Medical science has known for years that people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol actually have a reduced risk of death. Now, new research from Oregon Health & Science University adds a fascinating twist: moderate drinking may actually bolster our immune system and help it fight off infection. Fuente :...

A CU Cancer Center study published today in the journal Stem Cells shows that progenitor cells that create dangerous, muscle-invasive bladder cancer are different than the progenitor cells that create non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Though these two cancers grow at the same site, they are different diseases. Fuente :...

High blood pressure affects approximately one billion people worldwide. Because of this epidemic, The American Society of Hypertension Inc. and the International Society of Hypertension announce the creation of first-of-their-kind guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Hypertension: "Clinical Practice Guidelines for the...

Es tradición que cada pueblo tenga una festividad asociada a lo que más lo caracteriza. El poblado cordobés de Bouwer, en el centro de Argentina, decidió “celebrar” la basura. El “Primer festival provincial de la contaminación y contra la discriminación” no es motivo de...

Scientists have discovered four new species of small mammals in the eastern section of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/0...

Mientras la guerra siria agrava los choque de facciones en la norteña ciudad libanesa de Trípoli, los refugiados palestinos que viven en esta zona se desesperan cada vez más con la violencia. En el verano boreal de 2007, los refugiados del campamento Nahr el Bared, apenas 16 kilómetros al norte de la ciudad costera de...

Los países en desarrollo pueden perder más de un billón de dólares al año, procedentes de delitos y corrupción. Este flujo ilegal va en veloz aumento y ya es 10 veces mayor que el monto total de ayuda extranjera que estas naciones reciben. Entre 2002 y 2011, los gobiernos del mundo en desarrollo...

El equipo de Investigación de Enfermedades Oncológicas del Hospital Infantil de México "Federico Gómez" estudió las causas por las que algunos pacientes no reaccionan favorablemente a la quimioterapia en tratamientos contra tumores malignos. Entre sus primeros hallazgos han relacionado a la presencia del factor de transcripción...

El estrés es un mecanismo de defensa del organismo que advierte que hay una situación de emergencia que involucra peligro o riesgo para la persona. Pero cuando esta situación se prolonga más allá del breve lapso que implicaría una urgencia, es decir, cuando el estrés es prolongado, la energía se re-direccionada hacia los...

CHRISTMAS PRESENT OF THE YEAR: The buyer of the gigantic dinosaur ‘Misty’ was kept anonymous when the giant was sold at an auction in London two weeks ago. Now the Natural History Museum of Denmark can reveal that it received the Christmas present of the year thanks to a donation from the Obel Family Foundation. The...

Easily manufactured, low-cost artificial cells manufactured using microprinting may one day serve as drug and gene delivery devices and in biomaterials, biotechnology and biosensing applications, according to biomedical engineers. These artificial cells will also allow researchers to explore actions that take place at the cell...

The same tiny cellulose crystals that give trees and plants their high strength, light weight and resilience, have now been shown to have the stiffness of steel. The nanocrystals might be used to create a new class of biomaterials with wide-ranging applications, such as strengthening construction materials and automotive...

Children's risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to a dog in the household, and now researchers have discovered a reason why. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/h...

Scientists have found a new hand bone from a human ancestor who roamed the earth in East Africa approximately 1.42 million years ago. The discovery of this bone is the earliest evidence of a modern human-like hand, indicating that this anatomical feature existed more than half a million years earlier than previously known....

New research suggests that a temperature increase of four degrees is likely to "saturate" areas of dense vegetation with carbon, preventing plants from helping to balance CO2 escalation -- and consequently accelerating climate change. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/E...

A pioneering collaboration within the international scientific community has provided comprehensive projections of climate change effects, ranging from water scarcity to risks to crop yields. This interdisciplinary effort, employing extensive model inter-comparisons, allows research gaps to be identified, whilst producing the...

Five-thousand years before it was immortalized in a British nursery rhyme, the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt was doing just fine living alongside farmers in the ancient Chinese village of Quanhucun, new research has shown. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/P...

A new analysis combining climate, agricultural, and hydrological models finds that shortages of freshwater used for irrigation could double the detrimental effects of climate change on agriculture. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/m...

By controlling the temperature of silica rods as they grow, researchers could be setting the stage for advances in anti-reflective solar cells, computer monitors, TV screens, eye glasses and more. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/G...

La existencia de pequeños roedores y las cosechas en los asentamientos de los antiguos agricultores fueron las claves por las que los gatos salvajes se aproximaron a los humanos hace más de 5.000 años. Un estudio de restos fósiles de felinos en China señala que a diferencia del perro, que fue...

La promesa de reformas estructurales que modifiquen el sistema político heredado de la dictadura y corrijan el abismo de desigualdad en Chile, llevaron a la socialista Michelle Bachelet a un contundente triunfo en la segunda vuelta del domingo 15. Sin embargo, esta médica pediatra de 62 años,...

When plants discover a pathogen, they prepare for system-wide attack so they are ready to fight on all levels. Working with colleagues, Annegret Ross and of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne have discovered that this systemic defence can be triggered by a signalling pathway that reacts to short...

Motorsport experts and engineers from across the globe are to gather at Birmingham City University next month as the institution hosts the Race Tech World Motorsport Symposium for the second year running. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Investigadores de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) y la compañía Luz WaveLabs han desarrollado un novedoso generador de terahercios que mejora un millón de veces la señal del mejor aparato de este tipo disponible en el mercado. Se podrá en ámbitos como la biomedicina, la seguridad en el...

Researchers are engaging social science to help solve some of the world's biggest environmental problems. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/h...

Las universidades de Valencia y Granada han logrado compuestos menos tóxicos que los fármacos actuales para tratar el mal de Chagas. Las conclusiones se han publicado en el European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Fuente : http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Describen-nuevo...

Despite their changed body size, pregnant women are just as good as other people at judging whether they are able to fit through openings, such as doorways, or not. This is thanks to a process called perceptual-motor recalibration that helps people to adjust their spatial awareness of their...

Researchers are working on a breathalyser device that will be able to detect very early signs of cancer, making a cure much more likely.   Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/v...

España ha vuelto a quedar por debajo de la media en conocimientos matemáticos en el último informe PISA, lo cual pone en entredicho los métodos de enseñanza de esta materia en nuestro país. La firma española Smartick ha decidido innovar en este ámbito con una aplicación on line probada en tres...