The following are story ideas from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for November 2013. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/drn...

Some of the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of heart failure are beta-blockers and nitrates, which help to relax blood vessels and decrease the heart's workload. The drugs were thought to produce those effects through distinct molecular pathways, but according to a new study led by scientists at Temple...

Last year when a team of astronomers led by a Michigan State University professor discovered two black holes in a collection of stars known as a globular cluster, they weren't sure if their presence was a common occurrence or a unique stroke of luck. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/msu...

The stop and start of blood flow to the heart during and after a heart attack causes severe damage to heart cells, reducing their capacity to function and potentially causing their death. But a recent study led by researchers at Temple University School of Medicine suggests that it is possible to limit the extent of that damage...

Affluent girls residing in two-parent homes are much less likely to be sexually assaulted than other female youth, according to a new study conducted by University of Iowa School of Social Work professor Amy Butler. Results appear in the Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect. Fuente :...

New study suggests "that if you're working for a really bad boss over a long period of time, that experience may play out at the level of gene expression in your immune system," lead researcher says. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-11/osu...

Combining components of Rosetta and PHENIX, two successful software programs for creating 3-D structural models of proteins and other biomolecules, Berkeley Lab researchers have created a new method for refining those models and making the best of available experimental data. Fuente :...

El pequeño Uruguay puede convertirse en un gran polo logístico del Cono Sur americano mediante el puerto de aguas profundas que el gobierno planifica en una zona turística sobre el océano Atlántico. El proyecto es polémico dentro de este país, pues reconvertirá una zona turística y agreste. Y...

El referendo no vinculante del mes pasado sobre el estatus de Abyei, abrumadoramente a favor de la unión con Sudán del Sur, y la celebración que le siguió no constituyen ninguna solución inmediata para esa codiciada región. En cambio, se avecina un potencial conflicto entre la etnia local dinka ngok y la tribu nómade misseriya,...

Semiconductors have had a nice run, but for certain applications, such as astrophysics, they are being edged out by superconductors. Scientists have now developed a superconducting detector array that measures the energy of individual photons. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/s...

Un estudio dirigido por la Universidad Veracruzana sugiere un aumento de casos de hígado graso no alcohólico (HGNA) en personas con obesidad y diabetes en México, padecimiento que si no se detecta a tiempo puede inflamar, endurecer el órgano y reemplazadas las células que lo forman por tejido...

Emprendedores mexicanos desarrollan un sistema que aprovechará el flujo vehicular para generar energía eléctrica. Ese desarrollo tiene la potencialidad de producir la electricidad necesaria para alimentar un hogar a través de un dispositivo que “atrapa” la fuerza de los automóviles en movimiento....

Until recently, the fossil record indicated that the platypus lineage was unique, with only one species inhabiting the Earth at any one time. This picture has changed with the spectacular find of a new, giant species of extinct platypus that was a side-branch of the platypus family tree. Fuente :...

Astronomers analyzed all four years of Kepler data in search of Earth-size planets in the habitable zones of sun-like stars, and then rigorously tested how many planets they may have missed. Based on this analysis, they estimate that 22 percent of stars like the sun have potentially habitable Earth-size planets, though not all...

A series of small earthquakes near Snyder, Texas between 2006 and 2011 were probably triggered by the underground injection of large volumes of gas, primarily carbon dioxide -- a finding that has implications for the process of carbon capture and storage. Experts also note that similar rates of injections have not triggered...

Scientists had no reason to suspect Israeli wild boars were any different than their brothers and sisters roaming the Middle East. Now, a researcher demonstrates that, unlike the Near Eastern wild boars in surrounding countries, Israel's wild boars originated in Europe, brought to Israel starting almost 3,000 years ago by the...

An astrophysicist was part of a team of researchers that discovered the first examples of black holes in globular star clusters in our own galaxy, upsetting 40 years of theories against their possible existence. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/2...

The puzzling, apparently wasteful habit of some animals to exert force in the direction opposite of where they want to go actually has an important purpose: to increase both stability and maneuverability. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/5...

Hasta el momento, el registro fósil indicaba que el linaje del ornitorrinco era único, con una sola especie en cualquier época de su existencia. Esta imagen ha cambiado con la publicación de un estudio esta semana en el Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology que describe una nueva especie de ornitorrinco gigante extinto, una rama...

A new study shows that snakes can optimize their vision by controlling the blood flow in their eyes when they perceive a threat. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/u...

Researchers hope radiologists will be able to routinely incorporate computer-aided image analysis and diagnosis in identifying tumor characteristics and forming patient-specific breast cancer treatment plans. Their approach uses data to identify how tumor characteristics apply to disease states, which could lead to the...

During a 13-year surveillance period, there were 217,409 incident diagnoses of anxiety disorders among active component service members. The unadjusted incidence rate was 117.2 per 10,000 person-years, representing a steady increase. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/1...

La monarquía de Arabia Saudita tomó la histórica decisión de habilitar el voto de las mujeres a partir de 2015, pero mientras endurece los controles para impedirles conducir automóviles. La incongruencia fue ilustrada con ironía en una viñeta publicada en un periódico. En ella se muestra a un grupo...

Sigue la trágica avalancha inmigratoria a territorio europeo en el mar Mediterráneo. Siguen las muertes. Siguen los enterramientos de hombres, mujeres, niños. Sigue la dispersión de sus cadáveres en ataúdes rebasando las dimensiones reducidas de Lampedusa, derramándose por Sicilia. Y siguen cientos...

The winners of the first ever Nanomedicine Award were officially announced during the Nanomedicine Panel at BIO-Europe conference in Vienna, November 4th 2013. The Award review Board agreed to distinguish two projects in two different categories: The winners are Endomagnetics Ltd in the...

Nitrogen isotope effects by anammox deciphered Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

For seven years it delivered outstanding results for science and technology on the International Space Station, now the successful plasma crystal laboratory PK-3 Plus operated one last time. After undocking from the International Space Station the ESA Einstein transporter with the laboratory on...

Hoy se han anunciado los equipos responsables del diseño definitivo del Square Kilometre Array (SKA), la mayor infraestructura de investigación jamás desarrollada, en la que participaran diez centros de investigación y once empresas españolas. Investigadores e ingenieros nacionales intervendrán,...

El sistema diseñado por investigadores del Instituto Catalán de Investigación Química (ICIQ) en Tarragona, provoca la alineación y ordenación de nanotubos de carbono a lo largo de la red y genera una súper estructura capaz de conducir electricidad. El estudio se publica en Nature Communications. Fuente :...