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What does science have to say about multitasking?

Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 20 de agosto de 2014 a las 18:00

You arrive at the office after getting up at the crack of dawn, sitting through two traffic jams, and still half asleep. On your desk, three reports to read for the 9:30 meeting, but first you have to check all...Seguir leyendo »

The 45th anniversary of Apollo 11, the mission that put man on the Moon

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Escrito por Eduardo Marín, 31 de julio de 2014 a las 18:00

Since ancient times, human beings have gazed at the stars and dreamed of travelling in space, and incredible advances have been made in this area over the last 60 years. From telescopes to satellites, in addition to a spectacular International...Seguir leyendo »

Game theory can also be applied in the fight against cancer

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 25 de julio de 2014 a las 18:30

Game Theory is a field of applied mathematics that formally and abstractly studies the optimal decisions that adversaries should make when they are faced with a ‘conflict’. Based on these models, each person will make a choice considering the actions that the...Seguir leyendo »

Biotechnology to fight blindness: transgenic bananas to cure children in Asia and Africa

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 26 de junio de 2014 a las 18:30

Vitamin A (also known as retinol) was discovered in 1913 when researchers varied the diet of certain laboratory animals (replacing lard with butter) and discovered that there was an indispensable “vital dietary factor” in some food products, as explained by the FAO....Seguir leyendo »

Myths of Science IV: does yawning do anything?

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 19 de mayo de 2014 a las 18:00

When you looked at the cover image for this post, you probably found it hard to avoid the common and contagious action of yawning. Although it’s a simple, everyday occurrence, this uncontrolled opening of the mouth when we’re tired, or...Seguir leyendo »

Science myths III: can adults generate new neurons?

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 9 de mayo de 2014 a las 18:00

Years ago, popular wisdom said that we had a finite number of neurons. In other words, any accident or problem (such as drinking alcohol or brain trauma) could eliminate these essential populations of specialised cells that are vital to the...Seguir leyendo »

3D printing of tumours: the latest revolution in the study of cancer

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 27 de abril de 2014 a las 18:00

3D printing offers extensive possibilities in medicine. The latest revolution proposed by researchers in the United States and China could forever change how we study and fight cancer, a terrible disease that affects 200,000 new patients in Spain each year. The study focused...Seguir leyendo »

This is Veggie, NASA’s experiment for growing plants in space

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 24 de abril de 2014 a las 18:00

Growing plants in space is one of the challenges of exploration promoted by agencies such as NASA. If they can manage to overcome these biological challenges, the missions that take place on the International Space Station wouldn’t have to carry so...Seguir leyendo »

Our brain can cure itself thanks to these biodegradable implants

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 4 de abril de 2014 a las 18:00

For quite some time, nanotechnology and medicine have been advancing hand in hand towards the goal of taking better care of our health. Biosensors to improve the diagnosis of certain diseases or specialised nano-drugs are just a few of the...Seguir leyendo »

Surgeons implant a 3D printed skull in a patient

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Escrito por Pablo G. Bejerano, 3 de abril de 2014 a las 18:00

The operation was done at the University Medical Center (UMC) in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and was actually performed almost three months ago, but the results were announced publicly only after it was clear that the operation had been successful. The...Seguir leyendo »

Objective: a 3D printed heart by 2023

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Escrito por Pablo G. Bejerano, 19 de marzo de 2014 a las 18:00

It may sound like science fiction, but 3D printers are finding their way into the field of healthcare, and more specifically, transplants. In this case, there is a firm proposal to create a 3D printable heart within ten years or...Seguir leyendo »

Programmable materials have arrived

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Escrito por Pablo G. Bejerano, 18 de marzo de 2014 a las 18:00

The vibration properties of a material depend on its physical characteristics and its placement in space. This aspect is taken into account for buildings, as well as in the manufacture of objects, regardless of their size or how complicated they...Seguir leyendo »

Why is the use of mobile phones at petrol stations prohibited?

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 26 de febrero de 2014 a las 18:00

One of the things that we should do, but often forget to do, is turn off our mobile phones when we are at a petrol station. This is what article 115 of the General Traffic Regulations says, which literally prohibits...Seguir leyendo »

NASA will allow private companies to exploit the Moon’s resources

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Escrito por Pablo G. Bejerano, 20 de febrero de 2014 a las 18:00

The moon has a series of resources that are extremely valuable for the most important economic vectors on Earth right now. Despite the fact that man hasn’t stepped on the lunar surface since Apollo 11 landed on 20 July 1969,...Seguir leyendo »

Scientists at MIT decipher the information highways that run through our brains

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 9 de febrero de 2014 a las 18:00

The information highways that exist in our brains are made up of millions of interconnected neurons that are organised around very precise neuronal circuits to transmit and process data as efficiently as possible. The flow of information that travels on these nerve...Seguir leyendo »

Mission: understand the human brain

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Escrito por Renata Franco, 6 de febrero de 2014 a las 18:00

The human body on the whole is fascinating, but if there is one part that is even more interesting, it’s the brain. This is our most important organ, the one that controls just about everything that happens in our bodies...Seguir leyendo »

The brain chip that could help revive a paralysed arm

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 28 de enero de 2014 a las 18:00

Neurotechnology is the discipline that combines advances in microelectronics with applications to medicine. Any brain-computer interface is considered to fall within the scope of this interesting scientific and technological field. Naturally, the development of this type of device presents interesting results...Seguir leyendo »

South Korea creates the first nanorobots to treat cancer

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Escrito por Pablo G. Bejerano, 15 de enero de 2014 a las 18:00

A team of researchers in South Korea has produced successful results in their tests of a new method to fight cancer. The method is based on selective treatment applied directly to cancer cells by nanorobots that are injected into the body...Seguir leyendo »

NanoRetina, the bionic device that restores sight, available in just two years

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 9 de enero de 2014 a las 18:00

In western countries, it’s estimated that close to seven million people suffer from blindness or vision problems as a result of different diseases or injuries. Many of their hopes lie in devices that are being developed in the field of...Seguir leyendo »

Humanitarian applications, the real reason for genetically modified crops

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 29 de diciembre de 2013 a las 18:00

Biotechnology is one of the most promising scientific disciplines of this century. Considered by the European Union as one of the “key technologies” to guarantee socio-economic success in the next decade, there are no limits to its applications. Food-related applications are the...Seguir leyendo »

Closer to the first map of bacteria hiding in the New York subway

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 28 de diciembre de 2013 a las 18:00

For years, science has known that microorganisms live in every corner of the world. Their incredible resistance to conditions that would be extreme for any other organism makes them a fascinating object of study. And mapping the bacteria of any location...Seguir leyendo »

The curious story of Peter Higgs, the ostracised scientist who won a Nobel Prize for Physics

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Escrito por Angela Bernardo, 28 de octubre de 2013 a las 17:30

The year was 1964 and a very young theoretical physicist by the name of Peter Higgs was frustrated to see Physics Letters magazine reject his second article on the formulation of the boson theory that would later come to be...Seguir leyendo »