Health Colombia  BOGOTÁ D.C. 11/06/2015

Gel system will optimize tumor detection

A plate in form of a tray covered with gel and placed near the body will allow discovering injured tissue or organs through radiation

This technique will circumvent using two types of diagnostic images, MRI and nuclear medicine imagery; using only the former will be needed to obtain all the necessary information. Traditionally hybrid diagnostic imagery is based on mixing two different techniques: an MRI which provides an anatomical image and shows the location of every organ in the body and nuclear medicine images which are used to detect organ and tissue activity using radiopharmaceuticals which are used as radioactive tracers to monitor organ or system functions. 

 Se trata de una placa que puede ser de plástico, cubierta con un gel simple, (gelatina) que se pone sobre el cuerpo de la persona. FOTO: UN
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Technology Argentina  BUENOS AIRES 10/06/2015

CIAA: a gateway to electronic technology in Argentina

Researchers at the Conicet developed the first open source hardware industrial computer of Argentina

In general, when people imagine a computer, they tend to relate it to notebooks, PCs or other similar structures. But actually there are many more computers that are hidden and are used everyday, such as the lift or the washing machine. Unfortunately, most of them are neither designed, nor produced or programmed in Argentina. In order to deal with this difficulty a group of engineers, designers, businessmen, programmers and even students, all from different parts of the country, work on the development of a computer useful for national companies. Thus, the Computadora Industrial Abierta Argentina –CIAA- [Argentine Open Industrial Computer] was born.

 Ariel Lutenberg, investigador asistente del Conicet. FOTO: CONICET
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Technology Spain  MADRID 10/06/2015

New electric propulsion system improves safety of light aircraft

This new hybrid system could prevent 600 accidents a year

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the AXTER Aerospace firm have developed an electric propulsion system to install in small gasoline-powered planes for extra power and range in emergency situations. This new hybrid system could prevent 600 accidents a year.

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Social Sciences Brazil  SãO PAULO 10/06/2015

Study explores mitochondrial-nuclear communication pathway

Considered highly important organelles in eukaryotic cells because they act as cell ‘powerhouses’, mitochondria must be in constant communication with cell nuclei, where the proteins that they require are encoded

Communication follows several different pathways. In the most studied of these pathways, the signal leaves the nucleus and travels to the mitochondrion. In other, less well-known pathways, the signal moves in the opposite direction. For this reason, these pathways are known as retrograde signaling pathways. In experiments with yeast of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is the type used to make bread, beer, wine and cheese, Brazilian researchers have investigated for the first time what happens to mitochondria when one of these retrograde pathways, mediated by Rtg proteins, does not work properly.

 En un artículo de la revista Free Radical Biology, científicos demuestran qué sucede con la célula de levadura cuando no funciona uno de los caminos que transportan señales desde la mitocondria hasta el núcleo. FOTO: FAPESP
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Social Sciences Chile  ATACAMA 09/06/2015

Gravity-aided ALMA maps dstant monstrous galaxy

As a result, ALMA was able to observe clumps of star formation in the galaxy down to a size of approximately 200 light-years across. This is the first time this phenomenon has been seen at such an enormous distance

In 2014, ALMA's Long Baseline Campaign, separated it's antennas for up to 15 kilometers and produced a spectacularly detailed image of the distant, gravitationally lensed galaxy SDP.81. New analyses of this image reveal details never before seen in a galaxy so remote, including phenomenally massive yet concentrated clumps of star-forming material. The ALMA observations of SDP.81 were enabled by a cosmic effect known as gravitational lensing. A large galaxy nestled between SDP.81 and ALMA is acting as a lens, magnifying the more distant galaxy's light and warping it into a near-perfect example of a phenomenon known as an Einstein Ring.

 La imagen de la izquierda muestra a la galaxia en primer plano que hace de lente. La imagen central muestra la imagen nítida observada con ALMA del anillo de Einstein. La imagen resultante de la galaxia lejana (derecha). FOTO: OBSERVATORIO ALMA
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Health Portugal  CASTELO BRANCO 05/06/2015
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A new laboratory of reference for physiopathology

The Universidada da Beira Interior is implementing a new unit in the UBIMedical complex that will undertake research into fields such as hepatology or the respiratory system

The Universidade da Beira Interior has recently implemented a General Physiopathology Laboratory, a unit providing services and carrying out research that is part of UBIMedical, the health centre that also aims to boost the creation and development of companies. One of the main occupations of this new laboratory will be the study of human respiration and its pathologies.

