El País, Madrid – Los europeos esperaban de Rusia su evolución hacia una democracia liberal y un acercamiento a la Unión. Pero desde su reelección en 2012, el presidente Vladimir Putin ha bloqueado toda modernización de su país, como prueba la reciente crisis ucraniana. Ver más. Fuente :...

Un estudio del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas revela que las plantas obtienen agua de la estructura cristalina del yeso en periodos de sequía. El conocimiento de este mecanismo puede contribuir a crear métodos para la reforestación, cultivo de zonas áridas o en la búsqueda de vida en ambientes extremos, como...

Dr. Hirokazu Komatsu, a researcher at the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics and a member of the YAMATO-MANA Program, and Dr. Katsuhiko Ariga, MANA Principal Investigator and Supermolecules Unit Director, in collaboration with postdoctoral researcher Dr. Eri Adams and unit...

Es liegt an der individuellen genetischen Voraussetzung, welche Wirkung Stress auf unsere Emotionszentren hat. Das hat eine Forschergruppe der MedUni Wien herausgefunden. Denn nicht jeder Mensch reagiert gleich auf idente belastende Lebensereignisse. Manche entwickeln sich durch Krisen weiter,...

Our individual genetic make-up determines the effect that stress has on our emotional centres. These are the findings of a group of researchers from the MedUni Vienna. Not every individual reacts in the same way to life events that produce the same degree of stress. Some grow as a result of the...

Der untere Jordan und seine Zuflüsse sind die Lebensadern für eine Region mit über 6 Millionen Einwohnern. Sauberes Trinkwasser wird dort immer knapper. Unter der Federführung des KIT hat das internationale Projekt SMART Daten zusammengetragen, Konzepte entwickelt und Pilotanlagen initiiert, um die...

Der in Barcelona lebende Wissenschaftsjournalist Michele Catanzaro ist als „Journalist in Residence“ am Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien (HITS). Das Programm bietet Wissenschaftsjournalisten einen längeren Aufenthalt an dem Institut, das datengetriebene Forschung von Astrophysik bis Zellbiologie betreibt. Für die...

Las aguas embotelladas que se comercializan en España están prácticamente libres de los compuestos que emiten los envases de plástico o las chapas que tapan las botellas de vidrio. Sólo se detectan en algunos casos, pero en cantidades muy por debajo de los límites perjudiciales para la salud. Así lo señala un análisis de más de...

A new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a whole host of colorful and differently shaped galaxies; some bright and nearby, some fuzzy, and some so far from us they appear as small specks in the background sky. Together they appear as kind of galactic soup. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/C...

NASA is helping students examine their home planet from space without ever leaving the ground, giving them a global perspective by going beyond a map attached to a sphere on a pedestal. The Sally Ride Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (Sally Ride EarthKAM) program provides a unique educational opportunity for...

Orbital Sciences Cygnus commercial cargo craft completed a month-long delivery mission to the International Space Station Friday when it was released from the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 6:40 a.m. EDT. Cygnus is now orbiting on its own, separating from the station and heading for a deorbit and a fiery entry over the...

The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has chosen a rock that looks like a pale paving stone as the mission's fourth drilling target, if it passes engineers' evaluation. They call it "Bonanza King." Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/Y...

New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory offer a glimpse into the environment of a star before it exploded earlier this year, and insight into what triggered one of the closest supernovas witnessed in decades. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/m...

A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows the diversity of surface structures on the comet's nucleus. It was taken by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on August 7, 2014. At the time, the spacecraft was 65 miles (104 kilometers) away from the 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer) nucleus. Fuente :...

Los albergues que acogen en México a niños y niñas huérfanos o en situación vulnerable, carecen de la necesaria regulación y supervisión del Estado, lo que propicia que se produzcan violaciones escandalosas de sus derechos humanos en esos centros. “La situación es grave. No se piensa en el interés superior del niño. Se violan...

Since 2010, the company Quetzal Aerospace, based in the city of Queretaro, in the middle of Mexico, began manufacturing drones. A little more than four years after its birth, the company has expressed its intention to use these platforms to optimize aeronautical techniques for farmers, in order to promote "precision...

Los resultados de la investigación realizada en el CIAD Culiacán revelan que por lo menos el 10 por ciento del queso fresco, embutidos y carnes que se venden en mercados y en la calle pueden estar contaminados. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Magpies are not attracted to shiny objects and don't routinely steal small trinkets such as jewelry, according to a new study. In European culture, it is widely accepted that magpies (Pica pica) are the pilferers of the bird kingdom, unconditionally attracted to sparkly things and prone to pinching them for their nests, almost...

Certain hospitals are beginning to offer a new FDA-approved treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/K...

Depression is known to be a common symptom of Parkinson's disease, but remains untreated for many patients, according to a new study. In fact, depression is the most prevalent non-motor symptom of Parkinson's, a chronic neurodegenerative disorder typically associated with movement dysfunction. Among those with high levels of...

A new algorithm may help to accurately allocate credit to authors on multi-author papers across disciplines. Using the algo­rithm, the team revealed a new credit allo­ca­tion system based on how often the paper is co-cited with the other papers pub­lished by the paper's co-authors, cap­turing the authors' addi­tional...

Cuando los legisladores de Estados Unidos vuelvan a sus escaños, tras el receso por el verano boreal, deberán retomar la discusión sobre qué harán con las decenas de miles de niños y adultos de América Central que siguen ingresando por la frontera sur de este país.  Las propuestas para que el...

C’est le plus grand poisson au monde, mais l'impact de cet animal majestueux et charismatique sur l'économie des Maldives était jusque là inconnu. Une nouvelle étude menée par des scientifiques du Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP) révèle qu'un petit groupe de requins baleines dans un...

Published today in the open access European Journal of Psychotraumatology is a collection of articles that offer rare and unique insight into the often fiercely debated topic of deployment related PTSD and associated mental health problems. Fuente :...

La muerte de Eduardo Campos, candidato socialista a la Presidencia de Brasil, abre una oportunidad inesperada para que la lideresa ambientalista Marina Silva vuelva con renovada fuerza a luchar por gobernar Brasil, como una tercera via en una campaña muy polarizada. Silva, exministra de Medio...

Argentina se enfrenta a Estados Unidos en la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya porque un tribunal de Nueva York bloqueó el pago que el gobierno argentino acordó en 2005 y 2010 con la mayoría de sus acreedores, lo que resalta la necesidad de un mecanismo internacional para los países que...

Study gives new insight into how carbon monoxide could be used to protect against life-threatening arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) after a heart attack. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Laser physicists have found a way to make atomic-force microscope probes 20 times more sensitive and capable of detecting forces as small as the weight of an individual virus. The technique hinges on using laser beams to cool a nanowire probe to -265 degrees Celsius. "The level of sensitivity...

Brain differences associated with risk-taking teens have been investigated by researchers who found that connections between certain brain regions are amplified in teens more prone to risk. "Our brains have an emotional-regulation network that exists to govern emotions and influence...