Using certain algorithms to analyze in which time intervals messages are issued from a Twitter account, it is possible to differentiate whether the issuer is a person, a company or a computer program, regardless of the language used and the content of the tweet, according to a study from Imperial College London (UK) which publishes PLOS ONE magazine.
For the first time in history, it has been possible to produce in vitro and from induced pluripotent cells (iPS) a three-dimensional and vascularized fragment of human liver that, after being transplanted into the skull and abdomen of mice, performs functions of the entire organ . According to the Japanese scientists who are the authors of the study, echoed by the SINC agency, in ten years clinical trials of transplant therapy with organ fragments may begin in humans.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has just announced that Pluto's fourth and fifth moons have been named Cerberus (Kerberos) and Styx (Styx). They are the winning names of a contest organized among Internet users that had 500,000 votes. The names have been the second and third most voted by Internet users, since the body has rejected the most popular option, which was Vulcano, due, among other things, to the fact that it had already been used in astronomy to designate a hypothetical planet located between Mercury and the Sun, which ultimately turned out to be non-existent.
The software used to process the images taken by satellites from space has created a simple method to study Alzheimer's disease among the population. This is the AlzTools 3D Slicer tool, which uses spatial routines to analyze magnetic resonance images and has been developed by computer engineers from the Spanish company Elecnor Deimos and experts from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, based on the experience accumulated during the years of software development for the Envisat mission of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Oil pearls, false caviar of melon with ham, spherical pea ravioli, raspberry balls, liquid croquettes, spherical gazpacho ... These are some of the foods that can be cooked with the spherification technique, which uses a substance called alginate - obtained from natural algae - to create spheres of liquid food protected by a very thin flexible membrane that "explodes" on contact with the mouth and immediately releases its contents.
The Proton-M launcher, which was supposed to place three satellites of the Russian navigation and positioning system GLONASS into orbit, fell this morning at the Baikonur space base (on the territory of Kazakhstan) in the first minute after takeoff.
A team in which researchers from the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) participate has observed for the first time a new class of pulsating star, detectable by variations in its luminosity due to changes in its atmosphere, in our galaxy. The results, published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, open a new window for the study and understanding of the conditions in which low-mass white dwarfs form.
The ability to launch objects at high speed and with precision emerged about two million years ago to facilitate hunting for our ancestors, and was a crucial step in the evolutionary process of man, according to research just published in the journal Nature. In fact, humans are unique in their ability to throw when compared to other primates.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
