The grapevine genome, the first from a fruit crop, was presented in 2007 by a French-Italian team. The results revealed that the vine (Vitis vinifera, that of the Pinot noir grape) contains more than twice as many genes involved in the production of…
During these days we are visited by comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), which crossed the Earth's orbit on August 15, three days after being discovered, and whose closest point to Earth will be this Wednesday, when it will be at about 127,000,000…
In 2019, two studies combining data from the Hubble, Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes detected a significant amount of water vapor in the atmosphere of K2-18b, an exoplanet about 120 light years away, between …
The Vikram lunar lander and the Pragyan rover of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) rest on the surface of the Moon after giving their country one of those feats that remain marked in national history...
Ian Wilmut, one of the creators of the world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, has died at the age of 79, as reported by Edinburgh University. His work laid the foundations for stem cell research. [THERE WILL BE AN EXPANSION]…
On August 30, the researchers and technicians aboard the Okeanos Explorer, a North American NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) scientific vessel, which is still on a mission in the Gulf of Alaska, were left in shock…
When an earthquake occurs, especially one as devastating and close as the one in Morocco, it is inevitable to wonder if the same thing could happen in Spain. The answer is yes. «Without wanting to be alarmist but realistic, we can expect an earthquake of this...
El llamado ‘problema de los tres cuerpos’ lleva preocupando a los matemáticos desde hace ya tres siglos. Gracias a las leyes de Newton, en efecto, es posible describir fácilmente el movimiento de dos cuerpos en Ăłrbita, y calcular con sumo detalle cĂłmo …
La primera vez que se utilizaron los ladrillos fue en el NeolĂtico del Levante Mediterráneo allá por el 9500 a. de C. Aquellos innovadores albañiles lo hicieron por necesidad, ya que en esa zona geográfica apenas existĂa madera o piedra. En sus inicios…
Miles de marroquĂes han pasado la noche del sábado a la intemperie por miedo a las rĂ©plicas del terremoto que 24 horas antes habĂa sacudido con una fuerza inusitada el área de Marrakech, dejando al menos 2.000 muertos, otros 2.000 heridos y una desolad…
