Ciencia en los medios
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What Does “Happy New Year” Even Really Mean?
Physicists engage in a strange debate about whether time really passes
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Los superconductores a temperatura ambiente, un paso más cerca
En 1979, un tren japonés superó los 500 km/h durante un recorrido de prueba. ¿Cómo fue posible esta proeza hace ya 35 años? Se trataba de un maglev, es decir, […]
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Preserving the Astronomical Past
On a small hill in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 170 tons of glass, imprinted with history, sit in a dimly lit corner. Each rectangular plate is about the size […]
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‘Thunderwear’ Skivvies Inspired by Spacesuit Tech Beat the Heat
Steel mill workers facing dangerous sparks could soon benefit from a heat-resistant spacesuit fabric that protects astronauts during spacewalks.
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Revealed: the unparalled scale of big data analysis behind Santa’s naughty or nice list
After a year in which further details of national intelligence agencies’ shadowy surveillance networks were laid bare, a fresh leak of documents reveals the obsessive surveillance that extends as far […]
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Identifican el mecanismo que explica por qué comer poco alarga la vida
La producción de sulfuro de hidrógeno, que se aumenta con la restricción calórica, tiene un efecto protector sobre partes fundamentales de la célula
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Restored Forests Breathe Life Into Efforts Against Climate Change
Driven by a growing environmental movement and mounting pressure from Western consumers, corporate and government leaders are making a new push to slow the cutting of rain forests.
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Consiguen regenerar pelo modificando células del sistema inmune
Científicos del CNIO han descubierto en ratones que los macrófagos activan el crecimiento de las células madre de la piel. El hallazgo, publicado en la revista PLOS Biology, podría aportar nuevos enfoques […]
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A Prototype Battery Could Double the Range of Electric Cars
Startup Seeo has developed batteries that store far more energy than conventional ones, which could extend the range of electric cars.