Histórico - Canal UGR

31 julio, 2006

The Universidad de Granada takes part in a European project to improve the fabrication of electronic circuits and devices

GRIDE – the research group on Electronic Devices of the Universidad de Granada- takes part in the SINANO network of excellence (Silicon-based Nanodevices).SINANO brings together a total of 44 universities, research centres, and companies from 16 countries in order to...

27 julio, 2006

The Universidad de Granada will collaborate in the design of the ships for the Spanish Challenge that is taking part in 2007 America’s Cup

The Universidad de Granada (UGR) and the Spanish Challenge for 2007 America’s Cup will remain historically linked, thanks to an agreement in which the University becomes the technical collaborator of the team representing Spain in the most important sail competition...

25 julio, 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...

23 julio, 2006

A researcher from the UGR has depicted for the first time the space of geometrical objects with zero curvature

Who discovered and analysed geometrical objects such as the square and the circle? According to several studies, geometry started in Egypt. The seasonal flooding of the Nile led farmers to measure the areas in order to know which plot of...

13 julio, 2006

In Roman times, the inhabitants of the Vega de Granada traded more with western Andalusia than with eastern Andalusia (Spain)

From the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD, Baetica was one of the Imperial Roman provinces. This geographical area was famous for the production of metals, oil and cereals, and also because its inhabitants were strongly influenced by...

11 julio, 2006

Consuming extra virgin olive oil helps to combat degenerative diseases, such as cancer or osteoporosis

In the 1960s, Ancer Keys, a US expert on nutrition, studied the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet for the first time. Since then many studies on the benefits of olive oil have been conducted. According to several studies performed...

10 julio, 2006

The University of Granada publishes a book about the representation of prosodemes in alphabetic writing

The fundamental areas of this research, which has been published by the Editorial Universidad de Granada with the title “El canto del lenguaje. Representación de los prosodemas en la escritura alfabética” (The song of language. Representation of prosodemes in alphabetic...

06 julio, 2006

According to a study conducted by the UGR, 100% of pregnant women have at least one kind of pesticide in their placenta

Human beings are directly responsible for more than 110,000 chemical substances which have been generated since the Industrial Revolution. Every year, we “invent” more than 2,000 new substances, most of them contaminants, which are emitted into the environment and which...

04 julio, 2006

Scientists from the UGR have found that the injection of anaesthetics in small doses can help to fight migraine problems

One out of ten Spaniards suffers from migraine, a problem which, according to the data from the Cephalea Study Group of the Spanish Society of Neurology, is more common among women ( between 13% and 17%) than among men (4...

01 julio, 2006

A study from the UGR emphasises the need for intervention in the social and cultural factors which cause domestic violence

One of the most common sorts of violence nowadays takes place at home. In view of this problem, and bearing in mind the number of cases over the past years, Inmaculada Valor Segura, a member of the research group «Discrimination...