Researchers from the Bacterial Pathogenesis and Antimicrobials group of the Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB) and the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at UAB,...
The thesis of Xavier Delclòs aims to study daily travel time in the context of a city like Barcelona and how people perceives and manages it differently, based on empirical findings of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region. The results show an evident relationship between...
Dr Jason Hickel (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Prof Giorgos Kallis (ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona) have published a paper titled “Is Green Growth Possible?” in the journal New Political Economy. The paper examines green growth theory as articulated in major reports by the World...
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...
