The European Commission recently granted Wageningen University and partners a 11 million euro international research project focusing on preventing and remediating soil degradation in Europe. The RECARE project is a joint initiative of 27 institutions and organisations in Europe. Wageningen University is lead contractor, with...

Evidence of disease in oilseed rape crops across China and how it may spread has been mapped by researchers led by the University of Hertfordshire - providing new strategic information on crop protection to the Chinese government. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Forschern des IMP gelang es in Kollaboration mit der TU Wien, ein neues Mikroskopie-Verfahren zu entwickeln. Dieses erlaubt es, mit nur einer einzigen Messung und somit ohne Scan-Vorgang ein dreidimensionales Bild der untersuchten Probe zu erzeugen. Die neue Lichtmikroskopie-Technik beruht darauf, dass Positionsinformation in...

El tribunal electoral de Honduras declaró al candidato oficialista Juan Orlando Hernández ganador de las elecciones presidenciales del domingo 24, pese a las insistentes denuncias de fraude de la postulante opositora, Xiomara Castro. El escrutinio oficial de 81,5 por ciento de los centros de votación dio 35,8 por ciento de los...

Un equipo multidisciplinar de científicos de la Universidad Católica de Valencia, el Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, la Universitad de València y el Instituto de SaludCarlos III ha conseguido por primera vez en el mundo crear moléculas sintéticas que bloquean la replicación...

Los lingotes de plomo recuperados de antiguos naufragios presentan unas características ideales para los experimentos de física de partículas. Científicos del detector de materia oscura CDMS en Minnesota (EE UU) y del observatorio de neutrinos CUORE en el Laboratorio Gran Sasso (Italia) los han...

La última Lista Roja de las Aves elaborada por BirdLife Internacional revela que entre las 10.065 especies conocidas de aves, 198 están incluidas en la categoría de máxima alarma de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza. La pardela balear es la única especie española con esta...

Al menos la mitad de las entre 375 y 500 personas que mueren cada año a manos de la policía en Estados Unidos padecen una enfermedad mental, según una investigación de los diarios Portland Press Herald y Maine Sunday Telegram. Uno de esos casos es el de Kayla Xavier Moore, quien sufría...

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators working to create "protocells" -- primitive synthetic cells consisting of a nucleic acid strand encased within a membrane-bound compartment -- have found a solution to what could have been a critical problem, the potential incompatibility between a chemical requirement of...

Sexually frustrated fruit flies live shorter lives. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uom...

Using quantitative models of bacterial growth, a team of UC San Diego biophysicists has discovered the bizarre way by which antibiotic resistance allows bacteria to multiply in the presence of antibiotics, a growing health problem in hospitals and nursing homes across the United States. Fuente :...

Using a video game in which people navigate through a town delivering objects, a team of neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania and Freiburg University has discovered how brain cells that encode spatial information form "geotags" for specific memories and are activated immediately before those memories are...

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that males of the laboratory roundworm secrete signaling molecules that significantly shorten the lifespan of the opposite sex. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/sum...

Sea coral could soon be used more extensively in bone grafting procedures thanks to new research that has refined the material's properties and made it more compatible with natural bone. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/iop...

Drivers on a rainy day regulate the speed of their windshield wipers according to rain intensity: faster in heavy rain and slower in light rain. This simple observation has inspired researchers from the University of Hanover in Germany to come up with "RainCars," an initiative that aims to use GPS-equipped moving cars as...

Although newlyweds may not be completely aware of it, they may know whether their march down the aisle will result in wedded bliss or an unhappy marriage, according to new study led by a Florida State University researcher. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/fsu...

A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine demonstrates a new mechanism involving a signaling protein and its receptor that may block the formation of new blood vessels and cancer growth. The findings are published in the December issue of Science Signaling. Fuente :...

University of Toronto researchers have developed a series of techniques to create a variety of very active iron-based catalysts necessary to produce the alcohols and amines used in the drug and perfume industry. The new synthetic methods promise to be safer and more economical and environmentally friendly than traditional...

As Comet ISON heads toward its closest approach to the sun -- known as perihelion -- on Nov. 28, 2013, scientists have been watching through many observatories to see if the comet has already broken up under the intense heat and gravitational forces of the sun. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/x...

A new study published in the December issue of GSA Today examines the geological legacy of Hurricane Irene, not only in terms of its impact on current coastal conditions but also in what it can tell geoscientists about the past. Hurricane Irene made landfall in Onslow Bay, North Carolina, USA, on 27 August 2011, at which time...

Twitter, qui compte 230 millions d'utilisateurs, est devenu un géant mondial des médias sociaux. Et pas seulement en anglais. Des explorateurs de données se sont efforcés de définir les caractéristiques des utilisateurs de Twitter - notamment leur sexe et leur âge -- que les fils Twitter ne permettent pas de déterminer. Ce type...

“Hay un dicho en el que creen todos los ruandeses: si olvidas, no eres capaz de perdonar, pero si recuerdas tendrás presente quién te dañó y podrás perdonar y seguir adelante”, dice Honore Gatera a IPS mientras camina por el Centro Conmemorativo de Kigali, en el centro de la capital de Ruanda. Este...

Los feminicidios en Brasil alcanzan cifras comparables con una guerra civil. En los últimos 10 años fueron asesinadas en este país 40.000 mujeres “simplemente por ser mujeres”, denuncian activistas que abanderan la lucha contra la violencia de género. Cada año, entre el 25 de este mes y el 10 de...

Researchers have identified the protein in malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites that is inhibited by a newly discovered class of anti-malarial compounds known as imidazopyrazines. The protein, phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase, is the first potential malaria drug target shown to be essential to all stages of the Plasmodium life...

Nature builds flawless diamonds, sapphires and other gems. Now researchers have built near-perfect single crystals out of nanoparticles and DNA, using the same structure favored by nature. The researchers developed a "recipe" for using nanomaterials as atoms, DNA as bonds and a little heat to form tiny crystals. Fuente :...

Heart researchers are unraveling the mystery of how a modified pacemaker used to treat many patients with heart failure, known as cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), is able to strengthen the heart muscle while making it beat in a coordinated fashion. In a new study conducted on animal heart cells, the scientists show that...

Scientists have discovered two subglacial lakes 800 meters below the Greenland Ice Sheet. Subglacial lakes are likely to influence the flow of the ice sheet, impacting global sea level change. The discovery of the lakes in Greenland will also help researchers to understand how the ice will respond to changing environmental...

The tumor-suppessing protein PTEN is absent in many cancers, yet defects in the PTEN gene do not account for this disappearance. Researchers identified an enzyme that keep PTEN from being fed to the cell's protein-recycling mechanism. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/b...

Current laser therapy approaches are effective for treating excessive scars resulting from abnormal wound healing, concludes a study. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/Y...