What does science have to say about multitasking?
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You arrive at the office after getting up at the crack of dawn, sitting through two traffic jams, and still...Seguir leyendo »
The 45th anniversary of Apollo 11, the mission that put man on the Moon
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Since ancient times, human beings have gazed at the stars and dreamed of travelling in space, and incredible advances have...Seguir leyendo »
Game theory can also be applied in the fight against cancer
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Game Theory is a field of applied mathematics that formally and abstractly studies the optimal decisions that adversaries should make...Seguir leyendo »
Biotechnology to fight blindness: transgenic bananas to cure children in Asia and Africa
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Vitamin A (also known as retinol) was discovered in 1913 when researchers varied the diet of certain laboratory animals (replacing lard with...Seguir leyendo »
Myths of Science IV: does yawning do anything?
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When you looked at the cover image for this post, you probably found it hard to avoid the common and...Seguir leyendo »
Science myths III: can adults generate new neurons?
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Years ago, popular wisdom said that we had a finite number of neurons. In other words, any accident or problem...Seguir leyendo »
3D printing of tumours: the latest revolution in the study of cancer
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3D printing offers extensive possibilities in medicine. The latest revolution proposed by researchers in the United States and China could forever...Seguir leyendo »
This is Veggie, NASA’s experiment for growing plants in space
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Growing plants in space is one of the challenges of exploration promoted by agencies such as NASA. If they can...Seguir leyendo »
Our brain can cure itself thanks to these biodegradable implants
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For quite some time, nanotechnology and medicine have been advancing hand in hand towards the goal of taking better care...Seguir leyendo »
Surgeons implant a 3D printed skull in a patient
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The operation was done at the University Medical Center (UMC) in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and was actually performed almost three...Seguir leyendo »
Objective: a 3D printed heart by 2023
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It may sound like science fiction, but 3D printers are finding their way into the field of healthcare, and more...Seguir leyendo »
Programmable materials have arrived
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The vibration properties of a material depend on its physical characteristics and its placement in space. This aspect is taken...Seguir leyendo »
Why is the use of mobile phones at petrol stations prohibited?
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One of the things that we should do, but often forget to do, is turn off our mobile phones when...Seguir leyendo »
NASA will allow private companies to exploit the Moon’s resources
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The moon has a series of resources that are extremely valuable for the most important economic vectors on Earth right...Seguir leyendo »
Scientists at MIT decipher the information highways that run through our brains
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The information highways that exist in our brains are made up of millions of interconnected neurons that are organised around...Seguir leyendo »
Mission: understand the human brain
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The human body on the whole is fascinating, but if there is one part that is even more interesting, it’s...Seguir leyendo »
The brain chip that could help revive a paralysed arm
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Neurotechnology is the discipline that combines advances in microelectronics with applications to medicine. Any brain-computer interface is considered to fall within...Seguir leyendo »
South Korea creates the first nanorobots to treat cancer
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A team of researchers in South Korea has produced successful results in their tests of a new method to fight...Seguir leyendo »
NanoRetina, the bionic device that restores sight, available in just two years
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In western countries, it’s estimated that close to seven million people suffer from blindness or vision problems as a result...Seguir leyendo »
Humanitarian applications, the real reason for genetically modified crops
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Biotechnology is one of the most promising scientific disciplines of this century. Considered by the European Union as one of...Seguir leyendo »
