Acaba de llegar en perfecto estado al cosmódromo de Plesetsk, en Rusia, el primero de los tres satélites Swarm, de la ESA, cuyo lanzamiento está previsto para el próximo 14 de noviembre. Esta nueva misión estudiará uno de los fenómenos más misteriosos de nuestro planeta: su... Fuente :...

Artículo, del blog El p@to científico, que recomendamos por su interés.  Desde hace poco más de un año, los vecinos de As Pontes, municipio de A Coruña, España, disfrutan de un entorno natural de gran valor ambiental.  Y esta vez, ha sido la mano del hombre quien ha hecho posible el... Fuente :...

NASA's Global Hawk 872 flew over Tropical Storm Humberto on Sept. 16 and 17 after it was reborn from remnants of its earlier life cycle. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/nsf...

A UC Davis student's discovery in a lab helped researchers determine that Neandertals, not modern humans, made first bone tools. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/uoc...

Two NASA satellites observed Hurricane Manuel as it made landfall in northwestern Mexico and brought rainfall into southwestern Texas. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/nsf...

The most powerful typhoon of 2013 (Usagi) was passing between northern Philippines and southern Taiwan on Sept. 19. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/nsf...

Prostacyclin (PGI2) and phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors are vasodilators used in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Although these drugs stimulate vascular dilation directly, erythrocytes also express the PGI2 receptor (IPR) and contain PDE5. We determined that PDE5...

Members of an educational organization contribute to its leadership and can blend personal and social needs to help leaders encourage cooperation, a Wayne State University researcher has found. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/wsu...

NASA's TRMM satellite data revealed heavy rainfall and banding of thunderstorms around the southern quadrant of System 98W in the northwestern Pacific near Guam and the Marianas Islands. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/nsf...

With advances in neurofeedback techniques, the signal-to-noise ratio of the brain activity underlying our thoughts can be remastered, according to a recent discovery in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by a research team led by Stephen LaConte of the Virginia Tech Carilion...

A recently published study strongly suggests men succumb to sexual temptations more than women -- for example, cheating on a partner -- because they experience strong sexual impulses, not because they have weak self-control. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/uot...

After an unusually cold summer in the northernmost latitudes, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its annual minimum summer extent for 2013 on Sept. 13, the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder has reported. Analysis of satellite data...

Over a 13-month period participants were polled on questions related to how they engaged these entities and what impact a workshop had on their professional development. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/agi...

Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a distinguished professor of climate and atmospheric sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, whose landmark research showed that cutting emissions of black carbon and other short lived climate pollutants can significantly lessen the impacts of...

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that a specific protein pair may be a successful prognostic biomarker for identifying smoking-related lung cancers. The protein — ASCL1 — is associated with increased expression of the RET oncogene, a particular cancer-causing gene called RET. The findings appear in the online issue of the...

The results of months of detailed research and carefully considered craftsmanship undertaken by MA Fashion students from London's Kingston University have finally burst on to the catwalk. The students have unveiled nine looks inspired by a new range of rich, pigment-heavy paints launched by exclusive paint and wallpaper...

The Society for Neuroscience has been awarded $525,000 from The Grass Foundation to create a Latin American Neuroscience Training Program. The five-year initiative will serve hundreds of promising young regional scientists, providing knowledge, networking, and tools to help them advance in their careers and contribute to the...

Geologists have shown how deep earthquakes can be simulated in the laboratory. The experiments were performed using a new type of apparatus that uses synchrotron X-rays. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/1...

The explosion of animal life on Earth around 520 million years ago was the result of a combination of interlinked factors rather than a single underlying cause, according to a new study. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/x...

If the development of our nervous system is disturbed, we risk developing serious neurological diseases, impairing our sensory systems, movement control or cognitive functions. This is true for all organisms with a well-developed nervous system, from human to worm. New research reveals how a tiny molecule called mir-79...

The bodies of mammals, including humans, respond to injury by releasing endogenous opioids -- compounds that mitigate acute pain. A team of researchers has uncovered groundbreaking new information about how the body responds to traumatic injury with the development of a surprisingly long-lasting opioid mechanism of natural...

Today, computerized smart systems can deliver drugs intravenously in exact volumes to hospital patients. However, these systems cannot recognize which medications are in the tubing, nor can they determine the concentration of the drug in the tubing. This lack of precise information can lead to medication errors with serious...

Astronomers have discovered enormous arms of hot gas in the Coma cluster of galaxies. These features, which span at least half a million light years, provide insight into how the Coma cluster has grown through mergers of smaller groups and clusters of galaxies to become one of the largest structures in the Universe held...

A magnitude 8.3 earthquake that struck deep beneath the Sea of Okhotsk on May 24, 2013, has left seismologists struggling to explain how it happened. At a depth of about 609 kilometers, the intense pressure on the fault should inhibit the kind of rupture that took place. Fuente :...

Scientists have shown how a protein fragment known as beta-amyloid, strongly implicated in Alzheimer's disease, begins destroying synapses before it clumps into plaques that lead to nerve cell death. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/3...

Each of our cells has an energy furnace, and it is called a mitochondrion. A research team now has identified a new mode of timekeeping that involves priming the cell's furnace to properly use stored fuel when we are not eating. The interdisciplinary team has identified the "match" and "flint" responsible for lighting this tiny...

Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes continue to experience the benefits of bariatric surgery up to nine years after the procedure, according to new research. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/k...

Un grupo internacional de investigadores ha identificado un receptor en el cerebro de ratón, conocido como PirB, que se une al péptido beta amiloide –asociado con la enfermedad de Alzheimer– causando defectos neuronales. El estudio sugiere que el equivalente humano, el receptor LilrB2, podría ser...

Investigadores estadounidenses han determinado que el seísmo ocurrido en el fondo del Pacífico, y registrado en todo el mundo en mayo de 2013, emitió una energía 36 veces superior a la liberada por la bomba atómica de Hiroshima. Este fenómeno produjo una grieta de 180 kilómetros de largo. Fuente :...