La ciencia en los medios

It may sound radical, but it works: Eating peanuts slashes the chance of a peanut allergy, at least in children at high risk of developing one, a much-anticipated study finds. The results are likely to catapult a long-standing theory—that ingesting potential food allergens is a way to prevent allergies—into mainstream medicine.

The development of some countries is as predictable as steady winds, but for others it is more chaotic, physicists find.

Un equipo internacional de científicos ha analizado el pelo de las momias halladas hace 90 años en la necrópolis de Wari Kayan (Perú) de 2.000 años de antigüedad. Los resultados revelan que los miembros de la cultura paracas, la civilización anterior a los incas, consumieron productos marinos y plantas como el maíz y los frijoles…

When it comes to evolution, bigger might really be better. A team of Stanford scientists analyzing the body sizes of marine mammals over nearly 550 million years have found that average body size has increased 150-fold.

It is easy to distinguish a mouse from a cow. But for members of the same class of mammal, where do such differences begin? In 2011, scientists discovered there were differences in cow and mice blastocysts, the tiny hollow spheres of cells which precede the development of the embryo.

Mil millones de euros, un millón de toneladas y 13 países formarán Hyper-Kamiokande, un megaexperimento en Japón. El físico español Luis Labarga es uno de los impulsores del proyecto.

Quarks and gluons make weird slopes and shapes inside the proton. Understanding them precisely was important for the first results from Cern’s Large Hadron Collider, and continues to be so as we approach the restart over the next few weeks

Un equipo de investigadores descubre que la melanina, además de protegernos, lleva a cabo un proceso que daña el ADN horas después de la exposición al sol. El descubrimiento puede cambiar la forma en que nos protegemos de las radiaciones.

Fundamental theories of nature aren’t allowed to hide information.