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![[:es]Mosquitoes armed with bacteria beat back dengue virus[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/11/mosquito_1280p_0-245x140.jpg)
[:es]Mosquitoes armed with bacteria beat back dengue virus[:]
In a handful of cities around the world, mosquitoes have been armed with a microscopic weapon against disease. The bacterium Wolbachia pipientis blocks the insects’ ability to spread fearsome viruses […]
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![[:es]How two intruders from interstellar space are upending astronomy[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/11/d41586-019-03530-3_17391734-245x140.gif)
[:es]How two intruders from interstellar space are upending astronomy[:]
Researchers grapple with the meaning of the first objects entering our Solar System from distant regions.
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![[:es]The Atomic Theory of Origami[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/11/MichaelAssis_2880x1700_03-245x140.jpg)
[:es]The Atomic Theory of Origami[:]
By reimagining the kinks and folds of origami as atoms in a lattice, researchers are uncovering strange behavior hiding in simple structures.
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![[:es]How Enceladus got its water-spewing tiger stripes[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/11/enceladus_1280p-245x140.jpg)
[:es]How Enceladus got its water-spewing tiger stripes[:]
Researchers say they have solved a long-standing mystery about Saturn’s tiny, frozen moon Enceladus: why its south pole features long, water-spewing geysers known as tiger stripes. The study could also […]
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![[:es]CRISPR tool modifies genes precisely by copying RNA into the genome[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/11/d41586-019-03392-9_17372794-245x140.png)
[:es]CRISPR tool modifies genes precisely by copying RNA into the genome[:]
The ultimate goal of genome editing is to be able to make any specific change to the blueprint of life. A ‘search-and-replace’ method for genome editing takes us a giant […]
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![[:es]Colombian woman’s genes offer new clues to staving off Alzheimer’s[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/11/PET_1280p-245x140.jpg)
[:es]Colombian woman’s genes offer new clues to staving off Alzheimer’s[:]
In 2016, a 73-year-old woman from Medellín, Colombia, flew to Boston so researchers could scan her brain, analyze her blood, and pore over her genome. She carried a genetic mutation […]
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![[:es]Super-precise new CRISPR tool could tackle a plethora of genetic diseases[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/10/d41586-019-03164-5_17286722-245x140.jpg)
[:es]Super-precise new CRISPR tool could tackle a plethora of genetic diseases[:]
The system allows researchers more control over DNA changes, potentially opening up conditions that have challenged gene-editors.
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![[:es]How the world’s largest geode grew to half the size of a small bedroom[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/10/geode_1280p-245x140.jpg)
[:es]How the world’s largest geode grew to half the size of a small bedroom[:]
Most geodes—hollow, crystal-lined rocks—can fit in the palm of your hand. But the giant Pulpí Geode, which is about half the size of a small bedroom, fills part of an […]
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![[:es]A Nazi Version of DDT Was Forgotten. Could It Help Fight Malaria?[:]](https://katedra.eus/app/uploads/2019/10/16SCI-INSECTICIDE6-videoLarge-245x140.jpg)
[:es]A Nazi Version of DDT Was Forgotten. Could It Help Fight Malaria?[:]
Scientists have rediscovered a compound developed by German researchers during World War II. It appears to be more effective and perhaps safer than DDT.
