The winner of a satirical award for pseudo-science managed to get two papers published in medical journals claiming that masks are dangerous for children and that vaccines kill nearly as many people as they save
She worked as a cleaner and a waitress to pay for college, and went on to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The chemical engineer Frances Arnold wants young people to learn from every experience in life
While all experimental treatments have proven ineffective, science shows that the illness is not an inevitable tragedy of old age but a preventable disease in 40% of cases
Scientist Edith Heard heads the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. She talks to EL PAÍS about her unexpected academic path, women in science and the threat of a new pandemic
The medical treatment, which combines therapy and diagnostics, has given terminal prostate cancer patients a 35% increased survival time in trials
El estudio de pinturas del Antiguo Egipto y un análisis genético apuntan al melón de Kordofán, una variedad ancestral de pulpa blanca que todavía se cultiva en Sudán
Spanish scientist Óscar Fernández Capetillo discovered a mechanism underlying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) following a casual talk with a US Nobel prize winner
Investigadores españoles diseñan la primera máquina de agua, una construcción abstracta que simula el comportamiento turbulento de los fluidos
The principal health authorities stress that the essential requirement for avoiding coronavirus transmission is protection while indoors
The research aims to help develop organs for transplantation, but it has drawn criticism over ethical concerns
EL PAÍS compares the likelihood of developing a blood clot from the Janssen and AstraZeneca injections with the probability of suffering a serious case of the disease, according to each demographic
The new research shows that this difference only began to emerge 2,500 years ago as a result of centuries of isolation
A team led by Argentinean biochemist José Polo has succeeded in generating these models without sperm or eggs but what protection will be they afforded?
The scientific community has published 350,000 studies on Covid-19, but issues such as its origin or its unpredictable lethality still haven’t been cleared up
The German scientist (and lay pastor) who led the team that took the first image of a black hole believes that science is unable to answer the big questions in life
An investigation of more than 600 patients found that 25% of cases experienced alterations in the mucous membrane of their mouth
An exhibition in Madrid reveals little-known facets of the Nobel Prize winner Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who spun a science fiction tale of oppression by injection
Price and storage temperatures are among the various factors that set each of the three most promising candidates apart
A new report on the virus’ genome shows that there was no “patient zero,” and argues the impact of the pandemic would have been reduced with early restrictions on movement
The 19th-century naturalist Domingo Sánchez spent 13 years in the Philippines, sending back animal and human samples to build up museum collections and exhibitions
Intelligence service says computer systems have been repeatedly attacked in the health and pharmaceutical sectors
Health Minister Salvador Illa announced on Friday that 190 healthy volunteers from the country would take part, with three Spanish hospitals involved
Pedro Duque notes that the country is part of the EU team negotiating with drug companies, and that there are five Spanish prototypes underway
The virtual rally for less red tape and more funding gained support from students, research agencies and even Spain’s Science Minister Pedro Duque
The genome of the new coronavirus harbors a short sequence suspected of being the main culprit of its uniquely infectious and aggressive nature
A study of the first 28 genomes of the virus rules out the existence of a single ‘patient zero’ in the country
While one study argues that warm temperatures in the country will hinder the spread of the virus, leading doctors and epidemiologists say that more will be needed to halt infections