From the category archives:

Science

Health Care Workers Rejoice: Scientists Invent Paint that Kills Deadly MRSA Bacteria

Thumbnail image for Health Care Workers Rejoice: Scientists Invent Paint that Kills Deadly MRSA Bacteria

MRSA is a bacteria that breeds in hospitals, nursing homes and residential treatment facilities. Every year 880.000 people in the US become infected and 5% of them die -between 20,000  - 40,000-. Per year, MRSA infections generate losses for $8 billion US dollars to both the private sector and government. Between 1993 and 2002 the [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

First Photograph of an Alien Planet

Thumbnail image for First Photograph of an Alien Planet

The planet, orbiting a star 85% the size of our Sun, was detected in April of 2008 and it’s the first ever to be directly photographed. Its solar system is very young -5 million years old- compared to the 4.600 million years of our teenage solar system (the Universe is approximately 14.000 million years old). The planet’s [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Ice Melt makes Greenland Rise. Swiss Alps to Host 2025′s Summer Olympics

Thumbnail image for Ice Melt makes Greenland Rise. Swiss Alps to Host 2025′s Summer Olympics

Greenland is moving up at a pace of 1 inch per year. The ice is melting so fast that the island is rising noticeably as the weight is lifted. Greenland used to be white Even though the ice is 2km (1.2 miles) thick in some places, its formerly ubiquitous ice cap is shrinking at an alarming [...]

Continue Reading5
Read the full article →

Scientists Create Artificial Life

Thumbnail image for Scientists Create Artificial Life

Who said that Biology and Computer Science have nothing in common? Craig Venter, the biologist who led the effort to map the human genome, has reported that the first cell controlled entirely by man-made genetic instructions had been produced. With four bottles of chemicals and a computer, Dr. Venter’s team coded the organism’s DNA and [...]

Continue Reading3
Read the full article →

Near Death Experiences related to an Excess of CO2 in the Bloodstream

Thumbnail image for Near Death Experiences related to an Excess of CO2 in the Bloodstream

You may have heard stories of people who, after recovering from a life-threatening injury or condition, have experienced extra-corporeal experiences (leaving owns body), seen a tunnel of light, dead family members and even angels. These kind of events have been reported for years all around the world. According to a recent study these may just [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Alzheimer’s Disease: When Memories are Gone, Emotions Still Linger

Thumbnail image for Alzheimer’s Disease: When Memories are Gone, Emotions Still Linger

People with Alzheimer’s disease often have trouble remembering recent events but are able to recall distant memories. This is due to the damage produced to the hippocampus, a seahorse shaped structure located in the core of the brain. This area is usually the first to be affected by Alzheimer, which is why the  disease is [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Moral Judgments can be Changed Almost Instantly by Delivering a magnetic pulse to an Area of the Brain

Thumbnail image for Moral Judgments can be Changed Almost Instantly by Delivering a magnetic pulse to an Area of the Brain

I was listening to NPR (National Public Radio) on my way to work yesterday and heard a story that caught my attention. Did you ever think that magnets and morality could be related? According to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a person’s moral judgments can be changed almost [...]

Continue Reading1
Read the full article →

The Dawn of a New Epoch in Earth’s History?

Thumbnail image for The Dawn of a New Epoch in Earth’s History?

Geologists from the University of Leicester -including a Nobel prize-winner- suggest that the Earth has entered a new age of geological time. They’ve called it the  Anthropocene Epoch (New Man Epoch). The paper has been published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal (link). They add that the dawning of this new epoch may include the [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Crucial Stages of Cancer Uncovered

Thumbnail image for Crucial Stages of Cancer Uncovered

By Maria Gonzalez.- Cancer is a sort of disease which can be described by the uncontrolled growth of a group of unusual cells within the body. This uncontrolled growth of cells can then cause death if left untreated. Thus, you have to make sure to immediately treat your cancer if ever you have acquired such [...]

Continue Reading1
Read the full article →

Change: The Problem with Evolution and Global Warming

Thumbnail image for Change: The Problem with Evolution and Global Warming

In 1996, I was almost finishing high school and we were still concerned about the Ozone hole. Global Warming “did not exist” back then. We were in Biology class discussing cancer. I remember saying that I knew it was an uncontrolled growth of a group of cells product of a maladaptive mutation. Our teacher questioned why [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Chilean Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth’s Axis, Made days shorter

Thumbnail image for Chilean Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth’s Axis, Made days shorter

According to Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile may have also shifted Earth’s axis by bout 8 centimeters (3 inches). This happened due to the redistribution of mass on the planet (lots of rocks were moved around during the quake). Earth’s inclination [...]

Continue Reading5
Read the full article →

Mother’s Sensitivity May Help Language Development in Children With Autism

Thumbnail image for Mother’s Sensitivity May Help Language Development in Children With Autism

A study from the University of Miami suggests that maternal sensitivity, understood as a combo of affection, responsiveness to the child’s needs, structuring support and education, and the ability to manage presence-absence to foster independency; may influence the development and acquisition of language among children with autism or potentially at risk. Even though parenting does [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Windows to the World

Thumbnail image for Windows to the World

NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour landed safely  in Florida on Sunday evening. The crew attached a new bus sized module to the International Space Station (ISS) and the largest observation deck ever launched into space. The Cupola, a 1.5 meters (4.9 ft) Forged Aluminium structure  features 7 windows, the central one measuring 80 centimeters (31 in) [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Napping Boosts the Brain’s Learning Capacity

Thumbnail image for Napping Boosts the Brain’s Learning Capacity

Remember those sleepless nights in college? Well, they probably weren’t the best idea to get past that upcoming exam. New research from the University of California (Berkeley) has found that taking a 90 minute nap during the day can boost the brain’s capacity to store new facts by 40 percent.  Technorati Tags: Berkeley, brain, hippocampus, improve [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

Miracle spray may revolutionize the way we clean and preserve stuff thanks to nanotechnology

Thumbnail image for Miracle spray may revolutionize the way we clean and preserve stuff thanks to nanotechnology

“SiO2- ultra thin layering” (that’s the technical name) comes in the form of a liquid glass which can coat surfaces with a 15 to 30 molecules thick (500 times thinner than human hair) film. It is eco-friendly, non-toxic and it protects almost any surface from dirt, bacteria, UV radiation, heat and acids. The liquid is [...]

Continue Reading0
Read the full article →

← Previous Entries