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Key to the success of invasive ants discovered
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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An international team of researchers, with the participation of Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona and CREAF, has achieved to resolve fundamental questions related to the behaviour of ants. Researchers discovered how ...
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The secret to long life may not be in the genes
May 05, 2008 |
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A research on the bone health of one of the oldest persons in the world, who recently died at the age of 114, reveals that there were no genetic modifications which could have contributed to this longevity. The research team, ...
Spanish scientists bring us closer to making the dream of invisibility true
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A group of researchers from the Department of Physics at UAB (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain) have designed a device, called a dc metamaterial, which makes objects invisible under certain light - ...
Researchers create the first thermal nanomotor in the world
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Researchers from the UAB Research Park have created the first nanomotor that is propelled by changes in temperature. A carbon nanotube is capable of transporting cargo and rotating like a conventional motor, but is a million ...
The Agulhas Current, in the southern hemisphere, may influence climate in Europe
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2009 |
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The PhD project presented by Gema Martínez-Méndez from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona focuses on the Agulhas Current and the ensuing warm water ...
Braille keyboard provides new features
Mar 11, 2006 |
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Researchers have developed a new Braille computer keyboard with features that are particularly useful for transcribing scientific texts and musical scores.
Cosmetic products may cause fatal infections in critically ill patients
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Healthy consumers can handle the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics. But for severely ill patients these bacteria may trigger life-threatening infections, as patients in the intensive care unit at one ...
Mechanism related to the onset of various genetic diseases revealed
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona (UAB) have revealed the process by which proteins with a tendency to cause conformational diseases such as amyotrophic ...
Scientists discover the origin of a mysterious force
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Feb 28, 2005 |
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Scientists at the Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona and Imperial College London have discovered the origin of hydration force, a phenomenon that causes some complex chemical and biochemical species (including ...
Primate archaeology, proposal of a new research field
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 16, 2009 |
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The use of tools by hominins - the primate group which includes humans (Homo) and chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan) - has been extensively researched by archaeologists and primatologists, both of who manifest the relevance of ...
Scientists discover why is the North Pole frozen
Feb 23, 2005 |
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Ice has been building up in the Arctic for 2.7 million years. Until now, no-one has been able to prove what mechanism brought about this accumulation of ice. However, a team of international scientists led by Antoni Rosell, ...
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