We prove the existence of uniform attractors ${}_{\epsilon }$ in the space $H¹\left({ℝ}^N\right)$ for the nonautonomous nonclassical diffusion equation $u_t-\epsilon \Delta u_t-\Delta u+f(x,u)+\lambda u=g(x,t)$, ε ∈ [0,1]. The upper semicontinuity of the uniform attractors ${{}_{\epsilon }}_{\epsilon \in [0,1]}$ at ε = 0 is also studied.

We give some results on the existence, uniqueness and regularity of a nonlinear evolution system. This system models the viscoelastic behaviour of unicellular marine alga Acetabularia mediterrania when the calcium concentration varies. We show (with the aid of a fixed-point theorem) that the system admits a unique local solution in time.