SCIENCES

Study affirms link between SDC, risk of mortality in pregnant people

Published on: February 2, 2023
18:41

Washington, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have further documented an association between a substantially higher risk of maternal morbidity and mortality among those with the inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease (SCD) compared to those without it.

Experts found earliest fossilized brain of a backboned animal

Published on: February 1, 2023
17:59

London, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain.

AI could be real threats to jobs, say U.S. experts

Published on: February 1, 2023
17:50

Washington, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Computer and information science experts at the Rochester Institute of Technology on Wednesday said artificial intelligence (AI) will drastically change jobs in education, finance and graphic design.

Scientists found fossils of primates lived in a once-swampy Arctic

Published on: January 25, 2023
17:12

Washington, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the University of Kansas found fossils of two species of tree-dwelling relatives of primates that lived in the Artic 52 million years ago when the climate was about 13oC warmer than today.

Solar reactor makes sustainable fuel from plastics and CO2

Published on: January 9, 2023
17:48

London, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a system that may transform plastic wastes and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products by using just solar energy, Nature Synthesis published Monday.

Extreme heat, drought to impact 90 percent of the future world people

Published on: January 9, 2023
17:11

London, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) A study by the University of Oxford found that nearly the entire world´s population is exposed to increased risks from the combined effects of extreme heat and drought, Nature Sustainability published Monday.

US scientists attain cheap, sustainable hydrogen through solar panel

Published on: January 4, 2023
17:30

Washington, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) A new kind of solar panel, developed at the University of Michigan, has achieved 9% efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen -- mimicking a crucial step in natural photosynthesis.

Earth’s inner core may be oxygen-rich – Study

Published on: December 13, 2022
16:55

Washington, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) A scientific study revealed that oxygen, a key substance for life and one of the most abundant in Earth, may be present in the solid inner core, which is composed of nearly pure iron and where extreme high pressure and temperature conditions prevail, The Innovation magazine reported on Tuesday.

Scientists produce electricity from wood submerged in water

Published on: December 9, 2022
17:06

Stockholm, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have managed to harvest energy by taking advantage of what happens naturally when wood is put into water and it evaporates.

Mars megatsunami may have been caused by ancient asteroid impact

Published on: December 1, 2022
17:31

Washington, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub impact—which contributed to the mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs on Earth 66 million years ago—in a shallow ocean region, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

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