The paint that triggered graffiti
Mar 01, 2018
Recent aerosol technology, the science of acrylic painting, and the mural painters who preceded them were decisive for the emergence of contemporary graffiti
Etiqueta: chemistry
The kidnapping of words in nutrition
Dec 28, 2017
We have to resort to less comfortable and more tangled phrases such as raw material or unprocessed product, because we run the risk that the next time we tell our patients to eat «natural products», they end up buying broth, refined bread or juice.
Why does bread harden and biscuits soften over time?
Dec 19, 2017
María Soledad Prats Moya, from the Departament de Química Analítica, Nutrició i Bromatologia of the Universitat d’Alacant, explains.
Interview with Jack Szostak
Jan 26, 2017
Interview with Jack Szostak, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009, along with the molecular biology experts Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider.
Interview with Francisco Tomás
May 24, 2016
With a speech about the structure and dynamics of proteins, professor Francisco Tomás joined last February the Royal Academy of Medicine of Valencia. The principal of the University of Valencia between the years 2002 and 2010 chose for his debut in this scientific academy a
Interview with John Sutherland
Nov 16, 2015
Interview with John Sutherland, researcher at the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom).
From the Field to the Hospital: Monogamous Voles and Love Hormones
Nov 20, 2014
Oxytocin promotes both positive and negative social emotions depending on context, sex, previous experience of the subject and personality.
The world’s largest kitchen
Nov 20, 2014
Thus was born the Liebig’s Extract of Meat Company (LEMCO), whose product was immediately successful due to its excellent flavour and affordable price, low enough for the emerging European middle class.
The Mystery of Tasteless Tomatoes
Nov 12, 2012
Picking unripe tomatoes may be good for producers, but poses a problem for consumers.
The Story of «Oxygen»
Nov 21, 2011
Can scientific facts and the idiosyncratic tribal culture of scientists be presented persuasively and intelligibly in the form of «science-in-fiction» and «science-in-theatre»? Here, some affirmative examples are given, emphasising the play Oxygen.
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