A research team that includes a physics professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has recorded a drastically reduced measurement of the Casimir effect, a fundamental quantum phenomenon experienced between two neutral bodies that exist in a vacuum. Fuente :...

According to a recent study by Ayelet Fishbach, Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, waiting actually does make people more patient, which can provide a payoff for consumers by helping them make better...

Chronic use of prescription painkillers, also known as opioids, among obese patients prior to bariatric surgery continues after surgery, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Fuente :...

The October issue of the JACR focuses on a variety of issues relating to clinical practice, practice management, health services and policy, and radiology education. Topics to be covered include the evolving role of the radiologist; the increasing role of radiologists in thoracic diagnosis; the...

The "love hormone" oxytocin could increase acceptance of other people, found Neuropsychoanalysis Foundation research grantee Valentina Colonnello Ph.D., in "Oxytocin Sharpens Self-other Perceptual Boundary," published online in Psychoneuroendocrinology. The study finds oxytocin can sharpen the...

A new computational tool developed by US and Israeli scientists will help scientists exploit the massive databases of gene expression experimental results that have been created over the past decade. Researchers say it could uncover new links between diseases and treatments and provide new insights...

All children should have flu shots, even if they have an egg allergy, and it's now safe to get them without special precautions. In a large number of research studies published over the last several years, thousands of egg allergic children, including those with a severe life-threatening reaction...

Mexican scientists identified and quantified the amount of aflatoxins (carcinogenic) in food such as corn tortilla, rice, chili pepper, processed sauces, chicken breast and eggs, and revealed its relationship with cervical and liver cancer in humans. Fuente :...

Leading researchers from Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain - as well as one of Sweden's leading business figures - will receive honorary doctorates from KTH Royal Institute of Technology on November 11 in Stockholm. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Scott Hansen, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Therapeutics on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, has won a prestigious New Innovator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health. Fuente :...

Antarctica's Deep Lake is a saltwater ecosystem that remains liquid in extreme cold. For the first time, researchers describe a complete ecological picture of the microbial community thriving in Deep Lake. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/E...

New research led by an electrical engineer is aimed at improving lithium-ion batteries through possible new electrode architectures with precise nano-scale designs. The researchers created nanowires that block diffusion of lithium across their silicon surface and promote layer-by-layer axial...

Un equipo del IRB ha identificado en la mosca Drosophila una proteína esencial para la viabilidad de los embriones durante las primeras divisiones celulares. Esta proteína, denominada dBigH1, que es una variante de la histona 1, podría estar relacionada también con problemas de fertilidad....

La Universidad de Sevilla ha desarrollado un nuevo sistema de calas para las bicicletas, protegido en la Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas, que se basa en estudios matemáticos y biomecánicos. Su fabricación en plástico mediante impresoras 3D permite adaptar fácilmente sus componentes a las...

Geologists and geophysicists have discovered traces of large ice sheets from the Pleistocene on a seamount off the north-eastern coast of Russia. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/0...

A string of fiber-optic sensors running along a 36-km stretch of high-speed commuter railroad lines connecting Hong Kong to mainland China has taken more than 10 million measurements over the past few years in a demonstration that the system can help safeguard commuter trains and freight cars...

Scientists have developed a programming language for chemistry that they hope will streamline efforts to design a network that can guide the behavior of chemical-reaction mixtures in the same way that embedded electronic controllers guide cars, robots and other devices. Fuente :...

Un estudio desarrollado en el INEF muestra que la pérdida de peso durante una dieta es lineal hasta el sexto mes y no se ve influida ni por el tipo de tratamiento ni por la edad de la persona. Fuente : http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-perdida-de-p...

Results reported at the European Cancer Congress 2013 today illustrate that more research is urgently needed to compare and validate the growing number of genomic tests becoming available in oncology, ESMO says. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Najnowszy członek Unii Europejskiej już zajmuje liczącą się pozycję w sektorze europejskich badań naukowych. Chorwacja dobrze sobie radzi w B+R z całkiem wysokim wskaźnikiem udziału w unijnych, ramowych programach w zakresie badań naukowych, zważywszy na jej wielkość i uprzedni status kraju spoza...

Researchers say it's clear that some cases of autism are hereditary, but have struggled to draw direct links between the condition and particular genes. Researchers have found that mutations in one autism-linked gene, dubbed NHE9, which is involved in transporting substances in and out of...

Researchers examined what makes up "cultural educational excellence" among higher achieving fourth graders in science, math, and English. It's been long believed that administrative and parental support help in this area; now a massive amount of data from 180,000 students and 170,000 parents in 34...

Cocaine use may increase one's vulnerability to HIV infection, according to a new research. In the report, scientists show that cocaine alters immune cells, called "quiescent CD4 T cells," to render them more susceptible to the virus, and at the same time, to allow for increased proliferation of...

A cheap and simple process using natural fibers embedded with nanoparticles can almost completely rid water of harmful textile dyes in minutes, report researchers who worked with native Colombian plant fibers. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/D...

Boosting testosterone can promote generosity, but only when there is no threat of competition, according to new research. The findings show that testosterone is implicated in behaviors that help to foster and maintain social relationships, indicating that its effects are more nuanced than...

NASA astronauts recently experienced what it will be like to launch into space aboard the new Orion spacecraft during the first ascent simulations since the space shuttles and their simulators were retired. Ascent simulations are precise rehearsals of the steps a spacecraft's crew will be...

A week after its original approach date, Orbital Sciences' commercial cargo craft Cygnus has arrived at the International Space Station. The Expedition 37 crew captured Cygnus with the Canadarm2 at 7 a.m. EDT Sunday. Cygnus launched Sept. 18 aboard an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight...

NASA has released its announcement of an open competition for the planetary community to submit proposals for the science and exploration technology instruments that would be carried aboard the agency's next Mars rover, scheduled for launch in July/August of 2020. Fuente :...

NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind portable radar device to detect the heartbeats and breathing patterns of victims trapped in large piles of rubble resulting from a disaster. The prototype technology, called Finding Individuals for Disaster...