Technology Spain  LEÓN 12/04/2013

Microorganisms to prevent corrosion in metal structures

The Instituto de Biotecnología de León, INBIOTEC, takes part in the BIOCORIN European project that aims to develop a biotech product
The Instituto de Biotecnología de León, INBIOTEC, an institute of biotechnology, takes part in an European project that aims to develop a biotech product to prevent corrosion in metal structures of all kinds: from bridges to underground pipes. This proposal called BIOCORIN has nine partners: companies, research centers, etc. from six European countries (Spain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and the Netherlands). New Biocoting for Corrosion Inhibition in Metal Surfaces, is led by the Spanish company Acciona Infraestructuras and its main objective is to use protective microorganisms to prevent others to produce deterioration. El hongo Aspergillus sp., aislado de superficies metálicas corroídas. Imagen: INBIOTEC
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Nutrition Spain  SALAMANCA 11/04/2013

Salamanca is part of a major european project researching on seed quality upgrading

The Centro Hispanoluso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE) is the only Spanish partner in this project comprising five different countries

Scientists from CIALE, an agricultural research group from the Universidad de Salamanca, are part of a major European project endorsed in 2012; its main objective is to study the quality of various plant species seeds in a four year period. It aims to study the way environmental conditions may affect different aspects such as germination in order to obtain upgraded seeds. Scientists from Austria, the United Kingdom, Germany and France are part of this initiative; CIALE is the only Spanish partner.

 Placa en la que los científicos comprueban el diferente grado de germinación de las semillas en función de los experimentos que realizan.
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Health Spain  SALAMANCA 10/04/2013

Researchers look for altered genes in lung cancer

The Hospital Universitario de Salamanca looks for biomarkers to improve therapies for the deadliest cancer of the Western world

The departments of anatomic pathology, pulmonology, cardiothoracic surgery and oncology from the Hospital Universitario de Salamanca are a multidisciplinary team that aims to study new therapeutic targets in lung cancer, the leading cause of death in the Western world. Their end goal is to identify biomarkers in lung carcinomas that may be useful for more specific therapies.

 Imágenes de diferentes muestras sobre las que se aprecian diferencias entre tumores. Foto: María Dolores Ludeña.
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Health Spain  SALAMANCA 09/04/2013

Cardiovascular functioning directly linked to time spent watching TV

Study conducted with 732 adult individuals in six Spanish primary health care centers

A study conducted by six primary health care centers in Barcelona, Zaragoza, Cuenca, Bilbao, Valladolid and Salamanca has found a direct relationship between television watching number of hours and some cardiovascular health parameters. The more adults watch TV, the worst their vascular functions are, according to results published in the American Journal of Hypertension.

 Raúl Riesco, responsable de proyectos de Inteco, da órdenes con voz al decodificador de TDT.
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Health Spain  SALAMANCA 09/04/2013

A benchmark technology platform for researchers seeking answers in DNA

The Banco Nacional de ADN, part of the USAL’s NUCLEUS Platform, stores and distributes samples for scientific research

Prodigious development of genomics during the last few years has lead to many DNA study based biomedical breakthroughs. Diagnose, prognosis and development of therapies for all kinds of conditions are linked to genetic studies. That explains the increasing importance of biobanks as storage centers of biological samples used by researchers. This is the ultimate objective of the Spanish National DNA Bank, a service provided by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III located in the Centro de Investigación de Cáncer de Salamanca, a cancer research center, and it also belongs to NUCLEUS, the Plataforma de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Universidad de Salamanca, a platform aimed to support research.

 Muestras conservadas en nitrógeno líquido.
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Technology Spain  MADRID 08/04/2013

Using social networks for mobilization has its limits

Mobilization by social networks is fast but it does have certain limits

Mobilization by social networks is fast but it does have certain limits. That is the main conclusion of an international study in which Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) scientists participated, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

 Mapa de densidad de cómo de fácil es encontrar a alguien (o algo) en una zona de Estados Unidos, según el modelo creado por los investigadores. (Azul = difícil, rojo=fácil). Los círculos indican los globos de DARPA en 2009. Imagen: UC3M.
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Health Spain  VALLADOLID 08/04/2013

A study suggests olive oleanolic acid may have therapeutic potential

The IBGM (a biology and molecular genetics institute) laboratory in Valladolid, Spain, led by María Luis Nieto has proven the efficiency of this component regarding inflammatory based diseases and therefore, has filed a patent application

The Unidad de Inmunidad Innata e Inflamación (a innate immune system and inflammation unit) in Valladolid has being working for eight years in a research area based on oleanolic acid’s potential (it is a triterpenoid distributed in the cuticles and leaves of olive trees) as an active ingredient to tackle the symptoms and sings of conditions strongly based on inflammatory processes such as multiple sclerosis (MS).

