Histórico - Canal UGR

21 octubre, 2003

Experts study the possible connection between seismic activity and fissures in the walls of the Alhambra

In this work, the researchers have determined that the small displacement produced by these faults may be due to earthquakes of moderate magnitude caused by them, or to movements caused by first-rate earthquakes generated by other fults of the same...

15 octubre, 2003

University students prefer sex with love

The most surprising –says Francisco Javier Jiménez Ríos, of the department of Pedagogy of the Universidad de Granada—is that «sex with love» has turned out to be the most grateful value both by the 1,200 persons who have answered the...

14 octubre, 2003

The UGR starts a study about the water of the Vega of Granada using space remote sensing

Data about our planet can be obtained from space satellites which would be impossible to obtain at our height, with human sight or conventional photography. Satellites´ electromagnetic sensors provide repetitive images of most part of the Earth, including inaccesible areas...

07 octubre, 2003

Business companies tend to highlight the positive aspects of their environmental actions and to avoid the negative ones

A study of the Universidad de Granada highlights the tendency of business companies to the asymmetry of the information provided, highlighting the positive aspects and avoiding the negative facets of the environmental action. In accordance with María Gloria López Gordo´s...

06 octubre, 2003

The Basque terrorist group ETA has caused more than 10,000 violent actions in 32 years

ETA and its organization, as an activist network, have caused more than 10,000 violent actions between 1978 and 2000 according to a study published by Francisco J. Llera Ramo in the book “The blood of nations. National identities and political...

18 septiembre, 2003

A beating is not enough to sentence an aggressor of domestic violence to 6 months in jail

To be sentenced to 6 months to 3 years in prison, without prejudice to the sentences corresponding to the aggressor of domestic violence for the result caused in each case, the aggressor must have been previously sentenced for three or...

08 septiembre, 2003

More than 10,000 students from all over the world have attended courses in Granada thanks to European programs

Since the set in motion of the Erasmus and Socrates European Mobility Programs of Students in 1987, more than 10,000 students of multiple nationalities have attended several subjects at the Universidad de Granada, according to professor Remedios Castillo Pérez in...

01 septiembre, 2003

Sugar cane, cumin and orange grove crops were adapted in al-Andalus from the 10th century

The professor of Medieval History of the Universidad de Granada, Carmen Trillo San José, has asserted in her book “Water and landscape in Granada” that the first Monsoon plants of the Peninsula date from the 9th century, but the new...

07 agosto, 2003

Shower of records in the swimming pool and in the scientific knowledge of swimmers´ performance

A correct organization, the interest of the media and, obviously, the performance of sportsmen, explain the spectacular nature of the World Swimming Championship held in Barcelona. The fifteen world records managed to attract the attention of the media and the...

01 julio, 2003

An assistance to teaching micro-robot, Teaching Innovation Prize 2003 in the University of Granada

The teaching innovation project corresponds to the obtention and use of a hardware/software combination for experimentation, based on a micro-robot, that works as a theoretical-practical assistance to teaching platform and for the development of introduction research projects in the context...