Health & Science

Tuesday, December 27th 2016 - 08:52 UTC
Guatemalan authorities open 12 shelters due to low temperatures

Twelve shelters have been opened in different parts of Guatemala to serve low-income people, due to the low temperatures, the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred) said on Monday.
Friday, December 23rd 2016 - 00:54 UTC
Scientific circumnavigation of Antarctica takes off from South Africa

An international scientific voyage, comprising 60 researchers from 30 different countries (including Argentina), has set off from South Africa on a three-month tour of the Antarctic to study the extreme environment and impact of climate change on the Southern Ocean.
Wednesday, December 21st 2016 - 19:37 UTC
Argentine scientists arrive at Antarctica's Belgrano II Base to study climate change

Twenty-one Argentine experts who will investigate climate change have arrived at the country's southernmost Antarctic Belgrano II Base, it was reported.
Sunday, December 11th 2016 - 22:04 UTC
In 8-0 decision US Supreme Court rules in favor of Samsung in milestone patents' case for the industry

In a unanimous decision on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lower court’s US$399 million judgment against Samsung for violating patents involving Apple’s iPhone. The decision overturns a victory that Apple had won in the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 09:41 UTC
Old-fashioned cigarette doomed, says world's largest tobacco company

A historic lawsuit loss to Uruguay over tobacco-related cancer damages and other technological developments have Philip Morris focusing on new alternatives. “I think the time will come when we will have enough acceptance of these alternative products to begin to propose, along with the governments, a gradual elimination of conventional cigars,” the company CEO Andre Calantzopoulos announced.
Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 08:20 UTC
Seventy female scientists to Antarctica to battle climate change and make a name for women in science

More than 70 female scientists from all around the world have embarked upon a voyage to the South Pole with the common objectives of battling climate change and making a name for women in science. As part of the Homeward Bound initiative, an Australian program aimed at increasing the female representation in science, the group set upon what will be the largest ever all-women expedition to Antarctica.
Wednesday, November 30th 2016 - 11:08 UTC
University of Sao Paulo targets the Moon for 2020

According to a project announced Tuesday by the University of São Paulo, Brazil plans to launch its first mission to the moon in December 2020 with a nanosatellite to orbit the star to the effects of the space environment on different life forms.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:32 UTC
First case of zika confirmed in Texas

Texas health officials have announced Monday their first case of Zika virus, making it the second US state to report such an occurrence after Florida. The victim is a woman who is not pregnant and has not traveled anywhere a Zika affected area in recent times, it was announced.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 16:39 UTC
Argentina and UK to work jointly in scientific research and exchange of experts

Argentina and the United Kingdom will sign this Wednesday an accord by which the two countries scientific societies will be working jointly in research projects and promoting an active exchange of scientists, as part of the recent joint statement signed last September, revealed Science and Technology minister José Lino Barañao currently in London.
Saturday, November 19th 2016 - 12:02 UTC
European scientists in Antarctica trying to locate the oldest ice on Earth

A team of European scientists heads to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from ten European countries whose aim is to search for a suitable site to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history.