Between trees, plants and flowers, some of them unique in their kind, the statues come to life. Colorful butterflies and fireflies come out of the darkness to guard the path to a hidden treasure that will leave anyone who discovers it open-mouthed. “Secret Garden” (Secret Garden) is an open-air light exhibition, the first of its […]
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New Argentine head of WMO wants to empower countries in the face of climate change
The scientist and director of the Meteorological Service of ArgentinaCeleste Saulo, was elected today Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)at the head of which he is committed to working so that the most vulnerable countries become empowered and are capable of facing climate change with their own capacities, he said in an interview […]
Is the treaty against pandemics very timid in addressing inequalities?
Negotiations for an international agreement against future pandemics are accelerating, but some participants fear that it will be too timid against the inequalities in access to medicines, which were exposed with the covid-19. That pandemic revealed the failures of the global health system, and the 194 member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) decided […]
Cocoa, one more ingredient in a tourist city that “sells happiness” in Ecuador
Nestled in the Andean heart of Ecuadorsurrounded by waterfalls and luminous viewpoints, guarded by a volcano and accustomed to “sell happiness” With walks and adventure, the city of Baños de Agua Santa sweetens its visitors with a “Magic Factory”which seeks to end the “injustice” of the chocolate industry by transforming a cocoa cultivated with an […]
New blood biomarker makes it possible to anticipate whether an elderly person will develop Alzheimer’s
Why do some people suffer? Alzheimer’s and others not? And why do many individuals with the brain packed with toxic amyloid aggregates – a biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease- never develop dementia associated with this pathology?. Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine believe they have found the answer: Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes […]
Bovril, the Argentine city that requires the use of the Mercosur flag
Bovril, a small town in Entre Ríos (east of Argentina), is the first city of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to decree the mandatory use of the bloc’s flag in all events organized by the municipality and in municipal buildings As reported by the Austral University on Monday, the flag of the bloc made up […]
New molecule developed for targeted cancer treatment
A team of researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (Idibell) and the University of Iowa developed a new molecule capable of recognizing the tumor cells. Specifically, it is a new aptamer, a type of nucleic acid molecule that adopts three-dimensional structures and is capable of specifically recognizing target molecules. This new molecule, presented in […]
Lula calls for the union of South America but Venezuela divides again
The Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvacalled this Tuesday in Brasilia their South American counterparts to overcome “ideological” differences and work on regional integration, but the dissensions over Venezuela divided again. Since he returned to power in January, Lula has tried to restore Brazil to prominence on the international scene and in this first […]
Criticism of the international treaty against pandemics for its lack of ambition
Negotiations for an international agreement against future pandemics are accelerating but some participants fear that it is not very ambitious to fight the inequalities in access to medicines, revealed by the covid-19. That pandemic revealed the failures of the global health system, and the 194 member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to […]
WMO warns of rapid changes at the Poles, “sleeping giant” of climate change
The progressive melting of the cryosphere (Poles and other areas of the Earth where water is in a solid state) can aggravate the climate change by the greenhouse gases that it stores, warned this Monday the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in a resolution where he calls for increased surveillance of these areas of the planet. […]