Researchers have demonstrated that, after over 1,500 years frozen in Antarctic ice, moss can come back to life and continue to grow. For the first time, this vital part of the ecosystem in both polar regions has been shown to have the ability to survive century to millennial scale ice ages. This...

In younger adults experiencing heart attacks and angina, men are more likely to receive faster care compared with women, new research shows. In the study, men received faster access to electrocardiograms (ECGs) and fibrinolysis than women, with door-to-ECG and door-to-needle times of 15 and 21...

Manipulating the CD80/CD86 pathway may yield new strategies for treating multiple myeloma, new research on dendritic cells suggests. This research focused on the immune system’s dendritic cells (DCs), crucial cells that initiate and regulate immune responses. For example, the dendritic cells...

In response to drug-resistant “superbugs” that send millions of people to hospitals around the world, scientists are building tiny, “molecular drill bits” that kill bacteria by bursting through their protective cell walls. Researchers have presented some of the latest developments on these drill...

Los astrofísicos llevaban décadas esperando este momento y los datos han llegado desde el radiotelescopio BICEP2 en el Polo Sur. Un equipo del Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, en EE UU, anuncia hoy tres grandes descubrimientos relacionados: la primera prueba directa de que existen las...

Todos los días, Pretty Nyathi*, de 17 años, se levanta de la cama, alimenta a su bebé, lo carga a su espalda y sale rápidamente al mercado para comprar verduras que luego revende en las calles de Bulawayo, la segunda ciudad más importante de Zimbabwe. Ella desearía que su vida fuera diferente. “No...

Los activistas y juristas que solicitan la inconstitucionalidad de la draconiana ley de Uganda contra los homosexuales creen que lograrán tumbarla. “Los jueces son humanos. Pero estamos muy seguros de que hemos hecho una argumentación convincente y de que los magistrados aplicarán su capacidad...

Investigadores españoles han liderado un estudio sobre los órganos en un chip. Los expertos han creado, por primera vez, un modelo funcional de bazo en 3D capaz de actuar como este órgano y filtrar los glóbulos rojos de la sangre. Fuente :...

In response to the 2010 Affordable Care Act, employers may no long offer traditional employee health care benefits as they protect themselves from rising health care costs and seek to minimize their risk. How the shifting landscape of health care coverage will impact population health management...

Anfang März haben das Bundesinstituts für Berufsbildung (BIBB) und das Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) die Ergebnisse der dritten Welle der Qualifikations- und Berufsfeldprojektionen vorgelegt. Das Ergebnis: Trotz erhöhter Zuwanderung droht Fachkräfteengpass. Die Prognose...

Investigadores de la Universidad de Almería han analizado las propiedades de los aceites de diversas plantas de distribución restringida de toda Europa, estableciendo su potencial nutricional y terapéutico. En concreto, el equipo de expertos ha encontrado en Andalucía dos especies, Anchusa puechii...

La construcción del ITER está avanzando gracias a la firma de dos contratos entre Fusion for Energy (F4E), la organización de la Unión Europea que gestiona la contribución europea al proyecto, y Ferrovial Agroman para el diseño y la construcción de siete edificios que albergarán una serie de...

La construcció de l'ITER avança gràcies a la signatura de dos nous contractes entre Fusion for Energy (F4E), l'organització de la Unió Europea amb seu a Barcelona que gestiona la contribució europea al projecte, i Ferrovial Agroman per al disseny i la construcció de set edificis que acolliran un...

Científicos españoles han diseñado el ‘mapa de la investigación’ mundial más completo que se ha elaborado hasta la fecha. En el planeta existen tres grandes ‘clusters’ de países: los de occidente destinan más recursos a la biomedicina; Rusia y los antiguos países soviéticos destacan en física,...

"" Nanyang Technological University (NTU) brings earth science to life in a new art publication produced by the Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS). The EOS ART Projects profile the creative works of six artists from Singapore and the Asian region and show the diverse ways in which human society...

The body clock’s natural rhythm could be utilized to improve current therapies to delay the onset of chronic lung diseases. Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a rhythmic defence pathway in the lung controlled by our body clocks, which is essential to combat daily exposure to...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Steinmetz ha recibido el eminente nombramiento de Cátedra de Excelencia por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, con el patrocinio del Banco Santander. Se unirá a IMDEA Networks Institute como Visiting Professor durante su estancia. Fuente :...

Research has found that the Greek household budget for domestic heating is shrinking as a result of income reduction on the homeowner, and a dramatic tax increase on energy. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

VTT and Rolls-Royce have worked together on brand new solutions for crews manning the bridges of tugs, cargo ships, and platform supply vessels in the year 2025. These innovations draw on the long experience Rolls-Royce has with developing bridge design and also on mariners' operational expertise....

El radio de Mercurio se ha reducido hasta un máximo de 7 km en los últimos 4 mil millones de años, lo que supone entre 0,8 y 3 km más de lo que se pensaba hasta ahora. Así lo recogen las imágenes de las crestas y fallas del planeta captadas por la sonda Messenger. Fuente :...

Intelligent people are more likely to trust others, while those who score lower on measures of intelligence are less likely to do so, says a new study. Researchers based their finding on an analysis of the General Social Survey, a nationally representative public opinion survey carried out in the...

African elephants make a specific alarm call in response to the danger of humans, according to a new study of wild elephants in Kenya. Researchers carried out a series of audio experiments in which recordings of the voices of the Samburu, a local tribe from North Kenya, were played to resting...

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) nearly doubled in 2013, but most won't take you farther than 100 miles on one charge. To boost their range toward a tantalizing 300 miles or more, researchers are reporting progress on a "breathing" battery that has the potential to one day replace the lithium-ion...

Imagine powering your cell phone by simply walking around your office or rubbing it with the palm of your hand. Rather than plugging it into the wall, you become the power source. Scientists were recently working on a miniature generator based on an energy phenomenon called the piezoelectric...

Le Groupe d’action de sélection rizicole à l’échelle de l’Afrique abrité par le Centre du riz pour l’Afrique (AfricaRice) a récemment nommé six variétés dotées d’une tolérance améliorée aux stress environnementaux sous l’appellation ARICA, qui signifie Variétés de riz avancées pour l’Afrique. « Il...

The Africa-wide Rice Breeding Task Force, convened by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), has recently nominated six varieties with improved tolerance to environmental stresses as ARICA, which stands for Advanced Rice Varieties for Africa. "This is the second series of nominations since the ARICA...

Long-term outcomes of revision arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery is not as successful as in a first-time surgery, according to researchers. Scientists analyzed and followed-up with 360 arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery patients where they compared the functional and clinical outcomes of 310...

A consecuencia de la “amenaza” en que se encuentran los ecosistemas acuáticos en la Gran Cuenca de los ríos Grijalva y Usumacinta, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Ecosur) estudia la composición y distribución de las comunidades de peces con el objetivo de realizar un índice de integridad biológica....

Specialists at the Institute of Materials Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (IIM -UNAM) developed chemical compounds that will collect energy from the sun with an energy transfer efficiency close to one hundred percent. This phenomenon would allow the design of a new...