A research published in “Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences” rejects the theory that the origin of life stems from a system of self-catalytic molecules capable of experiencing Darwinian evolution without the need of RNA or DNA and its replication. The research, which...
Nanoparticles are as small as a millionth of millimeter. Nevertheless, their applications vary according to the diferent sizes they could have. For their preparation the organometallic approach is well-known and gives rise to well-controlled nanoparticles with tunable size, morphology and...
Ant-aphid interactions are well know to growers and scientists. Ants feed on the honeydew excreted by aphids and aphids are protected from predators and parasited by the ants. Any experimental intervention on natural systems may have unexpeected effects. Ant exclusion from trees, to disturb their...
Infections produced by intestinal parasites are very extended among South American indigenous people. That kind of diseases have been forgotten in western civilization. The present work, which included interviews to the aborigens, withdrawal of...
Neosporosis is a disease which affects some mammal species, but when it comes to cattle, the disease also generates important economic losses by causing an increase in abortion rates. Present research has concluded that insemination using semen from specific...
A consortium of European researchers, coordinated by the Computer Vision Centre (CVC) of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has developed HERMES, a cognitive computational system consisting of video cameras and software able to recognise and predict human behaviour, as well as describe it in...
