For decades, the explanation for why some people live longer than others has focused on the environment: lifestyle, diet, diseases, or chance. However, new research published in Science challenges this approach and assigns genetics a much more decisive role than previously thought. The study, led by biologist Uri Alon , argues that up to 55% [...]
The facial movements of robots with humanoid faces have always faced a challenge: synchronizing lips and audio to appear human. Lip movement is crucial in human communication because it captures our attention. Therefore, the common desynchronization of lips and audio in robots reveals their lack of life. A group of researchers from the Department of Computer [...]
A research team from the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with the Swiss company AlveoliX, has developed a miniature human lung model that allows for the study of respiratory diseases with a level of detail previously difficult to achieve. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, does not involve creating a complete lung for [...]
The magazine UMH Sapiens , a popular science publication of the Miguel Hernández University , dedicates its 43rd issue to the SATDI ( Technical Support Service for the Development of Scientific Equipment) in its article “When Science Breaks Down.” The report, written by journalist Diego de la Encina Rodríguez [...]
Juana RP, the woman who donated more than 800,000 euros to the CSIC. Image: eldiario.es Juana RP, an 87-year-old woman who lived a very modest life in the Fuente del Berro neighborhood of Madrid, surprised everyone by bequeathing almost €825,000 to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in her will. Ninety percent of her money was [...]
A research group from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) has unveiled a microrobot capable of delivering medication directly to highly specific areas of the body with astonishing precision: for example, it could reach the blood clot causing a stroke. The study, published in the journal Science, facilitates the design of less invasive and more efficient treatments than [...]
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A research team from the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh has developed, through genetic editing, a line of pigs capable of resisting classical swine fever (CSF), a highly contagious viral disease that severely affects pig farming. The key to this innovation lies in modifying the gene that encodes the DNAJC14 protein, which the virus [...]
