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Oxygen, an essential element for life, accounts for 21% of the air we breathe. However, certain works are carried out in conditions where levels can be lower with fatal consequences for persons. There fore it is, according to the scientists,...

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One more year, the scientists of the Universidad de Granada will travel to the Antarctica to puzzle out the secrets of the ice continent. The expedition, composed of the researchers of the Andalusian Institute of Geophysics and Seismic Disaster Prevention...

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Tensioactives world production (compounds exerting the wash function in detergents) amounted to two million tons in 2001, including soap. The expectations of future growth are from three to four per cent, an increase closely connected with the world demand of...

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The great interest always aroused by activated coal in industry, both for its characteristics and its many applications, has not kept out of the technological advances that improve the quality of the products. In this sense, a research group of...

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A research team of the University of Granada has developed a new method of water purification which has aroused the interest of several and research centres such as the Swiss Institute for Environmental Science and Technology and the US company...

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The volcanic inside of Deception Antarctic Island will soon stop being one of the best kept secrets of nature. A team of scientists headed by the professor of the University of Granada Jesús Ibáñez has travelled for the eleventh consecutive...

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Salt crystallization is one of the main problems of world heritage. Their effects are devastating to such an extent that the can even provoke the loss of sculptural, pictorial and ornamental material. However, despite the last achievements in the field...

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A team of scientists of the University of Granada has developed a new analysis technique that will guarantee the restoration and preservation of the oldest manuscripts of the city, relegated up to now to the lowest position. The method, developed...

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The existing difference between Tsunamis (seaquakes), large waves generated when an earthquake with epicentre occurs in the bottom of the sea; the Meteorological tide, a super-elevation of the average sea level associated with low pressures; and the Astronomical tide, owing...

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Although their voice is imperceptible, even stones scream when they are damaged. They emit an ultrasound that reveals the state of health of the building or construction they support and they can even tell where the damage is and what...

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