Electronic tongues are analytical systems which are used to recognise the chemical components in a liquid. For these systems to be able to decode information they need the aid of computers and applied artificial intelligence tools. In his doctoral thesis the researcher Jordi Gallardo Oña has...
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the UAB is coordinating a European project which enables the interpretation of Magnetic Resonance spectroscopes. Thanks to this initiative we have create a database, managed by the UAB and which is available on the...
UAB scientists have participated in a international cooperation project in order to study the phenomenon of the El Niño and its impact on surrounding vegetation. Investigators studied the relationship between the development of two species (pallida Prosopis and Prosopis chilensis) and the cycles of the El Niño (who has a very variable intensity)....
The splendor of century XVII also lighted on the queen of sciences: the mathematics. In this sense, a crucial point was the publication of Viète's work: In Artem Analyticen Isagoge, in 1591 . The algebraic procedures of Viète were the guide to solve geometric problems. Pietro Mengoli used these innovations to solve the quadratures of...
The sensation of pain caused by an operation may be relieved thanks to: sophisticated virtual reality headsets, a simple video game and a proactive predisposition of the patient. Research psychologists at the UAB claim that this type of distraction reduces the intake of sedatives.
Dendrimer is the name of a synthetic molecule which is produced by a nanotechnological process used by various sectors of the applied sciences to carry out their work. Such is the case of a group of researchers at the UAB who use dendrimers as drugs to fight...
What exactly is the obsessive-compulsive disorder? The investigations in this area advance but the cure is still unknown. Scientists of the UAB are adapting an english language measuring device to detect obsessive symptoms for spanish speakers. A surveillance that will raise possible solutions.
The tecno-scientific winds of the XIXth century cointed new and sophisticated words: automobile, microphone, ampere, etc. The Royal Spanish Academy of the Spanish Language had to incorporate these new pieces into the machinery of the spanish language. Gloria Clavería studies the result of this effort: the 13th edition of the Dictionary. In his...
The melodram is a literary popular genre of the ends of the XIXth century. The work published by Montserrat Amores analyzes two histories of this type. This approach reveals that the intrigue and the descriptions obey to the ideological ideas of his authors.
Satellites silently observe natural phenomena that occur on our planet. Nevertheless, the images produced by mechanical eyes are not as reliable as we would wish. To alleviate the myopia that satellites suffer from, a team from the UAB has proposed a method of image fusion...
