Investigadores brasileños han identificado una nueva especie de pez trambollo en el archipiélago carioca de Trinidad y Martín Vaz en el océano Atlántico. Es una especie endémica que solo se puede encontrar en este conjunto de islas debido a su lejanía con la costa. Fuente :...

Investigadores españoles del Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) describen en un artículo publicado en la revista Journal of Human Evolution nuevos restos dentales de dos hembras de la especie Anoiapithecus brevirostris. Uno de los fósiles tiene entre 12.3 y 12.2 millones de... Fuente :...

Mientras observaba el firmamento en busca de la luz más antigua del cosmos, el telescopio espacial Planck de la Agencia Espacial Europea fotografió algunos de los objetos más grandes del Universo actual: los cúmulos y los supercúmulos de galaxias.En esta imagen del supercúmulo de Shapley, la... Fuente :...

La Agencia Espacial Europea, ESA, ha decidido realizar unas verificaciones adicionales en el satélite Gaia, lo que ha causado un aplazamiento en su lanzamiento, que estaba previsto para el 20 de Noviembre de 2013. En breve se comunicara la nueva fecha ... Fuente : http://www.esa.int/ESA_in_your_country/Spain/Aplaz...

Artículo, de Novedades en Psicología, blog del doctor en psicología Juan Moisés de la Serna, que recomendamos por su interés.Desde su infancia hasta su adultez, la persona ha de ir pasando por distintas fases hasta constituir su moral. Sin embargo, el dinero es un potente factor de corrupción;... Fuente :...

The typical student plays with smartphones, laptops, tablets and other digital devices an average of 11 times a day in class. More than 80 percent say their digital habits interfere with learning. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/uon...

A new study reveals that tumors release factors into the bloodstream that inhibit the repair of damaged muscle fibers, and that this contributes to muscle loss during cancer wasting. The condition, also called cancer cachexia, accompanies certain cancers, causes life-threatening loss of body weight...

Researchers report that wood-biochar supercapacitors can produce as much power as today's activated-carbon supercapacitors at a fraction of the cost -- and with environmentally friendly byproducts. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/uoi...

UNC School of Medicine researchers led by neurologist C.J. Malanga, describes a major reason why current medications only moderately alleviate Fragile X symptoms. His team discovered that three specific drugs affect three different kinds of neurotransmitter receptors that all seem to play roles in...

Australian marine scientists have found the first evidence that coral itself may play an important role in regulating local climate.They have discovered that the coral animal--not just its algal symbiont--makes an important sulphur-based molecule with properties to assist it in many ways, ranging...

In the beginning, all flu viruses came from birds. Over time, the virus evolved to adapt to other animals, including humans, as natural selection favored viruses with mutations that allowed them to more readily infect the cells of new host species. Fuente :...

Children's National pediatrician and researcher, Lisa Tuchman, M.D., M.P.H., co-authored a new study on cystic fibrosis care that found patients had a less rapid decline in pulmonary function and no other significant health-related changes after transitioning from pediatric to adult care. Fuente :...

Treating aggressive lung cancer with the diabetes drug metformin along with radiation and chemotherapy may slow tumor growth and recurrence, suggests new preliminary findings from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania being presented during an oral...

Clinical trials are key to finding new cancer treatments, but with patient participation hovering around 5 percent, new strategies are needed to boost enrollment, particularly to study the rare cancers that have so few cases. One such strategy comes from a new abstract being presented Oct. 28 at the 15th World Conference on...

Without sweat, we would overheat and die. In a recent paper in the journal PLOS ONE, USC faculty member Krzysztof Kobielak and a team of researchers explored the ultimate origin of this sticky, stinky but vital substance -- sweat gland stem cells. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/uos...

For people with a family history of adenomas (colon polyps that lead to colon cancer), up to 10 percent of colorectal cancers could be missed when current national screening guidelines are followed. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/F...

A researcher has found that institutional mutual fund investors tend to invest in companies that have an independent board of directors because it is perceived as a "safer" option, even though no evidence exists that demonstrates these companies perform better in the stock market. Fuente :...

Researchers have introduced an integrated circuit design scheme in which transistors and interconnects are monolithically patterned seamlessly on a sheet of graphene, a 2-D plane of carbon atoms. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/V...

Researchers are helping to prevent costly and deadly infections acquired by hospitalized patients by using computer models that simulate interactions between patients and health care workers to determine if these interactions are a source for spreading multi-drug resistant organisms. Fuente :...

A new study suggests that the strength of an infant's innate sense of numerical quantities can be predictive of that child's mathematical abilities three years later. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/l...

Receiving an influenza vaccination was associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events such as heart failure or hospitalization for heart attack, with the greatest treatment effect seen among patients with recent acute coronary syndrome. Fuente :...

Brief risk-reduction counseling at the time of a rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test was not effective for reducing new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during the subsequent 6 months among persons at risk for HIV, according to a study. Fuente :...

A study has been conducted to test whether oxytocin enhances the placebo response in an experimental placebo analgesia model. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/U...

Military veterans who report having common financial problems, such as bouncing a check or going over their credit limit, are four times more likely to become homeless in the next year than veterans without such problems. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/b...

A team of scientists has created an artificial protein coupled with a sugar molecule that mimics a key site on the outer coat of HIV where antibodies can bind to neutralize a wide variety of HIV strains. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/G...

El túnel del Alto de La Línea, en la Cordillera Central de Colombia, habilitará un eje logístico clave para este país y la vecina Venezuela, pero podría hundirse en el desastre si hace erupción el volcán Machín. La compleja obra de ingeniería incluye dos túneles principales unidireccionales, de 8,8...

Los enfrentamientos entre agricultores y ganaderos por el agua menguante de la cuenca del río Pangani, en el nororiente de Tanzania, son cada vez más frecuentes. En la última década, comunidades de pastores masái de las áreas norteñas de Moshi y Arusha, se asentaron en la cuenca en busca de agua y...

Esta base de datos incluye un total de 247 inscripciones latinas en verso y puede consultarse desde cualquier ordenador, smartphone o tableta en tres idiomas.  Fuente : http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Primer-portal-d...

Aging process in the human body is greatly influenced by the action of free radicals (byproducts of our own metabolism), but can be slowed down without the need to consume special dietary supplements if the HGF protein production, naturally found in the liver, is increased. Fuente :...