Sebastián Fuenzalida, estudiante del Doctorado en Ciencias Físicas, fue el único chileno en participar de la prestigiosa Escuela Europea de Física de Partículas 2024, realizada en Escocia. Valparaíso, 03 de Diciembre de 2024.- Tras un exigente proceso de selección, Sebastián Fuenzalida, estudiante del Doctorado en Ciencias Físicas de la UniversidadContinuar Leyendo
Disruption of the microbial community favours pathogens in the gut In a groundbreaking new study, conducted within the framework of the FWF-funded Cluster of Excellence «Microbiomes drive Planetary Health», scientists from the University of Vienna, in collaboration with the University of Southampton, Aalborg University and Boston University, have revealed thatContinuar Leyendo
Myocarditis is driven by a different immune response than the anti-tumor one, suggesting that the serious complication could one day be managed without halting cancer therapy. By Leah Eisenstadt Cambrigde, Nov 12, 2024.- Some patients being treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of cancer immunotherapy, develop a dangerous formContinuar Leyendo
Tucson, Nov 07, 2024.- In the 1997 movie «Contact,» adapted from Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel, scientist Ellie Arroway, played by Jodi Foster, takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega. She emerges inside a snowstorm of debris encircling the star – but no obvious planets are visible. According toContinuar Leyendo
Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly ‘stare’ of their searing eye-like cores shines out into the supreme cosmic darkness. París, November 01, 2024.- These galaxies have only grazed one another so far, with theContinuar Leyendo
The two CubeSat passengers aboard ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence have exchanged their first signals with Earth, confirming their nominal status. The pair were switched on to check out all their systems, marking the first operation of ESA CubeSats in deep space. París, October 28, 2024.- “Each CubeSat was activatedContinuar Leyendo
An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first rich population of brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602. París, October 24, 2024.- Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200Continuar Leyendo
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colourful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars. Hubble’s images capture its details and its evolution is featured by a unique timelapse video. París, Oct 16, 2024.-Continuar Leyendo
Climate change has a negative impact on food security. An international research team led by Wolfram Weckwerth from the University of Vienna has now conducted a study to investigate the natural variation of different chickpea genotypes and their resistance to drought stress. The scientists were able to show that chickpeasContinuar Leyendo
París, October 14, 2024.- ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor. RISE is a commercial in-orbit servicing mission that will demonstrate that it canContinuar Leyendo
