Martes, 25 de Julio de 2006
The Universidad de Granada has been entrusted the dynamic calculation of the Third Millennium Bridge, a symbol of Zaragoza’s World's Fair, in the Wind Tunnel
In 2008, Zaragoza will become the world capital city of scientific knowledge thanks to the Universal Exhibition that will be held there from the 14th of June to the 14th of September with the motto: “Water and sustainable development”. The Universidad de Granada (UGR) will participate in this historical event thanks to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the Andalusian Centre for the Environment (CEAMA). The Universal Exhibition Organising Committee has entrusted to (...)
Martes, 23 de Mayo de 2006
Scientists of the UGR warn that the last five years have been the warmest of the period between 1901 and 2005
Far from being an isolated case, the high temperatures experienced in our country in the last days respond without doubt to the growing global warming, and man is directly responsible for it due to the high emissions of carbon dioxide. According to the data of different international organizations provided and analysed by professors Yolanda Castro Díez and María Jesús Esteban Parra, of the department of Applied Physics of the Universidad de Granada, the average rise (...)
Jueves, 02 de Marzo de 2006
A correct soil cleaning after an ecological disaster like that in Aznalcóllar (Spain) allows to recover its properties to a great extent
The loss of soil after an ecological disaster like that in Doñana (Seville), due to the burst of a supporting wall of the reservoir containing the toxic wastes of the Aznalcollar mine (25th April 1998), can have serious repercussions for human life. Therefore, a research group of the Universidad de Granada is studying the effects of soil pollution due to heavy metals in Andalusia.The project, supervised by Professor Carlos Dorronsoro, director of the Department of (...)
Lunes, 06 de Febrero de 2006
The study of rodent fossils allows to determine the climate of the south of the Iberian Peninsula six million years ago
How did the rodents which inhabited the south of the Iberian Peninsula live six million years ago? The researcher of the UGR Raef Minwer-Barakat has attempted to answer this question through his doctoral thesis "Rodents and insectivorous of Upper Turoliense and the Pliocene of the central section of the Guadix basin", supervised by doctors Elvira Martín and César Viseras, of the Department of Stratigraphy y Palaeontology of the Universidad de Granada. His studied has concluded (...)
Lunes, 30 de Enero de 2006
UGR studies predict the impact of the Rules dam on the aquifer of the coast of Granada
According to María Luisa Calvache Quesada, researcher in charge of project and professor of the Department of Geodynamics of the UGR, the dam, approximately located 14 kilometres upstream of the aquifer, will produce an alteration in river Guadalfeo´s volume of water and in the alluvial flow. To determine such effects in a quantitative way, the researchers have prepared a mathematic model that reproduces the hydrodynamic operation and the aquifer’s hydrochemistry, according to specific parameters. They (...)
Lunes, 23 de Enero de 2006
UGR researchers determine the causes for birds´ hormonal imbalance
Certain ecosystems have been affected by the continuous exposure to environmental pollution. The effects of certain pollutants on organisms are not always obvious, and they are often disguised. To isolate the effects and quantify damage, scientists of the Universidad de Granada have analysed mineralized tissue samples of organisms using them as markers of the level of environmental pollution.The scientists have provided themselves with bones and eggshells of different birds affected by a pollution source in (...)
Viernes, 13 de Enero de 2006
UGR scientists study criteria to distinguish the origin of natural samples applicable to life searching in Mars
With this project, financed by the Ministry of Education and Science, the scientists hope to contribute to explain the great incognita of the possibility of life in Mars.The meteorite, called ALH84001, was found in the region of Allen Hills in the Antarctica in 1984. However, it was in 1996 when a group of scientists suggested that it could contain remains of biological activity. The meteorite in question is a two-kilo rock fragment made up of (...)
Jueves, 05 de Enero de 2006
UGR experts advise the use of pruning remains to prevent olive soil degradation
The olive soil of the area of Cazorla is more and more eroded. The lack of essential nutrients such as organic matter, nitrogenous or phosphorus is the main reason for this problem, which can even affect production in future. The team of scientists of the department of Pedology and Agricultural Chemistry of the Universidad de Granada has come to this conclusion after an exhaustive research work in which they propose a method to prevent degradation: (...)
Lunes, 24 de Octubre de 2005
Experts of the UGR design a surge tank, unique in Andalusia, in order to verify docks and study coast sections
Reproducing the sea conditions of an area to verify its effects in docks, ports or coasts is one of the main functions of the multidirectional surge tank, a device entirely designed and constructed by researchers of the Universidad de Granada with unique features in Spain. Installed in the basement of the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering, this high-technology instruments, which was set up last June, is already developing its first work. They are carrying (...)
Viernes, 16 de Septiembre de 2005
Scientists of the UGR study the increase of ultraviolet sun radiation and its harmful effects on human health
The research group ‘Física de la Atmósfera’ of the Universidad de Granada, coordinated by Lucas Alados Arboledas, is immersed in different work lines to characterize the radioactive effect of clouds or dust particles on ultraviolet solar radiation.The researchers who are carrying out the data measuring and registration work in the Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente (CEAMA) hope to obtain the necessary information to analyse and simulate future environmental conditions.CIRRUS ProjectCIRRUS is the name of the (...)