The public's view that science and religion can't work in collaboration is a misconception that stunts progress, according to a new survey of more than 10,000 Americans, scientists and evangelical Protestants. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/ru-...

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have pinpointed why normal aging is accompanied by a diminished ability to regain strength and mobility after muscle injury: over time, stem cells within muscle tissues dedicated to repairing damage become less able to generate new muscle...

A novel battery electrode features silicon nanoparticles clustered like pomegranate seeds in a tough carbon rind. The Stanford/SLAC design could enable smaller, lighter rechargeable batteries for electric cars, cell phones and other devices. Fuente :...

What role does pre-existing vulnerabilities play for people who experience a climate shock? Does it amplify the effects of the climate shock or is effect negligible? Four Arizona State University archaeologists are looking into this as part of an international team examining how people can be most...

Fertilizer could be too much of a good thing for the world's grasslands. According to a study that monitored grasslands at 41 sites on five continents, fertilizer overuse results in wilder swings in productivity that could intensify the harm caused by drought. Fuente :...

A new study reconstructing the evolutionary tree of flu viruses challenges conventional wisdom and solves some of the mysteries surrounding flu outbreaks of historical significance. The study challenges several tenets of conventional wisdom, for example the notion that the virus moves largely...

New findings on why skeletal muscle stem cells stop dividing and renewing muscle mass during aging points up a unique therapeutic opportunity for managing muscle-wasting conditions in humans, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study. Fuente :...

In the first study to look at the consequences of anti-gay prejudice for mortality, researchers found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals who lived in communities with high levels of anti-gay prejudice have a shorter life expectancy of 12 years on average compared with their peers in...

Research on urban neighborhoods must take into account differences among cities and rely on some techniques that have not been used extensively by sociologists studying neighborhood effects, according to a professor of sociology. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/B...

One year ago, on Feb. 15, 2013, the world witnessed the dangers presented by near-Earth Objects (NEOs) when a relatively small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere, exploding over Chelyabinsk, Russia, and releasing more energy than a large atomic bomb. Tracking near-Earth asteroids has been a...

En la reunión anual de la Asociación Americana para el Avance de las Ciencias, su presidente, el Nobel Phillip Sharp, ha insistido en la necesidad de que los Gobiernos inviertan más dinero en investigación básica y el sector privado se implique en la innovación científica. En el acto de apertura el...

The widespread use of illegal steroids among Major League Baseball players has been fueled by an "economy of bodily management," the free agent market and exploding television revenues, a labor and disability historian argues in a newly published research paper. Fuente :...

Adenocarcinoma histology, female sex, never-smoking status, and Asian ethnicity have been considered the most important factors associated with EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer and response to EGFR inhibitors. A recent study has found that, within the Asian population, the frequency of...

Over the past decade, a great clinical focus has been directed at developing new and innovative therapies for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). An analysis of clinical trials evaluating these therapies demonstrates that the cumulative success rate for new agents for advanced NSCLC is...

Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children -- such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/x...

Attention modification programs, which train a person to ignore or disregard specific, problematic cues or triggers, have been used effectively to treat cases of anxiety and substance abuse. In a novel study published this week, a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry reports using a single session of attention modification to...

Scientists have pieced together sections of DNA from 12 individual cells to sequence the genome of a bacterium known to live in healthy human mouths. With this new data, the researchers were able to reinforce a theory that genes in a closely related bacterium could be culprits in its ability to cause severe gum disease. Fuente...

Los países que propugnan el desarme nuclear llegaron virtualmente al punto en el cual deben definir el inicio de negociaciones formales para eliminar esas armas, una decisión que podría asumirse a finales de año en Austria. Esa sensación envuelve la conclusión este viernes 14 de los dos días de...

Empresas privadas de Brasil, de sectores estratégicos como la minería o la infraestructura, espían e infiltran a los movimientos sociales y sus actividades, determinó una misión de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), que concluyó este viernes 14. Hace casi un año, el 24 de...

La violencia que reapareció esta semana en las calles de Venezuela, con manifestaciones opositoras en la capital y otras 12 ciudades, presagia un endurecimiento del gobierno y de sus adversarios cuando el todavía joven mandato de Nicolás Maduro ensaya un juego de acierto y error ante una economía...

Research could change how patients are treated to prevent blood clots after joint replacement surgery. A study published has determined that after lower extremity joint replacement surgery, a mobile compression device was just as effective as blood thinners in preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT),...

Turquía está pendiente de la decisión del presidente Abdullah Gul, quien deberá ratificar o vetar una polémica ley que regula Internet y que para la oposición, la sociedad civil y la comunidad internacional constituye una restricción importante a la libertad de expresión. Gul dijo hace tres años...

El grupo de los principales países ricos presentó un nuevo modelo de intercambio automático de información financiera, que pretende atacar mejor la billonaria evasión fiscal en el mundo. Los partidarios de actuaciones de transparencia financiera más estrictas saludaron la medida, anunciada el...

Routledge Journals is pleased to announce its partnership with Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, an international quarterly, is the journal of the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, & Psychology and the William Alanson White Psychoanalytic...

Food spoiling and poisoning caused by microbial contamination can cause major health, social, and economic problems. The broad scope of antimicrobial approaches to kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms in foods and beverages, including a variety of natural and artificial preservative...

Hasán Jishman sonríe al deslizarse sobre unos esquís por primera vez en su vida. Las condiciones de la nieve son perfectas durante el fin de semana pero aquí nadie ha oído hablar de Sochi. Él es un refugiado sirio de solo 11 años. Y estas son las montañas kurdas de Iraq. Situada 300 kilómetros al […]El artículo El...

Naukowcy Narodowego Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ) rozpoczynają prace nad nowym systemem kontroli wytwarzania cementu. Podpisana umowa z Narodowym Centrum Badań i Rozwoju umożliwi opracowanie i uruchomienie pierwszego polskiego systemu wykorzystującego neutronową analizę aktywacyjną do określenia...

Research by the University of Southampton has provided new insight into the consequence of accumulated 'misfolded proteins' in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Prion and Alzheimer's disease. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

• Innovative new Natural Resources Research Centre opened during ceremony on 11 February • Partnership aims to improve sustainable resources expertise Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...