París, Feb 14, 2025.- Launched just two months ago and still in the process of being commissioned for service, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is, remarkably, already showing how its radar data can be used to map the shape of Earth’s land surface with extreme precision. These first cross-satellite ‘interferometry’ resultsContinuar Leyendo
Widely used by the food industry, emulsifiers – a type of food additive – are found in many daily foods (sliced bread, ice creams, crème fraîche, plant milks, etc.). Given their omnipresence in our diet, the health effects of their consumption have become a real public health issue. Benoit Chassaing,Continuar Leyendo
Vaccinations alone may not be enough to protect people with compromised immune systems from infection, even if the vaccine has generated the production of antibodies, new research from the University of Cambridge has shown. Cambrigde, Feb 14, 2025.- The findings, published today in Science Advances, suggest that such individuals willContinuar Leyendo
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), operating in Chile’s Atacama Desert. París, Feb 13, 2025.- Meet the colourful extravaganza of the RCW 38 stellar nursery, locatedContinuar Leyendo
Today we mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Join us in a journey around Europe with EIROforum organisations to discover the brilliant talents who are shaping the future of science and technology, and dive deeper into the story of a European Space Agency young professional makingContinuar Leyendo
París, Feb 07, 2025.- The European Space Agency (ESA) has endorsed the United Nations’ (UN) designation of 2029 as the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence. The initiative will foster international collaboration in the field of planetary defence and educate the public on the risks and opportunities associatedContinuar Leyendo
An international team of researchers, led by physicists from the University of Vienna, has achieved a breakthrough in data processing by employing an «inverse-design» approach. This method allows algorithms to configure a system based on desired functions, bypassing manual design and complex simulations. The result is a smart «universal» deviceContinuar Leyendo
Even positive effects do not compensate for the complex dangers of climate change Vienna, 30 January 2025.- Sharks and rays have populated the world’s oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of theirContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Jan 27, 2025.- For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don’t go looking for it — the flickering star is 2.2 million light-years away, and is 1/100,000th the brightness of the faintest star visibleContinuar Leyendo
New Yok, Jn 24, 2025.- Some of the body’s cells stay put for life, while others are free to roam. To move, these migratory cells rely on filopodia—sensitive, finger-like protrusions that reach out from the cell membrane into the local environment. In a healthy cell, this can be a lifesaver:Continuar Leyendo
