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Ephemeral lakes return to the Sahara

Published on: October 25, 2024
13:00

Washington, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) satellite images aboard NASA's Landsat 9 today show several ephemeral lakes that emerged after heavy rainfall last September in the Sahara desert.

Insect brain mapped to study the human higher nervous centers

Published on: October 3, 2024
10:14

Washington, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) An international research team mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly specimen, which contains some 140,000 neurons and more than 50 million connections, to study the governing organ in humans, Nature publishes today.

World population with myopia to grow by 2050

Published on: September 25, 2024
10:01

Washington, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) Nearly one in three children and adolescents worldwide suffers from myopia, and its global prevalence will reach 740 million cases by 2050, a study published today in the British Journal of Ophthalmology concludes.

New HIV Variant detected in Brazil

Published on: August 26, 2024
11:09

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) A new variant of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is circulating in Brazil today, according to a study by the Federal University of the state of Bahia (northeast) and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.

Cuba and China seek cooperation in education and research

Published on: August 21, 2024
09:00

Beijing, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and China are seeking cooperation in education and joint research between the University of Havana (UH) and several higher education centers in this nation.

Survey reveals serious food insecurity in South Africa

Published on: August 20, 2024
11:40

Pretoria, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) A research by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) based in this capital showed today that South Africa is facing serious food insecurity.

Cuba receives international aid for fisheries research

Published on: August 14, 2024
07:40

Havana, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Cuba began receiving equipment for marine research, to protect biodiversity and ensure the sustainable fishing exploitation of its southeastern platform, FAO confirmed on Tuesday.

Belizean scientists study bat behavior in response to climate change

Published on: August 13, 2024
10:58

Belmopan, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) A scientific team is studying today in Belize the adaptation of bats to the impact of climate change to strengthen conservation efforts in this and other animal species.

Covid-19 ruled out as a cause of congenital malformations

Published on: July 18, 2024
11:31

London, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) A study published by the British Medical Journal ruled out that Covid-19 and the vaccine against the virus that generates it are a cause of congenital malformations in babies whose mothers were infected or immunized during pregnancy.

Russian radioactivity evaluation of Fukushima spill concludes

Published on: July 15, 2024
11:19

Moscow, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) The Russian research vessel Akademik Oparin today completed the mission to assess the Pacific waters after the Japanese spills of radioactive water from the earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

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