Navegar en espacios desconocidos, reconocer objetos y posicionarlos en el mapa, además de contar con una interfaz intuitiva que otorga autonomía y le permite interactuar con el usuario, son algunas de las características de IRMA III, el robot que es desarrollado por académicos y alumnos del......

Un equipo de investigación del Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz del Instituto Español de Oceanografía ha descubierto y descrito una nueva especie de cangrejo litódido (Paralomis macphersoni) capturado a 1400 metros de profundidad en aguas de Namibia, durante una campaña oceanográfica a bordo del buque...

Según la Organización de Naciones Unidas, los derivados de la planta Cannabis sativa, el cannabis o marihuana, son las drogas ilegales más consumidas en el mundo. Gracias a diferentes estudios científicos, comenzamos a conocer determinadas disfunciones que una exposición crónica al cannabis......

Google ha defendido este lunes las medidas tomadas para calmar las preocupaciones antimonopolio de la Unión Europea respecto a que bloquea a los competidores en los resultados de las búsquedas en su web, mientras busca desviar las críticas de que las propuestas sólo servirían para reforzar su...

Artículo de Germán Fernández Sánchez, en el blog El Neutrino, que recomendamos por su interés.  Los seres vivos necesitan el agua para vivir, y la única agua de la que disponen los peces marinos es el agua salada. De manera natural, la sal debería acumularse en sus tejidos. Pero no es así.......

El Tribunal de Justicia de la UE se pronunciará este martes sobre el alcance del derecho al olvido en Internet en un caso que enfrenta a España, y en concreto a la Agencia de Protección de Datos, con el gigante informático estadounidense Google. Fuente :...

Científicos de Barcelona han detectado una alta presencia de infección por papilomavirus en la cavidad oral, anal y el pene de los hombres seropositivos, en especial, en el ano entre pacientes con relaciones homosexuales. Los investigadores recomiendan exploraciones rutinarias de las tres áreas para todos, independientemente de...

Acaba de hacerse pública la primera muestra de datos del ALHAMBRA survey, el mejor catálogo desarrollado hasta la fecha para el estudio de la evolución del cosmos.En la revista Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society se publica un artículo, encabezado por los investigadores del... Fuente...

A Johns Hopkins study of more than 1,800 men ages 52 to 62 suggests that African-Americans diagnosed with very-low-risk prostate cancers are much more likely than white men to actually have aggressive disease that goes unrecognized with current diagnostic approaches. Fuente :...

A team of scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society, BirdLife International, and other groups have discovered a new species of bird with distinct plumage and a loud call living not in some remote jungle, but in a capital city of 1.5 million people. Fuente :...

Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a promising new way to treat a rare and aggressive blood cancer most commonly found in people infected with HIV. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uos...

Global sustainability is like a high-stakes jigsaw puzzle -- and an international group of scientists have created a new framework to assemble the big picture without losing pieces.Scientists at Michigan State University have built an integrated way to study a world that has become more connected...

A team of scientists from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Duke University have conducted one of the first studies to directly compare canine and human B-cell lymphoma by examining molecular similarities and...

New research out of St. Michael's Hospital has found that despite popular belief, the flu shot is effective in preventing the flu, even if the virus going around does not match the vaccine. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/smh...

There are two popular models when it comes to delivering the best healthcare -- using evidence-based guidelines or applying personalized medicine. Each method has its own merits and drawbacks, but according to one Northwestern Medicine® cardiologist, when the two theories are integrated the result...

UCLA researchers have found that older adults who regularly used a brain-fitness program on a computer demonstrated significantly improved memory and language skills. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoc...

Based on the experience of a large hospital in Tanzania, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have discovered a "startlingly" high burden of hypertension in this sub-Saharan African country. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/wcm...

One in five adolescents surveyed in Ontario said they have suffered a traumatic brain injury that left them unconscious for five minutes or required them to be hospitalized overnight, a statistic researchers in Toronto say is much higher than previously thought. Fuente :...

Researchers say they now know what allows some Western corn rootworms to survive crop rotation, a farming practice that once effectively managed the rootworm pests. The answer to the decades-long mystery of rotation-resistant rootworms lies -- in large part -- in the rootworm gut, the team reports. Fuente :...

Researchers have released results of a major survey exploring resilience of people and neighborhoods directly affected by Superstorm Sandy. The study reveals the importance of social factors such as neighborhood bonds and social supports in coping with the storm and its aftermath. Fuente :...

Scientists have discovered two key mutations that sparked a hormonal revolution 500 million years ago. In a feat of "molecular time travel," the researchers resurrected and analyzed the functions of the ancestors of genes that play key roles in modern human reproduction, development, immunity and cancer. Fuente :...

The clues that parents give toddlers about words can make a big difference in how deep their vocabularies are when they enter school, new research shows. By using words to reference objects in the visual environment, parents can help young children learn new words, according to the research. Fuente :...

Un nuevo estudio analiza los genomas de las bacterias de la superficie marina y concluye que su ADN contiene menos guanina, citosina, duplicidades y genes no codificantes que el de las bacterias cultivables. Las distintas regiones analizadas revelan que estos organismos se distribuyen según la...

La oxitocina es una hormona responsable de comportamientos parentales, sexuales y sociales relacionados con la confianza y la generosidad. Investigadores estadounidenses han estudiado cómo afecta a la vigilancia social de los macacos Rhesus. El trabajo sugiere que la molécula aumenta la atención hacia ojos y caras, pero relaja...

Animals ranging from plankton to small fish consume vast amounts of what little oxygen is available in the deep ocean, and may reveal a crucial and unappreciated role that animals have in ocean chemistry on a global scale. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/N...

Helping RNA escape from cells' recycling process could make it easier to shut off disease-causing genes, says a new study. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/7...

For 220 million years they have roamed the seas, denizens of the bustling coral reef and the vast open ocean. Each year, some emerge from the pounding surf onto moonlit beaches to lay their eggs. Throughout human history, we have revered them, used them, and worked to protect them, but we have only begun to understand these...

NOAA's National Weather Service has discovered that 64 percent of lightning deaths since 2006 occurred while people were participating in leisure activities, with fishing topping the list at 26 deaths. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/R...

Although 75 percent of the planet is an ocean of blue, the remaining 25 percent of Earth's surface is a dynamic green. Data from the Visible-Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on board the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite is able to detect these subtle differences in greenness, and is sending extraordinary images...