Arqueólogos de la Universidad de Murcia han encontrado restos de un templo romano en Cerro de los Santos, en Montealegre del Castillo (Albacete). Los investigadores han localizado y determinado la ubicación precisa de un templo de planta itálica, construido a finales del siglo I a.C., que sólo se conocía por el dibujo de unas...

Un estudio publicado en ‘Nature’, cuyo autor principal es el investigador del CBGP (UMM-INIA) Pedro Crevillén, descubre los mecanismos genéticos que facilitan la floración en el momento adecuado. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Algunas personas sufren demencia incipiente a medida que van cumpliendo años. Para subsanar dicha pérdida, la reserva cognitiva del cerebro se pone a prueba. Investigadores de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela han estudiado qué indicadores influyen en mejorar esta habilidad y concluyen que...

Erstmals kann die komplexe Struktur des Proteins, das die lebenswichtigen Eisen-Ionen in die Zelle schleust, beschrieben werden. Die Biochemiker der Universität Zürich schaffen so die Grundlage für das bessere Verständnis des Eisen-Stoffwechsels. Die Resultate können für die künftige Therapie von...

For the first time, the three dimensional structure of the protein that is essential for iron import into cells, has been elucidated. Biochemists of the University of Zurich have paved the way towards a better understanding of iron metabolism. The results also provide a basis for novel approaches...

Using a patented experimental device and supercomputer simulations, researchers have managed to explain the formation of jets emitted by young stars. In perfect agreement with astrophysical observations, the model, which involves the interstellar magnetic field, was developed by an international...

Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the University of Turku and the University of Oslo have discovered a previously unknown molecular-level mechanism that may partly explain the increased growth of cancer cells. The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, showed that...

Las enanas blancas, una etapa final de las estrellas, pueden parecer más frías y supuestamente más viejas de lo que realmente son debido a la presencia de campos magnéticos intensos. Es lo que señala un estudio, en el que participa el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, que aclara la debatida...

La auxiliar de enfermería infectada de ébola, Teresa Romero, ha dado negativo en la última prueba PCR, carga viral cero, según un comunicado del comité especial para la gestión de la enfermedad, si bien ello no quiere decir que la enfermedad esté superada por lo que se le repetirá el test en...

Naturally occurring asbestos minerals may be more widespread than previously thought, with newly discovered sources now identified within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The asbestos-rich areas are in locations not previously considered to be at risk, according to new report that will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the...

La agencia Sinc ha obtenido el mayor galardón a la divulgación de la ciencia en España, el premio Prismas Casa de las Ciencias, en la categoría web. Además, el reportaje de Sinc La obsesión de Dalí por una musa llamada ciencia ha obtenido una mención especial en la categoría de artículos...

Sequencing the DNA of children with mystery genetic disorders produced a definitive diagnosis in 40 percent of one hospital’s most complex cases -- a quantum leap from the field’s 5-percent success rate 20 years ago. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/K...

Women are more driven to seek wealth and status than they are to reproduce, a new study suggests. The research says although low fertility may seem to go against traditional ideas about evolutionary success, a woman will delay and reduce her fertility if it brings her opportunities for higher...

The migration of millions of birds across the face of the planet is one of nature's greatest annual events. Every spring some species move in one direction, while every autumn those same species move in the opposite one, very often linking continents. Although these migration patterns are as...

People with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder use a popular social media website like YouTube to provide and receive naturally occurring peer support, researchers report. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/c...

Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding Australia's only active volcanic area. The volcanism springs from a unique interaction between the continent's movement north and local variations in its thickness. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/F...

La avenida Bambú se extiende por cuatro kilómetros en el distrito jamaiquino de St. Elizabeth, flanqueada por enormes plantas de bambú que se elevan por encima de la calle y se cruzan en el centro para formar un túnel de sombra.  El bambú forma parte de la cultura de Jamaica desde hace miles de...

Elegirse con los votos concentrados de las áreas metropolitanas e industrializadas para luego afianzar el poder con el apoyo disperso del interior pobre es el itinerario de las fuerzas políticas en Brasil, en ciclos que podrían renovarse en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales, el 26...

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, soporta una fuerte presión para imponer restricciones al ingreso de vuelos y viajeros  procedentes de países de África occidental afectados por la epidemia  de ébola.  El brote actual mató a más de 4.500 personas, casi todas en Guinea, Liberia y Sierra...

The physicist Stefan Hell, who has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, brought about a revolution in the field of microscopy with his discovery. In this portrait of the scientist, you will find out about his achievements which led to a new class of light microscope that can probe...

Dem Physiker Stefan Hell – Chemienobelpreisträger 2014 - gelang mit seiner Entdeckung eine Revolution im Bereich der Mikroskopie. In dem Portrait über den Wissenschaftler erfahren Sie mehr über seine Leistungen, die zu einer neuen Klasse von Lichtmikroskopen führten, die wesentlich tiefer in die...

People who play action video games such as Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed seem to learn a new sensorimotor skill more quickly than non-gamers do, psychology researchers have found. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/c...

New circuit design could unlock the power of experimental superconducting computer chips. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/t...

A new study has cracked one mystery of glass to shed light on the mechanism that triggers its deformation before shattering. Glass hangs in a metastable state in which the energy of the system is higher than the lowest-energy state the system could assume, a crystalline state. But its state is...

Evolutionary biologist at Bielefeld University compiles international special issue on sperm competition Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Decades of feminist research have framed rape and sexual assault as a ‘women’s issue’, leaving little room for the experiences of male victims. But a new study published in the Journal of Gender Studies suggests that feminist theory, with its focus on the gendered nature of rape, can also help us...

We assume that we can see the world around us in sharp detail. In fact, our eyes can only process a fraction of our surroundings precisely. In a series of experiments, psychologists have been investigating how the brain fools us into believing that we see in sharp detail. Fuente :...

Computer simulations have been used to show how bacteria are able to destroy antibiotics -- a breakthrough which will help develop drugs which can effectively tackle infections in the future. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/v...

Pour la première fois, des chercheurs de l’Inra ont développé un procédé de fractionnement par voie sèche de la biomasse végétale (paille de blé et de riz) pour contribuer à produire du bio-carburant, des bio-matériaux et des bio-molécules dans une perspective d’éco-conception (moins d’énergie,...