Categorías - UNIMEDIOS: Universidad Nacional de Colombia

The liquid fertilizer could be used for the agriculture industry in Colombia, which generally imports these kinds of products. Photo: Taken from: www.web.pqp.com.co

Building waste could be used for agriculture

Medellín, junio 07 de 2016

Producing fertilizers based on concrete waste is the proposa

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Energy drink based on strawberry and passion fruit pulp.

New energy drink based on strawberry and passion fruit

Medellín, junio 03 de 2016

The beverage is an energy drink based on strawberry and pass

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The prototype is a pioneering and novel project.

Cannula in form of a headset for controlling patient oxygen levels

Manizales, junio 03 de 2016

The pilot program is supported on an automatic oxygen tank f

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Domestic system reuses greywaters

Medellín, junio 02 de 2016

A 10 cms. (3.9 in.) deep platform is capable of storing 100

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Teenage mothers between 15 and 17 have the worst work options.

Teenage mothers tend to live in most vulnerable situations

Bogotá D. C., junio 02 de 2016

Women which had children between the ages of 15 and 19 repor

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Remnants of umbra writing were found in petroglyphs in the western region of the Provinces of Caldas and Risaralda. Photo: Personal file

Preventing extinction of the umbra language is urgent

Bogotá D. C., junio 01 de 2016

Although oral tradition continues to be the life saver for t

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Airplane model to avoid midair collisions between birds and airplanes

Medellín, junio 01 de 2016

The new model made of polystyrene which has an electric moto

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The flower of the new species is red and elongated without a crown, making it easier for pollinators such as the hummingbird to reach.

New passiflora discovered in Colombia

Palmira, mayo 31 de 2016

The new species named Passiflora creuci-caetanoae is now par

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The winning project was an electronic solid waste classifying prototype.

OAS awards device for adequate solid waste management

Medellín, mayo 31 de 2016

A prototype to automatically classify solid waste using arti

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The plant prototype is designed at small scale.

Water purified with electromagnetic water treatment plant

Manizales, mayo 27 de 2016

As opposed to traditional treatment plants, this prototype w

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With the tool they hope to produce powdered panela.

New technique to improve the quality and presentation of panela*

Bogotá D. C., mayo 27 de 2016

Spray drying is the name of the technology a Universidad Nac

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Of a total of 40 alleles, repetition of the 5<sup>th</sup> allel was greater in patients with diagnosed dyslexia.

Gene which could cause dyslexia possibly identified

Bogotá D. C., mayo 26 de 2016

Molecular analysis on the activity of the DCDC2 gene which h

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It is estimated that 70% of the crops increases its production when its blooms are visited by pollinators. Photo: UNal Archives

Other pollinators in danger

Bogotá D. C., mayo 26 de 2016

Not only bee populations, the greatest plant pollinators are

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Sintering of hydroxyapatite targets. Photos: Andrés Almeida (Unimedios) and Paola Andrea Forero Sossa.

Implant coating using swine bone

Manizales, mayo 25 de 2016

Hydroxyapatite targets were exposed to sintering tests with

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Concentric ring test to determine apparent density.

Bacteria could recover soils impacted by fires

Palmira, mayo 25 de 2016

Three rapid growing and colonizing microorganisms were ident

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This diluent increases the useful life of frozen semen in different animals. Photos: Giovanni Restrepo

Useful life of frozen semen increased

Medellín, mayo 24 de 2016

The features of a new diluent named “Poly-Crio" are possible

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Scales and feet of Caldas’s butterflies. Photo: Hernando Dueñas (ACCEFYN)

Butterfly of Colombian Naturalist Francisco José de Caldas could be a new species

Manizales, mayo 24 de 2016

As reported by Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNal) in Bo

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Neurological reaction due to Parkinson’s disease. Photo: Personal file.

Compound could help battle Parkinson’s Disease

Bogotá D. C., mayo 23 de 2016

The compound known as FCS-303 hinders action of the enzyme M

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Children with vitamin D deficiency have more episodes of asthma crises.

Lack of vitamin D increases the likelihood of suffering from asthma

Bogotá D. C., mayo 23 de 2016

In a study carried out on children, approximately half had a

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The device works without complex algorithms or software programs. Photos: Andrés Almeida (Unimedios)

Computer mouse activated by head movement

Bogotá D. C., mayo 20 de 2016

The device is a headset and connects to a computer using a U

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The variants that improve the color of the meat may be altered in the laboratory.

Color of meat may be laboratory improved

Bogotá D. C., mayo 20 de 2016

Becoming cognizant of the benefits of genetic crossbreeding

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This multifunctional furniture is directed at children between 3 and 5 years of age.

Multifunctional furniture favors children school activity

Palmira, mayo 19 de 2016

The piece may be used as a kind of desk, a game area or a to

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Gastritis imagery showcased by Pathologist Orlando Ricaurte.

Bacteria responsible for stomach cancer could be controlled

Bogotá D. C., mayo 19 de 2016

Novel research is reassessing the way to treat gastritis and

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The UNal professor took two days to make the first prototype.

Artistic solar tree recharges cellphones

Manizales, mayo 18 de 2016

The device has three solar panels on the tree, transforming

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The missionaries that first came to America called Passiflora, “The flower of passion”, in reference to the Passion of Christ. Photo: Francisco Antonio Castro Lima.

Passiflora franciscoi, a new family member of the passionfruit and the passion flower

Palmira, mayo 18 de 2016

The species discovered in the Colombian Orinoquía region gro

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95% of tomato crops in Fómeque are technified.

UNal trains leaders to discontinue excessive use of chemicals in tomato crops

Bogotá D. C., mayo 17 de 2016

By forming communitarian extension agents, the Faculty of A

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The Q-Chat test is a screening test to become cognizant if a child has autism or not.

Test fine-tuned to determine cases of autism

Bogotá D. C., mayo 17 de 2016

Eliminating nine questions from the Q-Chat test (a test to d

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60% of the beans in Colombia are of the voluble variety.

More nutritious and resistant kidney beans

Bogotá D. C., mayo 16 de 2016

Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNal) researchers obtained

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The project includes 300 cattle raising farms in the municipality of Ubaté.

Cattle could feed on paper waste

Bogotá D. C., mayo 16 de 2016

The 100 tons of paper waste a company produces daily could t

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Traditional knowledge is the main source for empirical classification of honeys.

264 plants provide pollen for honey bees in the Province of Cauca

Palmira, mayo 13 de 2016

Guamos, citrus, coffee, guarango, rue, chamomile, sambucus a

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9.76 million tons of food are disposed every year.

One out of every three tons of food produced in Colombia, goes to waste

Bogotá D. C., mayo 13 de 2016

34% of the food is thrown away due to production chain defic

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Lionfish eat up to 2 grams of food a day.

Lionfish threats food safety of people of the Island of San Andres

Bogotá D. C., mayo 12 de 2016

Taking into account that as much as million of these fish ar

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The machine can perform a flat weave. Photos: Daniel Agudelo.

Macramé weaving machine patented by UNal

Medellín, mayo 12 de 2016

A series of knots which up to now were only carried out manu

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Stomach cancer is one of the most common types of cancers.

A guide to prevent gastric cancer

Bogotá D. C., mayo 11 de 2016

Health professionals of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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The research project on grass contamination due to petrochemical industry was carried out basically in Barrancabermeja.

Grass and cattle tainted with oil waste

Bogotá D. C., mayo 10 de 2016

Ten species of common pasture type grass (Brachiaria spp.) u

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A car and a solar panel which work with clean energies

Medellín, mayo 10 de 2016

Two Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNal) in Medellín Phys