Investigadores de la Universidad de Sevilla han publicado un libro colectivo sobre el estudio del fenómeno televisivo Juego de tronos. La obra abarca aspectos que van desde la adaptación de la novela al producto audiovisual hasta su componente histórico y el análisis de la campaña promocional que...

En un estudio conjunto, publicado en la revista Nature Genetics, investigadores de la Universidad de Cardiff (Reino Unido), el centro BGI de Pekín, la empresa International Wildlife Consultants y el Hospital de Halcones de Abu Dabi, han completado la secuenciación del genoma del halcón peregrino...

Un sensor que detecta los síntomas del párkinson y un diente artificial capaz de liberar fármaco constituyen el "proyecto más prometedor" de la UE para mejorar la calidad de vida de los ancianos ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

La sonda Mars Express de la ESA lleva diez años estudiando el Planeta Rojo, acumulando tesoros por descubrir en el archivo fotográfico de la misión. Fuente : http://www.esa.int/ESA_in_your_country/Spain/Busca...

Investigadores de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha han desarrollado un sistema de medición que permite predecir la contaminación atmosférica por óxidos de nitrógeno en un lugar concreto y una franja horaria determinada. El estudio se sustenta en una base de datos masiva de los núcleos urbanos...

Pregnant women in Ghana who slept on their back (supine sleep) were at an increased risk of stillbirth compared to women who did not sleep on their back, according to new research led by a University of Michigan researcher. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uom...

Although it's known that construction of homes in suburban areas can have negative impacts on native plants and animals, a recent study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst ecologist Susannah Lerman suggests that well- managed residential development such as provided by homeowners associations can in fact support native...

Michigan hospitals take the lead in preventing catheter-associated UTIs. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uom...

Solutions that meet the broad, varied, and often competing priorities of conservation are difficult to come by. Research published in the March 28 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes a hard look at why, in an effort to find ways to resolve the issue. Fuente :...

Preventing avoidable readmissions could result in improved patient care and significant cost savings. In a new model developed at Brigham and Women's Hospital, researchers help clinicians identify which medical patients are at the greatest risk for potentially avoidable hospital readmissions so extra steps can be taken to...

Researchers have identified areas off southern California with high numbers of whales and assessed their risk from potentially deadly collisions with commercial ship traffic in a study published in the scientific journal Conservation Biology. Fuente :...

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the first-ever, two-headed bull shark. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/msu...

The advent of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have made us all more connected, but long-distance social networks existed long before the Internet. A new study led by a UA anthropologist provides new information on social networks in the pre-Hispanic Southwest in A.D. 1200-1450....

Researchers are digging deeper into whether infants' ability to learn new words is shaped by the language being acquired. A Northwestern University study cites a promising new research agenda aimed at bringing researchers closer to discovering the impact of different languages on early language and cognitive development....

New findings from nonhuman primates suggest that an overactive core circuit in the brain, and its interaction with other specialized circuits, accounts for the variability in symptoms shown by patients with severe anxiety. In a brain-imaging study to be published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

At a time of growing global concern about the rising level of drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis in South Africa and worldwide, the world's top TB vaccine experts are meeting this week, the first time this scientific forum has been held in Africa, where they will present new research aimed at...

Abused or neglected teenage girls become teen mothers at nearly five times the national rate of teen motherhood. A new Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study, published in the eFirst pages of the journal Pediatrics, shows that teen childbirth rates are more than 20 percent for abused...

A new analysis has found that genetic alterations in a particular cellular pathway are linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, disease progression, and patient survival. Published early online in CANCER, a peer- reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings could help improve...

The harm done by konzo -- a disease overshadowed by the war and drought it tends to accompany -- goes beyond its devastating physical effects to impair children's memory, problem solving and other cognitive functions. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/msu...

Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, according to new research. The findings pave the way for a new form of cell therapy to reverse serious damage from inflammation in the intestines of babies. Fuente :...

A female great tits' (Parus major) appearance is shown to signal healthy attributes in offspring in a new paper. The black stripe across her breast and white patches on her cheeks correlate to a chick’s weight at two weeks and immune strength respectively -- though the former seems to signal a...

Getting enough to eat is a basic human need – but at what cost to the environment? New research demonstrates that as their crops on higher ground fail due to unreliable rainfall, people in countries like Uganda are increasingly relocating to wetland areas. Unless the needs of these people are...

More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tuesday, March 26. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/o...

Scientists have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity. The results are surprising and the potential for developing a new type of highly efficient solar cells is great. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/G...

Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate "biofuel crops" from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. Domesticating these crops requires a deep understanding of tree physiology and genetics. Scientists are...

What is it about the extra chromosome inherited in Down syndrome -- chromosome 21 -- that alters brain and body development? Researchers have new evidence that points to the protein SNX27. SNX27 is inhibited by a molecule encoded on chromosome 21. The study shows that SNX27 is reduced in human Down...

A drug widely used to treat Parkinson's disease can help to reverse age-related impairments in decision making in some older people, a new study has shown. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/X...

Actin, a protein with a well-known job in the cytoplasm and an active role in muscle contraction, moonlights in the nucleus. It's function there was not understood, but now scientists find that it connects with chromatin. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/V...

Scientists have discovered that a certain type of DNA damage long thought to be particularly detrimental to brain cells can actually be part of a regular, non-harmful process. The team further found that disruptions to this process occur in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease -- and identified two...