The Malagan Rocío Ponce is a Ramón and Cajal researcher in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the University of Malaga. She trained in the USA with Tobin Mark’s team, from the University of Northwestern Chicago, winner of the Prince of Asturias Research award in 2008. She received the award for ‘Women in Science’ from […]
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Using maths to predict in just three minutes how a tsunami will behave
A maths team from the University of Malaga has created a computer system that simulates the behaviour of a tsunami. With a few equations and a computer solving them, in barely three minutes they can determine how a tsunami will spread, its speed, which zones will be affected and when the wave will arrive.
Researchers design bioactive glass that imitates bones and is used to heal fractures
Researchers from the University of Málaga and the Institute of Ceramics and Glass in Madrid, have designed bioactive glass that helps bone cells to repair tissue. This compound accelerates the recovery process and avoids cellular rejection, offering a wide range of possibilities in terms of fracture healing.
Tomatoes to combat cancer increasing their vitamin C content with a strawberry gene
Researchers from the University of Málaga and of the Andalusian Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA) have increased by 15 % the vitamin C content of tomatoes thanks to a strawberry gene, also increasing its antioxidant power. Tomatoes are one of the most consumed fruits and have a great importance in agriculture […]