FROOTS PROJECT | Assessing stress in olive tree rootstocks to make them more resilient to global change
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The European FROOTS project crossbreeds olive tree varieties to achieve genetic improvements to deal with the impact of environmental stresses
Expanded knowledge of a mineral that helps decipher past climates
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A review published in Reviews of Geophysics, featuring participation by the UCO, containsmuch of the knowledge generated about the magnetic and color properties of a mineral that can help to decipher the past climate of Earth and Mars: hematite.
SMARTINCS Project | Improving the Composition of Grout for Self-Healing Concrete
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The UCO participates in SMARTINCS, a project for the training of research personnel prepared to incorporate new technologies and materials into the Construction sector
Researchers identify the role of three key molecules in the pig immune system against one of the viruses most dangerous to the swine industry
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A study on Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus analyzes the role of what are known as Viral Transcription Factors, molecules responsible for the differentiation of immune system cells, and concludes that three of these molecules are expressed with greater intensity in the most virulent strains of the pathogen
A study finds that the success rate of vaginal delivery by mothers with priorC-sections declined during the early months of the pandemic
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The study shows a decline in the success of natural childbirth during the first wave of Covid-19 in women who previously hadC-sections, although the research team responsible for the study notes that this difference has declined over time, and that the number of successful pregnancies remains high
A study proposes the Atlas cedar as an alternative to mitigate the effects of climate change in forests on the Iberian Peninsula
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A study carried out by an international team and published in a special issue of the journal Forests on adaptive forestry analyzed the usefulness of the Atlas cedar, a North African species, in mitigating the effects of climate change in the forest systems of the Iberian Peninsula's Mediterranean Arc