 Estudio del potencial terapéutico del ácido oleanólico en un modelo expeirmental de esclerosis múltiple. Capacidad fagocítica de células de microglía, la principal línea de defensa del Sistema Nervioso Central, en presencia de ácido oleanolico (O
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Health Spain  SALAMANCA 08/04/2013

Cocaine produces genetic changes in zebrafish embryos

Extrapolation to studies on humans suggests that may be a predisposition to addiction and to hyposensivity to some analgesics by children of mothers consuming this substance

The Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León (Incyl) from the Universidad de Salamanca has published two articles in PLOS ONE, a prestigious journal, on the impact cocaine has on zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio). Although this research model is evolutionarily remote from human beings, molecular results may be easily extrapolated to humans and suggest that children from mothers consuming cocaine may have a greater predisposition to addiction in case of trying this substance; they may also be hyposensitive to certain opioid analgesics.

 Pez cebra (Danio rerio).
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Technology Spain  ESPAÑA 14/03/2013

New results indicate that new particle is a Higgs boson

Having analysed two and a half times more data than was available for the discovery announcement in July, they find that the new particle is looking more and more like a Higgs boson

 

At the Moriond Conference today, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) presented preliminary new results that further elucidate the particle discovered last year. Having analysed two and a half times more data than was available for the discovery announcement in July, they find that the new particle is looking more and more like a Higgs boson, the particle linked to the mechanism that gives mass to elementary particles. It remains an open question, however, whether this is the Higgs boson of the Standard Model of particle physics, or possibly the lightest of several bosons predicted in some theories that go beyond the Standard Model. Finding the answer to this question will take time.

 Bosón de Higgs producido en CMS.
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Health Spain  MADRID 12/03/2013

Research on the use of robots in the pediatric ward of an oncological hospital

Introducing a fleet of social robots in a hospital, so that they can interact with children affected by cancer

Introducing a fleet of social robots in a hospital, so that they can interact with children affected by cancer, will be the final outcome of a new international research project that Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) is participating in. The objective is to design and build these devices and to advance the study of societies in which humans and robots mix.

 Niña en un hospital. Foto: UC3M.

 

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Nutrition Spain  MADRID 04/03/2013

Researchers develop an infrared camera that detects one of the main causes of acid rain

A spin-off of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), SENSIA Solutions, has developed the first infrared camera for detecting sulfur dioxide (SO2)

A spin-off of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), SENSIA Solutions, has developed the first infrared camera for detecting sulfur dioxide (SO2), a gas that is considered one of the greatest causes of the acid rain generated by the energy, metallurgy, food and paper manufacturing sectors.

 Cámara de infrarrojo. Foto: UC3M.
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Nutrition Spain  MADRID 20/02/2013

A system that improves the precision of GPS in cities by 90 percent

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new system

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new system which improves the ability of a GPS to determine a vehicle’s position as compared to that of conventional GPS devices by up to 90 percent, and which can be installed in any vehicle at a very low cost.

 Dispositivo que mejora la precisión del GPS. Foto: UC3M.
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Technology Spain  MADRID 04/02/2013

A system that uses video surveillance cameras to alert security agents of dangerous

This platform, which combines artificial vision technology with geolocalization and ITC is part of DONDE, an R+D+i project that studies and validates mobility, localization and video processing technologies

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) and the firms Abertis and Solusoft have developed an intelligent system that analyzes video surveillance camera images in real time, detects anomalous situations and alerts the nearest security agents in urgent situations, such as the presence of a vehicle moving in the wrong direction.

 Calle de Madrid.
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Science Spain  SALAMANCA 12/11/2010

Empírika acoge la exposición ‘La Ciencia es noticia’

Hoy se ha presentado en Salamanca la exposición de fotoperiodismo ‘La Ciencia es noticia’ que resume tres años de fotografías de la Agencia de Noticias SINC

La Biblioteca Pública Casa de las Conchas acogerá hasta el próximo día 21 de noviembre la exposición de fotografías científicas ‘La Ciencia es noticia’ que resume en 50 imágenes parte de la actividad desarrollada en los últimos tres años por la Agencia de Noticias SINC de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT). La acción se enmarca dentro de la actividad planteada por la Feria Empírika 2010 que se celebra estos días en Salamanca, y ha sido presentada hoy por la directora del Departamento de Comunicación Institucional de FECYT, Nuria Molinero, que ha estado acompañada por el presidente de la Fundación 3CIN , Miguel Ángel Quintanilla Fisac, y por la directora de la Casa de las Conchas, Ramona Domínguez.
 

 Un momento de la presentación de 'La Ciencia es noticia'
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