Carmen Moreno directs the Allergology Unit of the Reina Sofía Hospital of Cordoba. She has focused her work on the search for allergy treatments for almost three decades and currently leads a team that is a Spanish benchmark for the battle against allergies caused by severe insect stings that can kill a person.
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TobeeView, an agricultural software that let’s you see the world through an animal’s perspective
Investigators of the Arid Zones Experimental Station (EEZA) have created TobeeView, a software that presents reality as distinct species perceive it. All it requires is an introduction of an image and its concrete vision parameters in order to observe the world through their perspective and have the ability to study their conduct. This program can […]
Insect hotels to combat infestation and recover biodiversity
Cortijo El Puerto is a ranch located in Lora del Rio, Seville, committed to ecological olive and almond tree farming. In their 122 hectares they have installed 14 insect hotels, panels built with natural materials that house wasps, lacewings, bees, bumblebees and ladybirds. Some of them help to pollinate the fields whilst others fight moths […]
Rich in proteins insect flour for animal feed catches the interest of the FAO
Entomotech, a company based in Almería, is the only one in Europe which is producing insect flour as an ingredient for animal feed. The University of Almería collaborates with them analyzing different types of insects and its properties to manufacture feed adapted to each species. Insects feed from agricultural waste, so they also solve the […]