El Dr. Zhen Guo de la Universidad de Valparaíso, y el Dr. Dante Minniti, de la Universidad Andrés Bello, fueron parte del equipo internacional de científicos que descubrieron dos nuevos tipos de estrellas: gigantes ancianas que expulsan columnas de humo y recién nacidas en erupción, que aumentan su brillo enContinuar Leyendo
Understanding sex differences in how pain develops and resolves in mice could one day lead to new, targeted treatments in humans, says researcher. Alberta, Jan 25, 2024.- A University of Alberta research team has uncovered differences in the way male and female mice develop and resolve chronic pain, pointing toContinuar Leyendo
One of the key missions of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is to probe the early Universe. Now, the unmatched resolution and sensitivity of Webb’s NIRCam instrument have revealed, for the first time, what lies in the local environment of galaxies in the very early Universe. This has solvedContinuar Leyendo
The multimillion-dollar global initiative will study causes and risk factors, to ensure safer vaccines are ready for the next potential pandemic. Alberta, Jan 17, 2024.- A University of Alberta professor is co-leading a new international vaccine safety network to examine why some people who received a COVID-19 vaccine experienced very rareContinuar Leyendo
Results of a neuroscientific study suggest that violence in video games has no negative influence on the empathy of adults Vienna, Jan 16, 2024.- Neuroscientists from the University of Vienna and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy.Continuar Leyendo
Paleontology student makes a splash with his first co-author credit on recent study identifying a new species of ancient fish. Alberta, Jan 14, 2024.- A 72-million-year-old sturgeon fossil has been discovered in Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River Valley, the first fish material of any kind found from that time period and inContinuar Leyendo
By Blaine Friedlander New York, Jan 12, 2024.- A tiny, hardworking bacterium – which weighs one-trillionth of a gram – may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way. In a new study, Cornell scientists show that genetically engineering this bacterium could improve theContinuar Leyendo
Astronomers have found a direct link between the explosive deaths of massive stars and the formation of the most compact and enigmatic objects in the Universe — black holes and neutron stars. With the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) and ESO’s New Technology TelescopeContinuar Leyendo
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found a rare oddball event in an oddball place. París, Jan 10, 2024.- A Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Over the past few years hundreds ofContinuar Leyendo
New study: Microplastic fibers are settling substantially slower than spherical particles in the atmosphere and might even reach stratosphere Vienna, Jan 09, 2024.- How far microplastics travel in the atmosphere depends crucially on particle shape, according to a recent study by scientists at the University of Vienna and the MaxContinuar Leyendo
