asset in cancer treatment. Due to biosafety problems of the nanomaterials studied so far, emerging nanobiotechnologies are pushing the development of fully...
Recently, researchers from two different departments of the UAB and the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (CSIC), in collaboration with researchers from other institutions, have published two articles in the field of archeology that refute the common perception of thin-sections...
