Between 2001 and 2012 there have been the highest average temperatures on record and, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this trend has continued during the year that is about to end. The provisional version of the Declaration on the State of the Climate produced annually by the WMO also highlights the record reached in the Arctic sea melt during 2012, as well as the extreme meteorological phenomena that have been registered in different parts of the world.
Scientists from NASA's Cassini mission have captured thermal images from NASA's Mimas and Tethys satellites that are reminiscent of the Pacman or Pacman icon, the classic video game created in the 1980s. The photographs show the hottest areas of both bodies in yellow and have been published in Icarus magazine.
Scientists at the University of Twente (Holland) have developed a technology that allows living cells to be trapped inside tiny microscopic pyramids in order to study them. The pyramids, created with three-dimensional fabrication techniques at the nanoscale, have open walls to allow cells to interact with each other, as the researchers describe in the journal 'Small'.
Do we make the same decisions in a foreign language as in our native language? Researchers at the University of Chicago (USA) have found that using another language when deciding eliminates prejudice, especially if the options are presented in a foreign language. The authors of the work, published in the journal Psychological Science in its latest edition, suggest that it is because thinking and choosing in another language allows us to distance ourselves cognitively and emotionally and, therefore, to choose with better criteria.
The technological revolution that is taking place at the moment and the one that is coming are characterized, above all, because they offer individuals the power to change things. This is what Rahaf Harfoush, expert in digital innovation strategy and author of the book ArchiTects, proposed in the session "Social networks, the engine of collaborative action" at EmTech Spain 2012, the conference on emerging technologies that for the second consecutive year has organized the MIT in Spain.
Success stories don't always have to start with big numbers or outrageous hits to finally turn into something really cool. Evan Henshaw-Plath, co-creator of Twitter, explained in EmTechSpain that the microblogging platform was born from a resounding failure.
Modern mobile phones have some built-in features that can be very useful in the healthcare environment. "They produce sounds and also pick them up with their built-in microphones, they have an accelerometer that can detect position and measure movements, they have a high-quality camera, and the smartphone screen is even higher quality than ultrasound machines that are used in any center. world doctor "listed Julio Mayol, director of the Innovation Unit of the San Carlos Clinical Hospital.
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.
