La ciencia en los medios

If life can survive in the prehistoric waters of a frozen Antarctic lake, perhaps it can survive on moons like Europa or Enceladus or some other extreme environment in the solar system. Perhaps it can survive in salty flowing water on Mars.

Turning certain brain cells on and off with light — a technique called optogenetics — is one of the most important tools in neuroscience. It allows scientists to test basic ideas about how brains work. But because waves of visible light don’t penetrate living tissue well, the technique requires the insertion of a conduit for…

Un estudio, liderado por el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, ha descubierto una alta incidencia de anomalías congénitas en vértebras cervicales halladas en la cueva de El Sidrón (Asturias). Según los investigadores, estos defectos serían el resultados de los altos niveles de emparejamiento entre los miembros de los grupos neandertales.

In the early 2000s, engineers at Volkswagen embarked on an audacious plan, one that seemed like it should have worked. The company had bet that their technical prowess in crafting powerful and efficient diesel engines would help them meet increasingly tighter emissions regulations and fuel efficiency standards. Their wager on diesel was a technically simple…

Terence Tao, ganador de la Medalla Fields, resuelve el problema de la discrepancia de Erdös.

A major advance reveals deep connections between the classes of problems that computers can — and can’t — possibly do.

Multiple vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal, administered to macaque monkeys on the schedule that pediatricians followed in the 1990s, resulted in none of the key brain or behavioral changes linked to autism, a new study shows.

Algunos títulos parecen tan reales que en ocasiones es como si estuviéramos viendo la propia realidad. La clave se encuentra en el motor gráfico, cada vez más potente.

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