La ciencia en los medios

These microscopic blooms could boost solar and sensor technologies.

Nature offers a panoply of ways to determine an organism’s sex. How can such a fundamental property be so variable?

Packed shoulder to shoulder, an estimated 35,000 Pacific walruses congregated on Alaska’s northwest coast near Point Lay last fall. Normally the mammals find ocean ice sheets to rest on, but as waters have warmed the ice sheets have disappeared.

Con los datos ultraprecisos de los satélites CoRot y Kepler, investigadores del Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía y la Universidad de Granada han aportado dos ejemplos que ponen en duda el uso de una herramienta que se emplea en casi todos los estudios de oscilaciones estelares. El trabajo, que implica una revisión del método y…

Aurten, plastikozko zorroak erabiltzea galaraziko duen lege bat onartu du Europar Batasunak. Bitartean, itsasoa plastikoen biltegi bihurtzen ari dela erakusten duten hainbat azterketa plazaratu dira. Beste ikerketa batzuek, berriz, plastikoek itsas bizidunetan eta ekosistemetan eragiten dituzten ondorio kaltegarriak azaleratu dituzte. Eta, hala ere, ohartarazi dute izebergaren tontorra baino ez dugula ezagutzen. Ezkutukoa argitu nahian dabiltza…

Antes del wifi fueron las antenas de teléfono, y antes de eso las ondas del microondas. Aunque no hay evidencias científicas de sus efectos sobre la salud, el bulo se repite y extiende desde los años 70.

It has been a century since Einstein presented his theory of general relativity but it is still helping us unveil some of the deepest mysteries of the universe. Now the LISA pathfinder mission will prepare the way for us to study violent events that we’ve never seen before – such as the creation of massive…

Scientists have long known that cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis, shown) and some of their kin stop breathing when threatened by predators, but they supposed that freezing in place merely aided the creature’s visual camouflage. Turns out, it serves another purpose: A lack of water flowing over the gills decreases electrical activity there that can betray the…

Engineered Cas9 enzyme makes fewer mistakes.