The UB creates the Chair on Innovation in Precision Oncology The University of Barcelona, with the support from the pharmaceutical companies Roche and Novartis, created the Chair on Innovation in Precision Oncology,led by Aleix Prat, lecturer at the Department of Medicine and head of the Service of Medical Oncology at Hospital Clínic.
The UB takes part in the CCCB exhibition “Mars. The red mirror” From today on, the exhibition “Mars. The red mirror” can be seen in the room 2 in the Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB). The exhibition, which counted on the advice of researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the UB (ICCUB-IEEC) and the contribution from the CRAI collection pieces.
Important steps for transforming toxic molecules in air at low temperatures Air pollution from fuel combustion is one of the greatest environmental problems, especially in urban environments. In densely populated cities, the presence of nitrogen oxides, very small carbon particles, and carbon monoxide (CO) in the air seriously harms the human health and increases mortality. A collaboration between researchers from the University of Barcelona and from the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk (Russia) opens the way for reducing emissions of automotive pollutants. In a recent study, the scientists present design principles and catalyst syntheses to transform toxic molecules in the air at temperatures below 0¿C.