Teresa Moreno is a researcher at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research of Spain’s National Research Council located in Barcelona. Currently, she is carrying out research at the University of Kumamoto in southern Japan, where she arrived two days after the tsunami devastated in country. An expert on air quality, Moreno explains how she sees the situation in Japan

DAVID SEGARRA | APRIL 8TH, 2011

Plants, through photosynthesis, capture CO2 from the atmosphere. But the decline of marine phytoplankton and the difficulties affecting terrestrial vegetation are causing a drop in the global capacity to absorb this greenhouse gas, a dynamic which will only aggravate global warming.

ÀNNIA MONREAL | NOVEMBER 4TH, 2010

This disciple of Professor Ramon Margalef heads the Global Ecology Unit of the Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He has recently been awarded one of the two new Awards for Research of Catalonia, sponsored by Talència, specifically in recognition of his scientific career. The Scientific Career Award was accompanied with a purse of 40,000 euros.

JORDI MONTANER | OCTOBER 18TH, 2010

A collaborative Spanish research project has succeeded in manufacturing and introducing silicon chips inside living cells. This milestone paves the way for a new field of research involving micrometer chips with nanometric parts. Experts expect that this field will grow in parallel with other branches of nanoscience.

Patricia Morén | 26 may 2010