Als nostres rius habita una fauna rica i diversa que compta amb un gran nombre d'espècies, però la seua conservació és cada cop més difícil.

Arqueus. Organismes procariotes que solen trobar-se en hàbitats extrems (alta temperatura, pressió i salinitat)

What about the other genomes? 1995 saw the publication of the first complete genome sequences of prokaryotic cells and a year later the first sequences of an eukaryotic organism were

The genome and the complexity of living beings. The genome of an organism is the total dna content of its cells, including genes and intergenic regions. In prokaryotes (Archaea and

The biology of “sex-appeal”: mate selection in humans. Until recently, it was thought that standards for physical

 El punt de no retorn: present i futur de la sexualitat humana. Actualment, la selecció natural continua influint en les poblacions humanes, condicionant la nostra forma de ser i el

Homosexual behaviour in humans: What do studies with primates show? Despite its wide diffusion, homosexual behaviour

Post-copulatory sex selection: sperm competitiveness and selection. In the last 20 years research into the reproductive

L’alta producció d’espermatozoides entre els mascles, en comparació amb el nombre relativament baix d’òvuls que produeixen les femelles, fa que aquells puguen tenir un major èxit

Plant sexuality. Plant sexuality is much more complex than we could have imagined The absence of movement

Còpula de dues sargantanes ibèriques (Podarcis hispanica). Durant la còpula el risc de ser depredat és alt perquè la parella ha de quedar-se unida durant uns

 El sexe és un tema de transcendental importància en les nostres vides per moltes raons diferents. La més evident és que tots nosaltres existim com a conseqüència de les relacions

Cork: the natural guardian of wines. The cork oak (Quercus suber) covers its trunk and

Wine: food, drug or medicine perhaps? In this article the author looks at the many beneficial effects

Innovative oenological biotechnology. In recent years, many winemakers have started to use pure wine yeast strains to

Plant heritage: vine varieties. The vineyards of Catalunya and Valencia posses a heritage of vine varieties, in

Wine: culture and economy. Above all, wine is a food product, which, on gaining commercial importance, has

Després d’unes quantes dècades de regressió, caiguda en consum i fins i tot rebuig

Valencia, the cradle of experimental particle physics in Spain. Around 1950, J. Catala de Alemany, Catedratic

Internet and the world wide web. A world-wide web has been developed at CERN to allow researchers, taking part in large scientific collaborations, to interchange data

From Nuclear and Particle Physics to Medicine. A little bit of history. A revolution in the

The LEP adventure. LEP, the e+ e- collider at CERN, has been successfully operating since 1989. During