A study to examine driver behavior in permitted left turns has identified what researchers call an "alarming" level of risk to pedestrians crossing the street -- about 4-9 percent of the time, drivers don't even bother to look and see if there are people in the way. The danger to pedestrians, who...

Engineers and doctors have designed a robotic surgery system specifically designed to treat bladder cancer, the sixth most common form of cancer in the US and the most expensive to treat. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/7...

A new international study has confirmed that self-testing for HIV is effective and could be the answer to controlling the global epidemic. This systematic review shows HIV self-testing removes much of the fear and stigma associated with being tested for the disease. This study could pave the way...

Non-musicians who speak tonal languages may have a better ear for learning musical notes, according to researchers. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/M...

New research show at the single cell level how an external stimulus sets off a molecular chain reaction in the transparent roundworm C. elegans, a process in which a single neurotransmitter coordinates and times two separate actions. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/D...

A pitcher plant's work seems simple: Their tube-shaped leaves catch and hold rainwater, which drowns the ants, beetles, and flies that stumble in. But the rainwater inside a pitcher plant is not just a malevolent dunking pool. It also hosts a complex system of aquatic life, including wriggling...

What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new and continuing dialogue between members of the synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation communities,...

A broad spectrum of developmental and psychiatric disorders, ranging from autism and intellectual disability to schizophrenia, should be conceptualized as different manifestations of a common underlying denominator, "developmental brain dysfunction," rather than completely independent conditions...

A study in mice with genetic mutations seen in human Alzheimer's disease found that the feeling of hunger itself may protect against the disease. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/D...

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is playing a leading role in one of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) first clinical trials to improve treatments for rare and neglected diseases. In this case, the disease is Niemann-Pick Type C, a disorder that causes excess...

Al mayor organismo público de investigación de España “le faltan 100 millones de euros” para este año que aún no ha conseguido obtener. La institución está negociando con el Gobierno un “adelanto de las mensualidades” ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

Estudios experimentales de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid han contribuido a determinar el papel que juegan los ocho ojos de la tarántula cuando ésta necesita orientarse para regresar a su nido. Sus resultados evidencian que utiliza la luz polarizada del cielo para resolver el problema de la...

Estudios experimentales de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid han contribuido a determinar el papel que juegan los ocho ojos de la tarántula cuando ésta necesita orientarse para regresar a su nido. Sus resultados evidencian que utiliza la luz polarizada del cielo para resolver el problema de la...

El jurado de la 15ª edición del Programa Internacional L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science ha premiado a cinco investigadoras en el área de ciencias físicas. Las científicas han recibido, durante un acto celebrado en París, 77.800 euros cada una como reconocimiento a sus trabajos, que abarcan...

Investigadores del Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias del Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) y del grupo QUIMA de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, han constatado una anomalía significativa en la temperatura, salinidad, pH, alcalinidad y CO2, entre otros parámetros, medidos sobre el...

Siete de cada diez ancianos que viven en residencias tienen problemas patológicos para conciliar el sueño, lo que les hace ser menos independientes y tener peores relaciones sociales que los mayores con buenos valores de descanso. Además, el 64% de los mayores clasificados como “malos dormidores”...

Investigadores de la Universidad de Jaén han identificado en la Sala de los Reyes de la Alhambra, en Granada, un pigmento azulado que se obtenía de una piedra semipreciosa de Afganistán. El hallazgo forma parte de un estudio para conocer y conservar mejor esta sala real. Fuente :...

España es el único país europeo que permite emitir sin restricciones espacios de videntes que cobran por las llamadas telefónicas. El Consejo Audiovisual andaluz reclama a Industria y a los grupos del Congreso una reforma legal para proteger a colectivos vulnerables y frenar a los timadores |||...

Un proyecto de investigación hispano-argentino en el que participan científicos de la UNED propone utilizar las zanahorias descartadas para fabricar bioetanol. Obtener biocombustible a través de la fermentación de azúcares es algo común, pero hasta ahora no se había probado con estas hortalizas....

Los datos globales de población entre los años 1900 y 2010 han servido a un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid para prever que el número de habitantes de la Tierra se estabilizará a mediados de este siglo. Los resultados, obtenidos con un modelo que usan los físicos,...

Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute discovered that an imbalance between the enzyme neutrophil elastase and its inhibitor, α1-antitrypsin, causes inflammation, obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver disease. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/smr...

A team of UC Davis scientists has found that a product resulting from a metabolized omega-3 fatty acid helps combat cancer by cutting off the supply of oxygen and nutrients that fuel tumor growth and spread the disease. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uoc...

A pitcher plant's work seems simple: Their tube-shaped leaves catch and hold rainwater, which drowns the ants, beetles, and flies that stumble in. But the rainwater inside a pitcher plant is not just a malevolent dunking pool. It also hosts a complex system of aquatic life, including wriggling...

UC Berkeley and University of Washington researchers found that changes in the interhemispheric temperature difference during the 20th century were linked to catastrophic changes in tropical rainfall. They predict that in the future, the rising difference could have major effects on tropical...

Our emotional responses to the stresses of daily life may predict our long-term mental health, according to a new study led by a UC Irvine psychologist. The research, which appears online in the journal Psychological Science, suggests that maintaining emotional balance is crucial to avoiding severe...

A team of researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a highly scalable computer code that promises to dramatically cut both research times and energy costs in simulating seismic hazards throughout...

Paul Fisette, a nationally recognized sustainable building expert at UMass Amherst and six other NRC panel members considered whether nearly 500,000 structures owned by the US Department of Defense worldwide are being operated as sustainably and as efficiently as possible according to a number of green building standards,...

A study to examine driver behavior in permitted left turns has identified what researchers call an "alarming" level of risk to pedestrians crossing the street -- about 4-9 percent of the time, drivers don't even bother to look and see if there are people in the way. The danger to pedestrians, who...

Targeting cholesterol metabolism in the eye might help prevent a severe form of age-related macular degeneration, one of the most common causes of blindness in older Americans, according to indications in a study in mice, which was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Fuente :...