The prime time American animated comedy, the best known would be the Simpsons or Family Guy, are characterized by the use of different genres, referencing texts from other cultural products and self-reference. Beatriz Gomez's doctoral dissertation has analyzed five of this series to reach the...
This study conducted as a survey in 2011 to a sample of 3,000 people of the Spanish population over 18 years old and living in households with telephones, has analyzed the social engagement of this population and concluded that 36% of Spanish people is socially engaged. This results are part of Sergi...
Montserrat Camacho's doctoral dissertation, "La imagen bajo la perspectiva de la cosmovisión: cuatro cosmogramas precolombinos mesoamericanos" read at the UAB, has interpreted four different cosmograms, or representations of the cosmos, from four different cultures, formats and periods of the area...
Research conducted at the UAB has developed a new technology for using metal nanoparticles to clean drinking water without the use of chemical reagents and therefore without causing environmental damage. These nanostructures, made of silver and cobalt, have shown great antimicrobial...
The international project CLICO (Climate Change, Hydro Conflicts and Human security), led by ICTA, united researchers from 14 institutions in Nicosia on 10 and 11 December to present and debate the results of studies on water, conflict and security...
The effects of the lack of potassium, an essential cation in most living organisms, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells has been studied by a group of researchers at UAB. The lack of this element can affect many aspects of cell physiology, some of which are still unknown....
