Nadie vio venir el 15 de febrero de 2013 el meteoro de Cheliábinsk, el asteroide más grande que ha golpeado la Tierra en más de un siglo. Justo después del amanecer de un soleado día de invierno, un asteroide de 20 metros y 13 000 toneladas impactó contra la atmósferaContinuar Leyendo
Ice cores are a unique climate archive. Thanks to a new method developed by researchers at the University of Bern and Empa, greenhouse gas concentrations in 1.5 million year old ice can be measured even more accurately. The EU project “Beyond EPICA” with the participation of the University of BernContinuar Leyendo
U of A expert contests popular claims about a “wood-wide web.” By Bev Betkowski Alberta, February 13, 2023.- The idea that forest trees can “talk” to each other through a connective underground web of delicate fungal filaments tickles the imagination. In fact, the concept is so intriguing, it’s taken root inContinuar Leyendo
Investigación de la Escuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso busca reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Valparaíso, 13 de Febrero de 2023.- En la búsqueda de estrategias que permitan mitigar y capturar el CO2 para hacer frente al cambio climático, recientemente un grupoContinuar Leyendo
During a break from looking at planets around other stars, ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (Cheops) mission has observed a dwarf planet in our own Solar System and made a decisive contribution to the discovery of a dense ring of material around it. París, Feb 10, 2023.- The dwarf planet isContinuar Leyendo
In certain Lake Tanganyika cichlids breeding in empty snail shells, there are two extreme sizes of males: giants and dwarfs. Researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Graz have analysed the genomes of these fish and found out how the peculiar sizes of males and females evolvedContinuar Leyendo
New study by the University of Vienna shows what the sweetener acesulfame reveals about groundwater flows Vienna, Fen 08, 2023.- Acesulfame is a sweetener in sugar-free drinks and foods. As it cannot be metabolised in the human body, the sweetener ends up in wastewater after consumption and remains largely intactContinuar Leyendo
París, Feb 06, 2023.- A previously unknown 100–200-metre asteroid — roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their project used data from the calibration of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), in which the teamContinuar Leyendo
New research could help cattle — and beef producers — cope with more extreme ups and downs in temperature year-round. By Bev Betkowski Alberta, Feb 06, 2023.- Some cows are naturally more efficient at converting the food they eat into weight gain, so does that ability mean they might also beContinuar Leyendo
Women who take extra vitamin D during their pregnancy are more likely to have a ‘natural’ delivery, according to Southampton research. Southampton, Feb 06, 2023.- The study, published in the Journal of Public Health, analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial, a multicentre, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D supplementationContinuar Leyendo
