New restoration materials to preserve heritage building facades
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Experts from the Inorganic Chemistry Research Group of the University of Córdoba are developing new building materials for restoration of historic buildings, such as products for facades with a 'self-cleaning' ability. To prepare these materials, experts have used components obtained from industrial waste recycling, recovering their value and preventing storage in landfills and other associated environmental impact.
Looking in Chinese soil for the key to last major climate change in Earth
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Researchers of the Agrifood Campus of International Excellence ceiA3 analyzed iron oxides in soils from 2.4 million years ago in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing
A test is designed to detect a sun protection component in urine associated with hormonal disorders
Escrito porResearchers at the University of Cordoba (UCO) and the University of Valencia study the metabolism of the EDP solar filter that accumulates in the body.
Professors from UCO published an article in the journal of the National Academy of Science of USA
Escrito porAn article published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) by researchers of the University of Córdoba reveals intriguing magnetic and structural properties of ferrihydrite, an important component of many environmental and soil systems.
The Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2010 visits the University of Cordoba.
Escrito porThe Nobel Prize Laureate for Chemistry 2010, Ei-ichi Negishi, has met this morning, on the Rabanales campus with around twenty young researchers from the science faculty of the University of Cordoba with whom he exchanged opinions and answered a variety of questions about his work as well as the standing of chemistry and the main scientific goals faced by researchers in this field. For Negishi, technology and innovation are two constantly attractive routes for maximum advancement in the fields of knowledge.
Analysis of exposure to contaminants for customers and workers at public swimming pools
Escrito porAn investigation detects for the first time the presence of haloacetic acids in swimmers and swimming pool employees.