University of Barcelona

The University of Barcelona (Catalan: Universitat de Barcelona; Spanish: Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain.

Using swarms of tiny autonomous tiny drones to find gas leaks in buildings and on industrial sites

Using marine seagrass to catch and remove plastics from the sea

Detecting toxic gases in emergencies using nanodrones

Detecting dangerous gases in collapsed buildings due earthquakes or explosions and identifying the presence of victims in places which are hard to access are some action scenarios of SNAV (Smelling Nano Aerial Vehicle), a nanodrone designed and created by the researchers Santiago Marco and Javier Burgués, from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona and the Institute

Detecting toxic gases in emergencies using nanodrones

Neuroengineering enables the reproduction of the complex brain-like functions of segregation and integration of brain circuits – in vitro

One of the most important and surprising traits of the brain is its ability to reconfigure dynamically the connections to process and respond properly to stimuli. Researchers from Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) and the University of Barcelona, using neuroengineering tools, have created in vitro neural circuits that reproduce the capacity of segregation and integration of

Neuroengineering enables the reproduction of the complex brain-like functions of segregation and integration of brain circuits – in vitro

What is the immersive news experience really all about?

A virtual reality scenario called “We Wait” gives people an immersive experience of the plight of refugees waiting to be picked up by a boat on a shore in Turkey to be illegally taken to Europe, crossing a dangerous stretch of sea. This was based on BBC news reporting of the refugee situation, but deliberately

What is the immersive news experience really all about?

Could magnetic refrigeration using magnetic materials in magnetic fields meet global cooling needs?

As a result of climate change, population growth, and rising expectations regarding quality of life, energy requirements for cooling processes are growing much faster worldwide than for heating. Another problem that besets today’s refrigeration systems is that most coolants cause environmental and health damage. A novel technology could provide a solution: refrigeration using magnetic materials

Could magnetic refrigeration using magnetic materials in magnetic fields meet global cooling needs?

Moores Law could still be in play with new valleytronics discovery relevant to neuromorphic computing

A team of physicists has uncovered properties of a category of magnetic waves relevant to the development of neuromorphic computing–an artificial intelligence system that seeks to mimic human-brain function. “As we continue to pioneer novel computing paradigms, understanding the characteristics and promise of their building blocks is essential,” explains Andrew Kent, a physicist at New

Moores Law could still be in play with new valleytronics discovery relevant to neuromorphic computing

Could virtual reality help empathy grow?

Researchers from IDIBAPS and the University of Barcelona developed a virtual reality system so that men who committed a domestic violence crime can get into the victim’s shoes. The study, published in Scientific Reports, shows that these violent people have a lack of emotional recognition and that virtual experience improves the participant’s perception of emotions.

Could virtual reality help empathy grow?

The first light-activated drug for the treatment of pain

A team of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona has participated in the design of the first light-activated drug –the JF-NP-26, for the treatment of pain, according to a research with animal models published in the journal eLife. The new study is conducted by the teams led by Professor Francisco Ciruela, from

The first light-activated drug for the treatment of pain

Virtual bodyswapping diminishes people’s negative biases about others

What if you could, for a moment, have the body of someone of a different race, age, or sex? Would that change the way you feel about yourself or the way that you stereotype different social groups? In a paper published online December 15 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers explain

Virtual bodyswapping diminishes people’s negative biases about others

Researchers use real data rather than theory to measure the cosmos

For the first time researchers have measured large distances in the Universe using data, rather than calculations related to general relativity. A research team from Imperial College London and the University of Barcelona has used data from astronomical surveys to measure a standard distance that is central to our understanding of the expansion of the

Researchers use real data rather than theory to measure the cosmos

A New Family of Antibiotics – A Marine Compound With Antibiotic Properties

At very small doses this compound inhibits the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Bacterial resistance to drugs leads pharmaceutical labs to be in constant search for new antibiotics to treat the same diseases. For the last thirty years, the sea bottom has yielded a wealth of substances with properties of interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Isolated

A New Family of Antibiotics – A Marine Compound With Antibiotic Properties

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Maria Carolina Florian to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
on August 27, 2021 at 6:18 am
Maria Carolina Florian to present new research in the biology of aging at the world’s largest aging research for drug discovery conference ...
Minnesota's Mediterranean Summer of 2021
on August 25, 2021 at 3:33 pm
Most of Minnesota is living through a summer that’s more typical of Mediterranean climates than our typical Minnesota summers. By most metrics, our warm and dry summer has created one of Minnesota’s ...
Wild Lake Trout Found Breeding In Lake Erie Near Barcelona
on August 21, 2021 at 12:19 am
A significant milestone for lake trout rehabilitation efforts in Lake Erie has been reached following the confirmed identification of wild fry collected by DEC’s Lake Erie Fisheries Research Unit this ...
Covid live news: UK reports 113 further deaths and 36,572 new cases; Barcelona curfew ‘not justified’, court rules
on August 19, 2021 at 11:40 am
Spanish court lifts coronavirus curfew imposed on most of Catalonia; critical care beds reaching capacity in Japan ...
Antibodies to other types of coronaviruses result in asymptomic Covid-19
on August 16, 2021 at 2:44 am
If a person has antibodies to other types of coronaviruses, they protect during the infection with Covid-19 and provide mild disease. It can also be the reason for asymptomatic coronavirus. The ...

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Maria Carolina Florian to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
on August 27, 2021 at 6:18 am
Maria Carolina Florian to present new research in the biology of aging at the world’s largest aging research for drug discovery conference ...
Maria Carolina Florian to present at 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
on August 27, 2021 at 5:00 am
Maria Carolina Florian, Ph.D., will present the latest research on the topic Aging of the hematopoietic stem cell niche at ...
Lake trout fry found in Lake Erie for first time in six decades
on August 26, 2021 at 6:00 am
New York state fisheries researchers identified lake trout fry in Lake Erie this past spring, a significant milestone in re-establishing wild stocks of the species in the lake after more ...
Environmental restoration: Wild lake trout confirmed in Lake Erie
on August 25, 2021 at 9:15 pm
A significant milestone for lake trout rehabilitation efforts has been confirmed in Lake Erie. Wild lake trout fry were confirmed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Lake Erie ...
A milestone for lake trout in Lake Erie
on August 21, 2021 at 3:19 pm
A significant milestone for lake trout rehabilitation efforts in Lake Erie has been reached following the confirmed identification of wild fry collected by DEC's Lake Erie Fisheries Research Unit this ...