Jueves, 18 de Diciembre de 2008
Spanish scientists confirm extra virgin olive oil helps to combat breast cancer
Researchers of the Catalonian Institute of Oncology (Spain) and the University of Granada (Spain) have discovered that extra virgin olive oil may help to combat breast cancer, according to a paper published in the last issue of the renowned scientific journal ‘BMC Cancer’. The scientists have confirmed the bioactivity of polyphenols (this is, natural antioxidants) present in olive oil in breast cancer cell lines.
The study has proved the anti-HER2 effect of fractions of phenolic compounds directly extracted of extra virgin ...
The study has proved the anti-HER2 effect of fractions of phenolic compounds directly extracted of extra virgin ...
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Health Science and Technology
Lunes, 15 de Diciembre de 2008
Most bacteria from craft goat’s cheese come from lactic acid and could be very beneficial for health
A research work carried out at the department of Microbiology of the University of Granada has carried out an analysis of the DNA extracted from different varieties of craft goat’s cheese, determining that most of them belong to the group of lactic bacteria, which could have important technological and functional properties, and be even beneficial for health. The doctoral thesis by Antonio M. Martín Platero has been supervised by Professors Manuel Martínez Bueno, Mercedes Maqueda and Eva Valdivia, and is the first research work carried out around Andalusian ...
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Health Science and Technology
Martes, 09 de Diciembre de 2008
Sea bed provides information about present climatic change
Lately, every drought, flood or hurricane which happens in the planet is connected with climatic change, and therefore the interest of society and scientists is getting to know this phenomenon better.
Climatic change is connected at present with the phenomenon of global warming. This is characterized by the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2 gas), which produces the reduction of heat emission to the space and provokes a higher global warming.
Although gases in the atmosphere tell us about this greenhouse effect, oceans have accumulated information for million years which allow us a better understanding of this ...
Climatic change is connected at present with the phenomenon of global warming. This is characterized by the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2 gas), which produces the reduction of heat emission to the space and provokes a higher global warming.
Although gases in the atmosphere tell us about this greenhouse effect, oceans have accumulated information for million years which allow us a better understanding of this ...
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Natural Resources and Environment
Jueves, 27 de Noviembre de 2008
An essay proves that vegetation could recover in the ski resort of Sierra Nevada
The conditioning Works of Sierra Nevada’s ski runs have destroyed a great amount of vegetable species. The researchers of the University of Granada (Spain) have already managed to grow in the laboratory two native bushy species in order to suggest new mechanisms for vegetable cover restoration. They will try to use them to preserve the biodiversity in the National Park of Sierra Nevada.
The vegetable species of Sierra Nevada are the 30% of Spain’s floral richness and they are ...
The vegetable species of Sierra Nevada are the 30% of Spain’s floral richness and they are ...
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Natural Resources and Environment
Lunes, 24 de Noviembre de 2008
Exposure to organochlorate pollutants and lead weakens animals bones, according to a study
A new methodology developed by a researcher of the University of Granada will permit to determine the toxicological effects caused in animals which have been exposed to organochlorate pollutants and lead analysing their bones. This work has studied the effects of lead toxicity in the long term in wild birds populations, determining how this heavy metal causes bone weakening and fracture, provoking therefore a fall in the individual survival of the affected species.
This work has been carried out by Pedro Álvarez Lloret, of the department of Mineralogy and Petrology ...
This work has been carried out by Pedro Álvarez Lloret, of the department of Mineralogy and Petrology ...
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Natural Resources and Environment
Lunes, 10 de Noviembre de 2008
Patients with anxiety disorders think they have more physiological problems than they really have, according to a study
A doctoral thesis carried out at the University of Granada has proved that patients with serious anxiety disorders (panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder or generalized anxiety disorder) think they suffer more physiological (palpitations, sweating, irregular breathing, shaking of the hands and muscular tension …) than they really have. In other words, although many patients with anxiety disorders have orally reported very intense physiological symptoms in surveys and questionaires, they are hyporeactive when real measures of such symptoms are taken through physiological tests.
This research work has been carried ...
This research work has been carried ...
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Social, Economic and Legal Sciences
Martes, 28 de Octubre de 2008
Expert recommends town councils to design low-allergy impact green spaces
Contributing to the diversity of plant species (avoiding the massive use of an only or a few species); using examples of native flora preferably instead of exotic species and promoting the participation of experts in the design of landscaped areas are some of the recommendations town councils should consider when designing green spaces with a low-allergy impact. That is the opinion of Paloma Cariñanos González, researcher of the Department of Botany of the University of Granada, who takes part in the Master Degree ...
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Natural Resources and Environment
Viernes, 03 de Octubre de 2008
The UGR publishes a book about people who suffer because of disease
The historical prominence of people who are suffering have suffered because of disease is the subject of the book entitled “The experience of falling ill in a historical perspective” whichhas just been published by the Editorial de la Universidad de Granada (EUG), edited by Professors Teresa Ortiz, Guillermo Olagüe, Esteban Rodríguez, Alfredo Menéndez, Eugenia Gil, Marco A. Luna, Maite Sevilla and Antonio J. Gómez.
The volume has collected detailed summaries of the works accepted to be presented and discussed in the XIV Conference of the Spanish Society ...
The volume has collected detailed summaries of the works accepted to be presented and discussed in the XIV Conference of the Spanish Society ...
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Health Science and Technology
Miércoles, 01 de Octubre de 2008
Discovery of a new type of atmospheric aerosols from Sahara which will be useful to study climate change
Scientists of the Soil Science and Geopharmacy Research Group of the University of Granada (Spain), directed by Rafael Delgado, have discivered and characterized a new type of atmospheric aerosols named ‘iberulites’, which could be useful for the study of relevant atmospheric reactions from Earth.
Researchers José Luis Díaz Hernández, of the Andalusian Research and Farming, Fishing, Food, and Ecological Production Training Institute (IFAPA) and Jesús Párraga Martínez, of the
Researchers José Luis Díaz Hernández, of the Andalusian Research and Farming, Fishing, Food, and Ecological Production Training Institute (IFAPA) and Jesús Párraga Martínez, of the
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Natural Resources and Environment
Martes, 23 de Septiembre de 2008
9 out of every 10 young people think about Africans when they hear about immigrants, according to a study
9 out of every 10 young think about natives of “North-Africa” or “Central-Africa” (Moroccan or Senegalese) when they hear about immigrant people, although more and more young people refer to “Latin-Americans” and “other Europeans” when they are asked on this matter. These are the conclusions of a study carried out by Francisco Jiménez Bautista, Professor of Anthropology and researcher of the Institute of Peace and Conflicts of the University of Granada, who has tried to elucidate who is “the other” for the young in Granada. The ...
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Social, Economic and Legal Sciences