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.
«Gratitude», by Oliver Sacks
Jul 28, 2016
«Em veig ara confrontat amb la mort però no he acabat amb la vida.» Aquesta és la cita que encapçala 'Gratitude', un llibre brevíssim –es llegeix en mitja horeta– però d’una intensitat poc comuna.
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
John Sutherland
Nov 16, 2015
Entrevista a John Sutherland, investigador del Laboratori de Biologia Molecular al Medical Research Council (Regne Unit).
Looking for the origin of life in cosmochemistry
Nov 16, 2015
Les condrites carbonàcies són meteorits que contenen carboni. Provenen d’asteroides primitius i són les úniques que, a hores d’ara, han aportat mostres d’evolució química per a les anàlisis en laboratori. Els estudis han revelat que existia una abundant química orgànica en el sistema solar abans del començament de la vida terrestre. Amb l’arribada de meteorits i cometes, aquests processos podrien haver impulsat l’origen de la bioquímica del nostre planeta.
The world’s largest kitchen
Nov 20, 2014
L'extracte de carn Liebig va ser el primer de molts productes distribuïts per la LEMCO, multinacional de l'alimentació dirigida des de la Torre OXO de Londres.
The Mystery of Tasteless Tomatoes
Nov 12, 2012
We were in the main square of the village of Aín, ready to have our evening meal when Pep Pérez came along with a salad and sat in front of us: —Have you grown all that in your plot?— I asked. —Try some tomato. Pep tended a small
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