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
Search for the cause and better treatments continues, researcher says. Alberto, February 02, 2023.- First Nations, Métis and Inuit people with primary biliary cholangitis — a debilitating autoimmune liver disease — have more advanced symptoms at diagnosis and worse long-term outcomes than others in Canada, according to research from aContinuar Leyendo
Our brain has its own GPS and it helps us navigate by detecting the movements of the people around us. Vienna, Feb 02, 2023.- Grid cells not only help us navigate our own paths in a complex environment, but also help us analyse the movements of other people, scientists fromContinuar Leyendo
París, Feb 01, 2023.- Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) today makes its closest approach to Earth before likely leaving our Solar System forever. At billions of years old and not seen since Neanderthals roamed, the green comet continues to intrigue as it grows an apparent third tail and unexpectedly – butContinuar Leyendo
Large-scale Finnish biobank-based study discovers several new disease genes as well as insights into how known genetic factors affect disease. Cambridge, MA, January 30, 2023.- An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard examined the effects ofContinuar Leyendo
Researchers at the Spinoza Center have developed a method to look at the cerebellum in detail. Amsterdam, January 30, 2023.- The cerebellum, or our little brain, is mainly responsible for our motor skills. Furthermore, the structure is important for behavior and cognition. The cerebellum is a part of your brainContinuar Leyendo
By Heather Lindsey Weill Cornell Medicine Ithaca, NY, Jan 28, 2023.- The key to understanding how the most aggressive lymphomas arise and resist current therapies may lie in mutations that disrupt a critical natural selection process among antibody-producing B cells, according to a multi-institutional preclinical study led by Weill CornellContinuar Leyendo
A search for variable stars called RR Lyrae has found some of the most distant stars in the Milky Way’s halo a million light years away. By Tim Stephens Santa Cruz, CA, Jan 26, 2023.- Astronomers have discovered more than 200 distant variable stars known as RR Lyrae stars inContinuar Leyendo
