La nacra es el molusco bivalvo más grande del Mediterráneo, y se encuentra en peligro de extinción. Un estudio publicado en Biological Conservation con participación del CSIC alerta de la presión negativa que sufre este bivalvo debido a las embarcaciones que anclan en aguas de Mallorca y Cabrera. Fuente :...

Científicos del Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas (ICFO) han medido las propiedades de un cuerpo frágil y volátil sin dañarlo, con un método basado en la mecánica cuántica. Es la primera vez que esta medición cuántica no destructiva se ha realizado con un objeto material. Los resultados superan el límite cuántico, que...

El primer robot híbrido para rehabilitación de personas con parálisis se prepara para los ensayos clínicos. Dos instituciones de EEUU y México quieren comprar prototipos, según sus creadores ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

"Contextual search" is improving so gradually the changes often go unnoticed, and we may soon forget what the world was like without it, according to Brian Proffitt, a technology expert and adjunct instructor of management in the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. Fuente :...

Researchers at the Monell Center have identified a protein that is critical to the ability of mammals to smell. Mice engineered to be lacking the Ggamma13 protein in their olfactory receptors were functionally anosmic -- unable to smell. The findings may lend insight into the underlying causes of certain smell disorders in...

The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for May 2013. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/drn...

Low-income Medicare beneficiaries with poorer cognitive abilities are less likely to enroll in the Low Income Subsidy program, which provides nearly free prescription drug coverage for low-income adults. The findings suggest that even when presented with a single dominant option in the form of free...

The increasing proportion of the population that received treatment for a specific medical condition - called "treated disease prevalence" -- along with higher spending per treated case accounted for most of the rise in health care spending in the US between 1987 and 2009, according to a recent analysis. Fuente :...

Mothers who have experienced childhood abuse, neglect or other traumatic experiences show an unwillingness to talk with their children about the child's emotional experiences, a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uon...

On May 3, 2013, the NOAA GOES infrared and visible imagery were combined to create an animation that showed the plume of smoke from California's Springs fire. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/nsf...

As the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite flew over Indonesia's Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air. The satellite's Operational Land Imager detected the white cloud of smoke and ash drifting northwest, over the green forests of the island and the blue waters of the...

An entomologist at the University of California, Riverside discovered a new wasp species in Russia and named it after the university, commonly abbreviated as UCR. Serguei V. Triapitsyn, principal museum scientist at the Entomology Research Museum on campus, had been sorting wasps from the Russian Far East, when he discovered...

From its orbit around the Earth, the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite or Suomi NPP satellite, captured a night-time image of California's Springs fire. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/nsf...

Adese (Asociación Española de Distribuidores y Editores de Software de Entretenimiento) ha presentado el anuario de la industria del videjuego, un informe que analiza, desde los hábitos de consumo hasta los lanzamientos y eventos más importantes del pasado año en el mundo de los videojuegos.La entrada Adese presenta el anuario...

Researchers have identified a group of proteins that are mutated in about one-fifth of all human cancers. The finding suggests that the proteins, which are members of a protein complex that affects how DNA is packaged in cells, work to suppress the development of tumors in many types of tissues....

A handheld diagnostic device first developed to diagnose cancer has been adapted to rapidly diagnose tuberculosis and other important infectious bacteria. Two versions of the portable device combine microfluidic technology with nuclear magnetic resonance to not only diagnose these important...

A new study has, for the first time, used genome sequencing technology to track the changes in a bacterial population following the introduction of a vaccine. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/7...

Genome assembly, the molecular equivalent of trying to put together a multi-million piece jigsaw puzzle without knowing what the picture on the cover of the box is, remains challenging due to the very large number of very small pieces, which must be assembled using current approaches. New research...

New research maps how Earth's myriad climates -- and the ecosystems that depend on them -- could move from one area to another as global temperatures rise. The approach foresees big changes for one of the planet's great carbon sponges. Boreal forests will likely shift north at a steady clip this...

Hawaii, fortunately, has been largely free from hurricanes, only two having made landfall in more than 30 years. Now a new study shows that Hawaii could see a two-to-three-fold increase in tropical cyclones by the last quarter of this century. Fuente :...

Thermoelectric materials can be used to turn waste heat into electricity or to provide refrigeration without any liquid coolants, and new study has found a way to nearly double the efficiency of a particular class of them that's made with organic semiconductors. Fuente :...

Researchers have discovered that chemo induces a type of nerve damage inside bone marrow that can cause delays in recovery after bone marrow transplantation. The findings suggest that combining chemotherapy with nerve-protecting agents may prevent long-term bone marrow injury. Fuente :...

In the microscopic world, everything is in motion: atoms and molecules vibrate, proteins fold, even glass is a slow flowing liquid. And during each movement there are interactions between the smallest elements – for example, the atoms – and their neighbors. To make these movements visible,...

Scientists have shown that natural emissions and humanmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on Earth's climate by making clouds brighter. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/p...

Un equipo de investigadores del Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (ICVV), liderado por el profesor Miodrag Grbic, ha descubierto un nuevo nanomaterial natural útil en fines biomédicos y farmacéuticos a partir de la seda que produce la araña roja, un ácaro que tiene efectos devastadores en...

La Mobile World Capital (MWCapital), la iniciativa que pretende convertir Barcelona en el centro mundial de la telefonía móvil, quiere dar a conocer este proyecto fuera de Cataluña y por eso prevé exportar su actividad a otras ciudades del país. La entrada La Mobile World Capital extenderá su...

Los ilustradores malagueños José Villena y David Tomaselli han publicado para iPad un cómic electrónico interactivo de sus personajes "Onion & Pea", que añade a sus 100 páginas de tiras cómicas animaciones 2D y 3D y contenido extra con comentarios de los autores, retos para el lector y un...

La Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) lidera un proyecto europeo que desarrolla un sistema para el reconocimiento automático de imágenes de documentos antiguos manuscritos, para poder transcribirlos de la forma más rápida posible. La entrada Un nuevo sistema transcribe automáticamente textos...

Un estudio realizado en Italia, España, Bélgica y Portugal evidencia la presencia de pesticidas y productos industriales en el aire interior de las viviendas, cuyos niveles llegan incluso a superar en ocasiones a los detectados en el exterior.La entrada Pesticidas y productos industriales se cuelan...