La ciencia en los medios

[:eu]A new study suggests that Alaska, with its huge stretches of tundra and forest, may be shifting from a net sink, or storehouse, of carbon to a net source. The study focused on one possible cause: warmer temperatures that keep the Arctic tundra from freezing until later in the fall, allowing plant respiration and microbial…

[:eu]Gure gorputzeko tenperatura 37º ingurukoa den arren, gure zelulen barruko organulu batzuetan oso tenperatura altuak egoten direla ikusi dute: 50º neurtu dituzte mitokondrioetan.[:]

[:eu]A creature reminiscent of much earlier human ancestors such as H. habilis lived at the same time as modern humans were emerging in Africa and Neandertals were evolving in Europe.[:]

[:eu]La bióloga Vera Gorbunova, del Centro de Investigación del Envejecimiento de Rochester, quiere alargar la vida humana copiando los mecanismos de animales longevos[:]

[:eu]Cannabinoideek sagu heldu eta zaharren ikasteko gaitasuna eta memoria hobetzen dutela ondorioztatu dute Nature Medicine aldizkarian argitaratu duten lan batean. Emaitzek iradokitzen dute THC cannabinoidea (marihuanaren osagai psikoaktibo nagusia) dosi txikian hartzeak lagun dezakeela zahartzearekin lotutako galera kognitiboari aurre egiten. Dena den, ikertzaileek ohartarazi dute oraindik ezin dela jakin beste espezieetan ere saguetan ikusitako efektua…

[:eu]Does an alien race from Star Trek tell the story of human consciousness?[:]

[:eu]A study of the oldest minerals ever found has shed new light on Earth in the Hadean eon, 4.4 billion years ago.[:]

[:eu]Hoy en día cualquier ciudadano puede hacer un descubrimiento científico de gran impacto. Eso le sucedió a Hanny Van Arkel. Aficionada a la astronomía se registró en la web de ciencia ciudadana Galaxy Zoo y descubrió un objeto celeste desconocido por la ciencia.[:]

[:eu]The new experiments suggest that simple models can explain the behavior of thousands of interacting organisms.[:]