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%...
A team of archaeologists from Indonesia and Australia has discovered what could be the oldest known rock art in the world, thanks to paintings found in caves on Muna Island, in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The main image is a handprint made with red pigment, created by placing a hand against the wall and blowing...
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...
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, 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 specifically earmarked for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's research in Spain. The magnitude of the donation...
A British company has unveiled Locai, an artificial intelligence system that aims to stand out for its ability to learn without discarding what it has already learned. Its flagship technology, dubbed Forget-Me-Nt, addresses the well-known problem of "catastrophic forgetting": instead of replacing old knowledge when it incorporates new information, Locai ensures it maintains and accumulates...
Ecology is based on perfect synchronicity: plants bloom just as pollinators emerge; caterpillars hatch when young leaves are available; and birds migrate to coincide with the peak of food resources. This timing of natural events is known as phenology. One example of this is the early arrival of spring. Due to global warming, phenology is...
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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