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Education Spain  LEÓN 04/06/2015
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School failure could be reduced by 80% if maths and English were concentrated on

The Didactic Excellence, innovation, and Quality Research Group of the Universidad de León (ULE) is researching school failure and success in primary and secondary education

It is estimated that some 23 per cent of non university students fail in their studies. This is particularly relevant in Spain, which has the highest rate of school failure in the European Union according to recent data from EuroStat (the European Statistics Office).

 Escolares trabajando en el ordenador.
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Technology Portugal  CASTELO BRANCO 04/06/2015
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A new propulsion system for airships

The Universidad de Beira Interior has led a European project with the participation of Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria to develop a revolutionary cycloidal rotor that improves the manoeuvrability of appliances in the air

The Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technology of the Universidad de Beira Interior, located in Covilhã, has led the Cycloidal Rotors Optimized for Propulsion (CROP) European project with the aim of developing an innovative system for aeronautical propulsion that can be applied to different types of airship such as aeroplanes, helicopters, dirigibles, and other new-generation appliances.

 Nuevo sistema de propulsión./CROP.

 

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Technology Portugal  CASTELO BRANCO 03/06/2015
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The websites of political parties do not encourage communication with citizens

A study of the Universidad de Beira Interior analyses the websites of Portuguese political parties, which are more orientated towards the dissemination of messages than participation

A research project of the Universidad de Beira Interior has carried out a three-year analysis of the websites of Portuguese political parties to study their method of communication with citizens by this medium. The conclusions show that there is little interaction; political parties do not want to lose control of their message and use the Internet as an instrument of dissemination but not for listening to their potential voters.

 Os sites dos partidos políticos.
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Nutrition Mexico  NUEVO LEÓN 03/06/2015

Mexican quantum computing pioneer ventures to answer nature's mysteries

Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Engineering and Sciences researcher Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca, PhD. heads a team of computer scientists whose proposal was declared the winner in a NASA contest to try out the world's most advanced quantum computer

There is a very small number of quantum computers in the world, and when NASA in collaboration with Google recently purchased one of the most advanced models manufactured by Canada's D-Wave and installed it at NASA's Ames Research Center at what they named the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (QuAIL), it decided to donate 20% of its number crunching time to the international scientific community. To this end, it put out a call for proposals.

Tecnológico de Monterrey School of Engineering and Sciences researcher Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca leds the research Optimizing information flow through complex networks". Photo: AMC
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Health Spain  LEÓN 02/06/2015
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Some antioxidants are efficient in reducing delayed onset muscle soreness

Researchers from the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of León (Ibiomed) have carried out a revision study to analyse the scientific literature on the subject

Researchers from the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of León (Ibiomed), of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in Mexico, and of the University of Viçosa in Brazil have carried out a systematic revision of the scientific literature to find out the effects of antioxidant supplements in the reducing of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), which is commonly known as stiffness.

 José Antonio de Paz y Ramón Candia Luján, dos de los autores de la investigación. Fotografía cedida por los investigadores.
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Technology Spain  MADRID 02/06/2015

“Calcium batteries might be more powerful than lithium batteries”

Interview with Jean-Yves Sánchez

Jean-Yves Sánchez researches the development of calcium batteries that can compete with lithium batteries. He is carrying out the study under the auspices of CONEX, a talent attraction program that hires experienced international researchers. The program is funded by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the European Union (Marie Curie actions from the “People” programme of the Seventh Framework Programme), the Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness and the Banco Santander. The author of more than 140 scientific articles and 43 international patents, he has advised 32 doctoral theses and led three European projects and over a dozen national and regional projects in the field of electrochemical energy.

 Jean-Yves Sánchez, investigador de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Foto: UC3M.
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Health Portugal  CASTELO BRANCO 02/06/2015
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Neurophysiological research helps to understand various diseases

The Neurophysiology Laboratory of the Universidad de Beira Interior is studying the cerebral physiology of normal subjects and neurological pathologies in patients

The Neurophysiology Laboratory of the Universidad de Beira Interior in Covilhã is studying the cerebral physiology of normal subjects and neurological pathologies in very diverse patients. Although this research team has only been working for just over three years, its scientists are obtaining results that may have direct applications in the clinical field for neurodegenerative pathologies and the study of ageing. The laboratory is located in the Health Science Faculty in the new health unit of the Universidad de Beira Interior, UBIMedical.

