Pieces of sediment from the Cretaceous period encased in lava floated to the surface with the underwater eruption of El Hierro in 2011, bringing scientists valuable data on the islands’ ocean floor. The analysis of the materials matches the origin of the Canary Islands archipelago to the model of how Hawaii was formed and confirms that the oldest islands are found to the east and the youngest to the west.

Un estudio con ratones genéticamente modificados, en el que participa la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, abre la posibilidad de controlar la respuesta inmune frente a los virus alterando la maquinaria celular.

Unemployment benefits do not discourage job seekers from returning to the workforce, according to a study carried out by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) that analyzes the Spanish system of unemployment protection from a legal and economic perspective.

Un estudio liderado por investigadores del IDIBAPS y financiado por la aecc-Cataluña contra el Cáncer de Barcelona ha identificado, por primera vez, dos alteraciones genéticas que se dan en colangiocarcinoma intrahepático (iCCA) y que pueden constituir una diana terapéutica.