A scientific team from the Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center at the University of Granada (UGR) is studying the human difficulties that prevent people from following healthy lifestyles
CIMCYC studies role of gender stereotypes on perception of athletes and media influence on credibility and merit
The paper concludes that active commuting to and from school can help children reach up to 48% of their recommended daily physical activity.
The death of Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, 1936 – Lima, 2025) marks the end of a Golden Age of Latin American literature. Just as there will not be another generation in Spain like that of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Góngora and Quevedo, in America there will not be another like that of Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier and Carlos Fuentes.
The UGR leads an international review of the work of midwives
A research group from the ‘Camino de Purchil’ Centre of the Andalusian Institute of Agricultural, Fisheries, Agrifood and Organic Production Research and Training (IFAPA) in Granada, the ‘Hinojosa del Duque’ IFAPA Centre in Córdoba, and the University of Granada have studied the effect of tree shelters on the regeneration of open oak woodlands (known in Spain as dehesas). The results of the study reveal that the survival rate of the trees is increased by both the direct seeding of acorns and the planting of nursery-grown seedlings.
The initiative, called AL-COMPOST, is based on the use of alperujo — a mix of olive pomace and mill wastewater — which is the main by-product generated in olive oil extraction
Researchers from the Universities of Granada (Spain) and Southern Denmark reveal a new abiotic process driven by sunlight that contributes to global N2O emissions from aquatic ecosystems
Researchers show that this hormone improves muscle energy efficiency and could become an innovative therapy to combat “diabesity”
According to data from the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), Spain is falling behind in reading comprehension levels. None of the Spanish-speaking countries are among the top ten with the best reading comprehension levels and all are below the OECD average
