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viernes, 18 de julio de 2014

Noticias científicas diarias

- 'Biological pacemaker' tested in lab.
Grow-your-own pacemakers are a step closer to reality, after pioneering experiments in pigs.

- Rosetta heads for space 'rubber duck'.
Europe's mission to land on a comet was always going to be difficult, but the pictures released this week of the giant ice ball illustrate just how daunting the task will be.

- MIT scientists develop sensor-operated robotic fingers.
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a robotic extension to the human hand they said could help with everyday tasks.

- Slicing the wheat genome, optimizing food security, & controlling quantum systems--the new Science is up!

- Preeclampsia is the leading cause of death in pregnant women, but no one knows what causes it or how to prevent it. Now, a team of researchers offers an entirely new take on the disorder: Preeclampsia, like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, is marked by misfolded and clumped proteins.
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- Do the genes that increase the risk of developing schizophrenia also increase the propensity to use cannabis? It may be so! Access this paper from Molecular Psychiatry to find out more. 
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