 A.Pereira, M.V.Patto, F. Carrega; J. Jesus; V. Almeida; N. Pinto- parte de la equipa de investigacion del laboratorio de neurofisiologia de la FCS-UBI.
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Health Spain  LEÓN 01/06/2015
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Researchers from León point to gene IL26 as a candidate for measuring tuberculosis susceptibility

In a study published in the ‘Immunology’ journal a scientific team from the Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León and the Ibiomed has taken a closer look at tuberculosis susceptibility in the elderly

Not all people infected by tuberculosis bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) fall ill. It is estimated that almost a third of the world's population is infected, but only a small percentage (some 8.6 million people) actually develop the disease. Researchers from the Internal Medicine Service of the Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León (CAULE) and the Instituto de Biomedicina (Ibiomed) of the University of León have been working for seven years on the analysis of the immune response to tuberculosis.

 Micrografía electrónica de barrido con color artificial de Mycobacterium tuberculosis, agente causal de la tuberculosis Crédito NIAID
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Technology Portugal  CASTELO BRANCO 01/06/2015
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The factors influencing the purchase of on-line travel are being studied

The Universidade da Beira Interior is drawing up a model for analysing the tourism sector on the Internet and is carrying out an extensive survey of users from all over the world

The volume of purchases over the Internet is becoming an increasingly important part of the economy as a whole and of the tourism sector in particular. The contracting of transport, hotels, or complete travel packages are among the most habitual Internet transactions. For this reason the Economy and Management Department of the Universidade da Beira Interior has studied the factors that influence travellers when purchasing on-line.

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Nutrition Brazil  BRASIL 01/06/2015

Gut bacteria of Aedes aegypti could become a weapon against dengue

Researchers are trying to determine how the interaction between the insect's immune system and its gut microbiome could make it resistant to infection and unable to transmit the virus

Understanding how the bacteria that colonize the gut of Aedes aegypti influence the mosquito’s susceptibility to the dengue virus is the goal of a research project being conducted at the Botucatu campus of São Paulo State University (UNESP) with FAPESP’s support.

 El mosquito Aedes aegypt vector del dengue. FOTO: AGENCIA FAPESP.
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Health Portugal  CASTELO BRANCO 29/05/2015
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A new therapy for patients who have had cerebrovascular accidents

Researchers from the Universidad de Beira Interior are studying how to boost the effect of the cells that repair brain damage

The Health Science Research Centre (Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, CICS) of the Universidad de Beira Interior is researching a new therapy to repair the injuries of patients that have suffered cerebrovascular accidents. The researcher Raquel Ferreira has been awarded for this project one of the Medals of Honour of L'Oréal Portugal for Women in Science, a prestigious award that has partly financed the initiative.

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Nutrition Spain  LEÓN 29/05/2015
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The modulation of the alcoholic strength of wines is researched by using plant hormones

The scientific team of the Vine and Wine Research Institute of the University of León has carried out an experimental test in collaboration with a wine cellar of the Toro Denomination of Origin

The Vine and Wine Research Institute of the University of León (ULE) has initiated a novel area of study on the modulation of the alcoholic strength of musts at the time of the harvest by the application of hormones. This research has great potential as alcoholic strength is an essential parameter in the production of wine not only from a business viewpoint but is also associated with numerous organoleptic characteristics and in short with its quality.

 Viñedo. Foto: Enrique Garzón.
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Nutrition Portugal  AVEIRO 29/05/2015
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The algae of the Portuguese coast are of great nutritional value

The University of Aveiro is carrying out a study of algae with the aim of developing new functional foods

The Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, CESAM) of the University of Aveiro, in collaboration with the Universidade Católica Portuguesa of Oporto, has studied the chemical composition of several species of edible seaweed from the west coast of Portugal to reveal their high nutritional value. The results of this research may help to develop new functional foods containing specific compounds for improving health or reducing the risk of contracting diseases.

 Alga O. pinnatifida. Foto: Dina Rodrigues.
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Science Portugal  CASTELO BRANCO 28/05/2015
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The Universidad de Beira Interior is studying how to improve swimmers' performance

A software simulates the behaviour of the human body in the water and helps to improve the techniques and the design of sportswear and sports accessories

The Sports Science Department of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidad de Beira Interior is studying the factors that determine sporting performance by using software that simulates the behaviour of the human body in sports such as swimming. The researchers' work allows companies to design better sportswear and sports accessories and competitors to improve their style.

 Natación. Foto: Luana Fischer Ferreira.
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