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Cuba to graduate more than 12,000 professionals in 2024

Published on: January 30, 2024
14:42

Havana, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will graduate more than 12,000 professionals in Medical Sciences this year, the general director of Undergraduate Studies at the General Directorate of Teaching of the Public Health Ministry (MINSAP), Fidela Reyes, PhD, said on Tuesday.

Multivitamin consumption helps slow cognitive aging, boost memory

Published on: January 23, 2024
16:51

Washington, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) New research finds that a multivitamin may help you maintain both your cognition and memory.

European heavy transport could reduce CO2 emissions by 90 percent

Published on: January 18, 2024
18:24

Brussels, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Heavy transport in the European Union (EU) could downsize its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 90% in 2040 compared to 2019, according to a political agreement.

Greenland has lost 20 percent more ice in last 40 years – Study

Published on: January 18, 2024
18:11

Washington, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Climate change has caused Greenland's ice sheet to lose 20% more ice than previously thought, according to research published Wednesday that used satellite imagery to track the retreat of glaciers over the past four decades.

Wearable device enhances walking for people with Parkinson´s disease

Published on: January 17, 2024
17:38

Washington, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Freezing is one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than 9 million people worldwide.

Ancient skeletons found in newly discovered Roman necropolis in Italy

Published on: January 6, 2024
10:58

Rome, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Archaeologists involved in a two-year-long excavation project at the site of a planned solar energy plant ancient city of Tarquinia, north of Rome, have unearthed an ancient Roman necropolis containing 67 skeletons buried in 57 ornate tombs.

UK´s war-looted Ethiopian artefacts go back home

Published on: January 6, 2024
10:37

Addis Ababa, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopia has received the return of cultural treasures that were looted during the Meqdala War of 1868.

Argentina: Long-necked dinosaur fossils discovered in Patagonia

Published on: January 4, 2024
18:06

Neuquén, Argentina, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) Paleontologists have discovered a new species of long-necked dinosaur in Patagonia. The fossilized remains suggest that it would have been approximately 30m long and weighed 50 tons. It was as large as a blue whale and one of the largest dinosaurs ever unearthed.

2023 a year of milestones, challenges in global public health – WHO

Published on: December 26, 2023
16:36

Geneva, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) WHO on Tuesday described 2023 as a year of "milestones and challenges in global public health", among them the end of the Covid-19 pandemic and the M-POX outbreak no longer represented a global health emergency.

Tiny bacterium may make big impact on rare-earth processing – Study

Published on: December 26, 2023
15:54

Washington, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) A tiny, hard-working bacterium -- which weighs one-trillionth of a gram -- may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way.

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