  We describe some of the recent results obtained for models with absorbing
states. First, we present the nonequilibrium absorbing-state Potts model and
discuss some of the factors that might affect the critical behaviour of such
models. In particular we show that in two dimensions the further neighbour
interactions might split the voter critical point into two critical points. We
also describe some of the results obtained in the context of synchronization of
chaotic dynamical systems. Moreover, we discuss the relation of the
synchronization transition with some interfacial models.
