Contrary to humans and chimpanzees, bonobos retain elevated thyroid hormones well into adulthood. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/0...

Unless nitrogen emissions are curbed, the diversity of plant communities in Europe's forests will decrease. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has already changed the number and richness of forest floor vegetation species in European forests over the last 20-30 years. In particular, the coverage of...

Researchers have developed a carbonaceous material from sewage sludge that when applied to soil can help to improve its quality. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/-...

Gill diseases in salmon farmed at sea lead to huge losses in some years and occur particularly in the autumn in salmon that has been released into the sea in the spring. New research shows how several different causes play a role in the development of these diseases. Fuente :...

Investigadores de la Universidad de Almería han identificado los factores claves que intervienen en la mejora y el control del compostaje de los residuos vegetales agrícolas.   Fuente : http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Disenan-un-proc...

Investigadores de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid han desarrollado un material carbonoso, a partir de los lodos residuales de depuradoras, que aplicado a los suelos mejora su calidad. Fuente : http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Crean-un-nuevo-...

Brasil insiste en desarrollar la energía nuclear pese a sus costos y a que su aporte a la matriz eléctrica nacional siempre será marginal. “El sistema eléctrico necesita de una contribución térmica y esta es la más limpia y segura”, dijo a IPS el presidente de Eletrobras Eletronuclear,...

Científicos del CSIC y otros centros internacionales han analizado las propiedades de una estructura nanométrica que combina hilos semiconductores con un material superconductor. El trabajo explica por primera vez las propiedades magnéticas de los estados excitados de electrones y huecos y su...

Un estudio de investigadores españoles, que han analizado 595 anuncios de juguetes emitidos en televisión durante las navidades de 2009, 2010 y 2011, demuestra que fomentan valores que asocian la belleza a las niñas y la fuerza y el poder a los niños.  Fuente :...

Physicists have developed a “planet-satellite model” to precisely connect and arrange nanoparticles in three-dimensional structures. Inspired by the photosystems of plants and algae, these artificial nanoassemblies might in the future serve to collect and convert energy. Fuente :...

Cars from Mercedes-Benz, Opel and Volvo in Finnish field trials Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

"" Puun käytön lisäämiselle rakentamisessa on useita syitä. Suomessa on merkittävät metsävarat, hakkuumääriä olisi mahdollista kasvattaa kestävästi. Puu on ekologinen raaka-aine ja ainoa teollisesti merkittävä rakentamisessa käytettävä uusiutuva luonnonvara. Myös metsäteollisuuden rakennemuutos...

Coffee consumption and smoking might protect against development of PSC. In women, the disease might be influenced by hormonal factors. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Scientists from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have discovered a key process during the invasion of the blood cell by the Malaria parasite, and more importantly, found a way to block this invasion. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

La joven Fizer Boa, de 20 años, se mudó a la capital de Ghana para trabajar en el mercado local Abobloshie como porteadora, o “kayayei ”, en cuyos alrededores duerme. “Estuve de acuerdo con mi madre cuando me aconsejó unirme a una amiga que trabajaba como kayayei en Accra. Yo no objeté la...

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://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/uoc...

By controlling the temperature of silica rods as they grow, researchers at the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could be setting the stage for advances in anti-reflective solar cells, computer monitors, TV screens, eye glasses and more. Fuente :...

Studies of gene expression in plants and other organisms rely on the extraction of high-quality RNA. Although numerous protocols for RNA extraction have been developed, most of these are plant-specific, with many tailored for particular crop plants or model organisms. Researchers have developed a...

For tens of millions of Americans, a diagnosis of tinnitus means there's no such thing as the sound of silence. Now, new scientific findings may help explain what is going on inside these unquiet ears and brains. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/uom...

It's the time of year when many of us celebrate the holidays with festive foods and drinks, including alcohol. No better time then to ask if it's true, as is widely held, that moderate consumption of alcohol is beneficial to health. A UC Riverside-led research team now has data that could put the...

On the surface of the flu virus sits a mushroom-shaped protein with a head that changes and a stem that stays more constant; current vaccines target the head so they must change each year; could a vaccine that targets the stem offer broader, multi-year protection? Fuente :...

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages is likely to decrease consumption, resulting in lower rates of diabetes and heart disease, and these health benefits are expected to be greatest for the low-income, Hispanic and African-American Californians who are at highest risk of diabetes, according to a new...

Airline tragedies like the Asiana incident in San Francisco point to ways in which cockpit automation might be improved through application of HF/E research and methods. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/hfa...

Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues in Belgium have developed a specialized catheter for transplanting stem cells into the beating heart. The novel device includes a curved needle and graded openings along the needle shaft, allowing for increased distribution of cells. Fuente :...

Julian Kerbis Peterhans, a Roosevelt University professor and adjunct curator at the Field Museum who has conducted extensive studies on mammals in Africa, has announced the discovery of four new species of small mammals in the eastern section of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Fuente :...

Pregnant women, infants and young children should avoid raw or unpasteurized milk and milk products and only consume pasteurized products, according to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/sum...

About 8.8 percent of the privately insured population in 2012 had diabetes or was diagnosed as being at high risk for diabetes, up from 8.3 percent in 2011, but the rates of disease varied depending on age, gender and region of the country, says a new report from HCCI. In 2012, over one quarter of...

Americans' perceptions of income inequality are largely over-inflated when compared with actual census data, according to new research published in Psychological Science. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/afp...

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers are gaining a better understanding of the neurochemical basis of addiction with a new technology called optogenetics. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/wfb...