In order to learn more about the relationship between eating speed and energy intake, a team of researchers in the Department of Kinesiology at Texas Christian University took a look at how eating speed affects calories consumed during a meal in both normal weight subjects as well as overweight or...

Seventy year olds who don't frequently visit the doctor have something unexpected in common -- most played high school sports. They were active on a team over 50 years ago and are more likely to be active into their late 70s. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/cfb...

Die Temperaturen im Erdmantel waren im Archaikum, das vor vier Milliarden Jahren begann, wesentlich höher als heute. Die archaische Erdkruste, die sich unter diesen Bedingungen gebildet hatte, war nach neuen Modellrechnungen so dicht, dass große Teile davon wieder im Erdmantel recycelt wurden. Zu...

Earth's mantle temperatures during the Archean eon, which commenced some 4 billion years ago, were significantly higher than they are today. According to recent model calculations, the Archean crust that formed under these conditions was so dense that large portions of it were recycled back into...

El pozo Terra-123 está en llamas desde fines de octubre en Tabasco, estado del sudeste de México. A una distancia de 1,5 kilómetros viven unas 1.500 personas que conforman la población indígena de Oxiacaque. La fuga de gas, que Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) no ha podido controlar, ha ocasionado ya...

The mechanism by which some bacteria are able to survive antibacterial treatment has been revealed for the first time.  Their work could pave the way for new ways to control such bacteria.  Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/P...

Jerusalem, Dec. 29, 2013 – The mechanism by which some bacteria are able to survive antibacterial treatment has been revealed for the first time by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers. Their work could pave the way for new ways to control such bacteria. Fuente :...

Earth's mantle temperatures during the Archean eon, which commenced some four billion years ago, were significantly higher than they are today. According to recent model calculations, the Archean crust that formed under these conditions was so dense that large portions of it were recycled back into...

Accumulating research indicates that melatonin has a major role in pain transmission and has an ultra-sensitizing effect. Dr. Fang Huang and colleagues from Sun Yat-sen University in China for the first time located the distribution of melatonin receptor 1 in the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus....

Daojun Hong and colleagues from Nanchang University further investigated the association of the MAPT gene with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Chinese Han population. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/nrr...

For patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning, and disability compared to nonsurgical treatment, concludes an eight year follow-up study. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/H...

Stroke rehabilitation researchers report improvement in spatial neglect with prism adaptation therapy. This new study supports behavioral classification of patients with spatial neglect as a valuable tool for assigning targeted, effective early rehabilitation with prism adaptation. Fuente :...

El campesino Rodolfo Razão obtuvo en 2010 el Derecho de Uso y Aprovechamiento de la Tierra (Duart) para 10 hectáreas, pero no puede cultivar más que siete. El resto lo ocupó una compañía sudafricana que produce soja, maíz y frijoles en unas 10.000 hectáreas en el noreste de Mozambique. De nada...

Los últimos tres años fueron muy importantes para reforzar el movimiento por los derechos y libertades fundamentales de las mujeres y las niñas y, sobre todo, para eliminar la mutilación genital femenina en todo el mundo. Vimos cómo crecía y culminaba el impulso político en diciembre de 2012 con la aprobación por consenso en la...

Las dos principales organizaciones de kurdos de Siria, a pesar de la desconfianza mutua que se profesan, acordaron asistir a la  conferencia internacional sobre el destino de ese país en conflicto, conocida como Ginebra II, en el bando de las fuerzas opositoras. Este arreglo depende de que en...

A safe and effective malaria vaccine is high on the wish list of most people concerned with global health. New results suggest how a leading vaccine candidate could be vastly improved. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/t...

En la vidriera de una tienda de mascotas en El Cairo se ofrecen perros, gatos y loros. Pero si lo que uno está buscando son animales más exóticos, también puede preguntar en el mostrador por cocodrilos o cachorros de león. El tráfico de animales salvajes está prohibido por la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de...

Potenciar la colaboración científica y la investigación sobre ecosistemas terrestres y acuáticos en Ecuador, con un especial énfasis en el estudio de los efectos del cambio climático y las medidas para reducir su impacto en el entorno natural: estos son los ejes principales del nuevo convenio firmado en diciembre por la...

To promote scientific collaboration and research on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in Ecuador, particularly, to study the effects of climate change and the measures to reduce its impact on the environment, is the main objective of the agreement signed between the University of Barcelona (UB) and the University of Cuenca...

SINC ha seleccionado las investigaciones más relevantes en las que han participado científicos españoles durante este año: desde nuevos minirriñones creados a partir de células madre hasta el descubrimiento de agua en Marte, pasando por la secuenciación del ADN humano más antiguo de la historia...

Finnish researchers have shown that one of the most common surgical procedures in the Western world is unnecessary. Keyhole surgeries of the knee are useless for patients whose knee complaints are due to joint abnormalities associated with aging. The results of the FIDELITY trial have been published in the esteemed New England...

Una mujer y su esposo están sentados a la mesa. Mientras ella habla, él la ignora, enfrascado en la lectura de un periódico. “Al menos Obama me está escuchando”, dice ella. Esta es solo una de las tantas referencias satíricas al escándalo internacional por el programa de vigilancia del gobierno de...

This release focuses on ormobaric oxygen preconditioning for cerebral ischemic injury. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/nrr...

This release focuses on chitosan conduits combined with NGF microspheres repair facial nerve defects. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/nrr...

For patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning, and disability compared to nonsurgical treatment, concludes an eight year follow-up study in Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health....

Stroke rehabilitation researchers report improvement in spatial neglect with prism adaptation therapy. This new study supports behavioral classification of patients with spatial neglect as a valuable tool for assigning targeted, effective early rehabilitation with prism adaptation. Results of the study, "Presence of...

Low pressure System 98S appears ripe to form into Tropical Cyclone 05S as NASA satellite imagery is showing some hot towering clouds in the storm and heaviest rains south of the center. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/nsf...

Finnish researchers have shown that one of the most common surgical procedures in the Western world is unnecessary. Keyhole surgeries of the knee are useless for patients whose knee complaints are due to joint abnormalities associated with aging. The results of the FIDELITY trial have been...

Of 497 moms surveyed, 70 percent were not familiar with MyPlate. Moms were more likely to be familiar with MyPlate if they already knew about MyPyramid. Moms who found MyPlate easy to understand and relevant to their lives were more likely to see its potential to help their families eat better....