The GOES-R Magnetometer Engineering Development Unit made an important development in the construction of the spacecraft recently after completing a successful boom deployment test at an ATK facility in Goleta, Calif. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/nsf...

NASA and NOAA satellites continue to keep a close eye on the remnants of Tropical Storm Dorian as they make their way through the eastern Caribbean Sea. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/nsf...

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Storm Flossie as it neared Hawaii. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/nsf...

Orangutans might be the king of the swingers, but primatologists in Borneo have found that the great apes spend a surprising amount of time walking on the ground. The research, published in the American Journal of Primatology found that it is common for orangutans to come down from the trees to...

Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, HZB and TU Delft scientists have successfully stored nearly five percent of solar energy chemically in the form of hydrogen. This is a major feat as the design of the solar cell is much simpler than that of the high-efficiency...

Special relativity states that the speed of light is the same in all frames of reference and that nothing can exceed that limit. UC Berkeley physicists used a novel experimental system -- the unusual electron orbitals of dysprosium -- to test whether the maximum speed of electrons follows this rule. The answer is yes, to...

The incidence of a particular type of blood cancer is significantly higher in regions near facilities that release the chemical benzene into the environment. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. This and...

Based on data collected between 1991 and 2009 from almost 90,000 individuals who responded to the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, says that, even as life expectancy has increased over the past two decades, people have become...

Professor Kathleen Cullen has been able to identify a distinct and surprisingly small cluster of cells deep within the brain that react within milliseconds to readjust our movements when something unexpected happens, whether it is slipping on ice or hitting a rock when skiing. This finding both...

By observing the eye movements of schizophrenia patients while playing a simple video game, a University of British Columbia researcher has discovered a potential explanation for some of their symptoms, including difficulty with everyday tasks. Fuente :...

How harmful we perceive an act to be depends on whether we see the act as intentional, reveals new research published in Psychological Science. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/afp...

A seafood contaminant that thrives in brackish water during the summer works like a spy to infiltrate cells and quickly open communication channels to sicken the host, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/usm...

New research findings document that permafrost during thawing may result in a substantial release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and that the future water content in the soil is crucial to predict the effect of permafrost thawing. The findings may lead to more accurate climate models in the...

Researchers have clocked the fastest-possible electrical switching in magnetite, a naturally magnetic mineral. Their results could drive innovations in the tiny transistors that control the flow of electricity across silicon chips, enabling faster, more powerful computing devices. Fuente :...

Just 12 molecules of water cause the long post-activation recovery period required by potassium ion channels before they can function again. Using molecular simulations that modeled a potassium channel and its immediate cellular environment, atom for atom, scientists have revealed this new...

A seafood contaminant that thrives in brackish water during the summer works like a spy to infiltrate cells and quickly open communication channels to sicken the host, researchers report. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/T...

Researchers have developed a new method that can look at a specific segment of DNA and pinpoint a single mutation, which could help diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/v...

El desgaste físico de los equipos con una posesión del balón más alta es igual al de los que siempre van detrás de la pelota, concluye una investigación británica y española de 54 partidos de la Premier League ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

Pocas horas después de la partida de la nave Progress M-18M, dejando libre el puerto de atraque del módulo Pirs en la estación espacial internacional, otro vehículo de carga, en esta ocasión el Progress M-20M, despegó desde el cosmódromo de Baikonur lleno de suministros. El despegue se produjo a......

Los cometas siempre han llamado la atención del ser humano por su aparición cíclica, lo cual ha generado muchas preguntas: ¿de dónde vienen?, ¿de qué están compuestos?, y ¿por qué tienen cola? Precisamente esa cola es lo que hemos utilizado para distinguir a los cometas de los asteroides, siendo......

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Despite coronary artery disease (CAD) killing at least as many women as men each year, women are still today less likely to receive preventive recommendations, such as lipid-lowering therapy, aspirin, and lifestyle advice, than are men at a similar risk level. The challenges for women with CAD are...

New research findings from the Centre for Permafrost at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, document that permafrost during thawing may result in a substantial release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and that the future water content in the...

Researchers at the University of Washington and Rice University have developed a new method that can look at a specific segment of DNA and pinpoint a single mutation, which could help diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis. Fuente :...

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have clocked the fastest-possible electrical switching in magnetite, a naturally magnetic mineral. Their results could drive innovations in the tiny transistors that control the flow of electricity across silicon...

Many drugs such as agents for cancer or autoimmune diseases have nasty side effects because while they kill disease-causing cells, they also affect healthy cells. Now a new study has demonstrated a technique for developing more targeted drugs, by using molecular "robots" to hone in on more specific...

Just 12 molecules of water cause the long post-activation recovery period required by potassium ion channels before they can function again. Using molecular simulations that modeled a potassium channel and its immediate cellular environment, atom for atom, University of Chicago scientists have...

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Las investigaciones dirigidas a crear un internet cuántico revelan cómo paralizar las partículas más rápidas del universo a voluntad ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...