The disaster response to typhoon Haiyan must avoid the mistakes made by aid organisations after the 2004 tsunami, RMIT University’s Associate Professor Martin Mulligan says. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Research released today reveals new mechanisms and areas of the brain associated with anxiety and depression, presenting possible targets to understand and treat these debilitating mental illnesses. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience...

Rice University researchers accurately calculate the uptake of gas molecules by synthetic zeolites. The work may help more rapid development of materials for hydrogen storage, catalysis, environmental remediation and molecular sieves. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/ru-...

Regardless of the way in which muscle was damaged, either through trauma or disease, Xin was strongly correlated to the degree of damage. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/mu-...

Engineering has always taken cues from biology. Natural organisms and systems have done well at evolving to perform tasks and achieve objectives within the limits set by nature and physics. Anette Hosoi is among the engineers and mathematicians who have turned to natural organisms to inspire the...

Diabetic patients treated in the emergency department who were enrolled in a program in which they received automated daily text messages improved their level of control over their diabetes and their medication adherence, according to a study published online today in Annals of Emergency Medicine. Fuente :...

Hospitals vary in management of children with traumatic brain injury -- particularly in monitoring and preventing the harmful effects of increased intracranial pressure, according to a study in the November issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott...

Marine biologists have long been puzzled by the fact that marine snow does not supply enough food to support all the animals and microbes living in deep-sea sediments. A new paper by MBARI researcher Ken Smith and his colleagues shows that blooms of algae or animals near the sea surface can deliver as much food to deep-sea...

A new study by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists shows that observed changes in global (ocean and land) precipitation are directly affected by human activities and cannot be explained by natural variability alone. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/dln...

People often have strong negative reactions to bitter substances, which, though found in healthful foods like vegetables, can also signify toxicity. For this reason, the ability to sense bitterness likely played an important role in human evolution. A new study by University of Pennsylvania scientists suggests that a genetic...

Research released today reveals a new model for a genetic eye disease, and shows how animal models -- from fruit flies to armadillos and monkeys -- can yield valuable information about the human brain. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest...

Los caminos casi no tienen horizontes. El verde de las plantaciones de palma africana se sucede monocorde sobre kilómetros y kilómetros de tierras rojas, devastadas en el pasado por madereros y ganaderos. Señal de alerta para unos y de esperanza para otros, el “dendê”, como llaman en...

El astronauta de la ESA Luca Parmitano, el comandante ruso Fyodor Yurchikhin y la astronauta de la NASA Karen Nyberg han regresado hoy a la Tierra, con un aterrizaje en la estepa de Kazajstán.  Fuente : http://www.esa.int/ESA_in_your_country/Spain/El_as...

Scientists are introducing the world’s first bulk nanostructured metal in commercial production. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/Y...

The recent rapid development of wireless communication systems has created a strong need for the development of new antenna structures. The research described in this project introduces the concept of reconfigurable antennas with switching beam control, operable at 5.8 GHz. Fuente :...

Tiny self-assembling transport networks, powered by nano-scale motors and controlled by DNA, have been developed by scientists. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/e...

A new study shines new light on molecular tools our cells use to govern regulated gene expression. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/M...

Der Tag der offenen Türen im neuen Hochschulzentrum vonRoll war ein voller Erfolg: Über 5'000 Besucherinnen und Besucher kamen, um das ehemalige Industrieareal, das nun ein Bildungsstandort ist, zu erkunden. Dozierende und Studierende von PHBern und Universität Bern gaben mit über 70 Beiträge...

Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2013 – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is one of 11 universities, medical centers and research institutes in seven countries participating in ncRNAPain, a new European research project that aims at further exploring the biological mechanisms underlying chronic pain. Fuente :...

La Estación Óptica Terrestre de la ESA en Tenerife ha recibido señales en forma de luz láser procedentes de una sonda de la NASA actualmente en órbita de la Luna, a 400.000 kilómetros de distancia de la Tierra. La velocidad de transmisión de datos ha sido muy superior a la que se logra con ondas......

La Escuela Politécnica de Zamora de la Universidad de Salamanca (España) ha diseñado una planta piloto de biodiésel que cabe en el interior de un frigorífico. La idea es que este prototipo pueda instalarse en casas particulares, como un electrodoméstico más, de manera que familias o pequeñas......

Theola Fortune recuerda cómo los habitantes de Victoria se burlaban de ella y de otros activistas cada vez que iban a esta aldea de la costa atlántica de Guyana para alertar a la población sobre la importancia de los manglares y la necesidad de protegerlos. “Nos acusaban de traer mosquitos a la...

Blood clot formation follows a different molecular route in African-Americans versus European-Americans, providing a new understanding of the effects of race on heart disease. The finding could one day help doctors provide more individualized treatment of heart disease and other blood-clot-related illnesses. Fuente :...

Scientists have identified a pathway that regulates fibrosis, suggesting a possible pharmacologic approach to treat patients with a broad range of fibrotic diseases. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/slu...

Coding variants in immune disease-related genes play only a small part in the overall genetic risk for psoriasis, according to a new study led by Anhui Medical University and BGI. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/bs-...

Patients with damaged organs could be helped by new treatments after scientists have discovered how tissues scar.Researchers say that the finding could pave the way for new drugs and eventually reduce the number of patients on organ transplant waiting lists. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoe...

Pancreatic agenesis results in babies being born without a pancreas, leaving them with a lifetime of diabetes and problems digesting food. In a breakthrough for genetic research, teams led by the University of Exeter Medical School and Imperial College London found that the condition is most commonly caused by mutations in a...

Tiny self-assembling transport networks, powered by nano-scale motors and controlled by DNA, have been developed by scientists at Oxford University and Warwick University. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoo...

A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shines a new light on molecular tools our cells use to govern regulated gene expression. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/uoc...