‘We found a planet that shows us what the Earth will be like in five billion years’
Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger is searching for biomarkers on worlds beyond our Solar System
Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger is searching for biomarkers on worlds beyond our Solar System
The space agency will attempt to knock Domorphos off its orbit using a technique that could hopefully one day save the Earth from potentially life-destroying impacts
The co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry warns that the greatest challenge for humanity is to prepare for the bacterial infections that are still to come
China, Korea and India are joining the space race that the US, Europe and Russia began. Women will participate in these new missions, which will mine the celestial body’s mineral resources and establish permanent bases there as a springboard to Mars
The DeepMind lab, owned by the same company as Google, has calculated the predicted shapes of 200 million molecules, some of them essential for understanding devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s
The loss of the Y chromosome in the blood damages the heart and shortens life expectancy, according to a new study
The photo shows what appears to be thousands of stars, but they are in fact galaxies as they appeared 4.6 billion years ago
The Geneva-based accelerator has just discovered three new particles after being fired up again following a three-year hiatus
Research with breast cancer patients evidences that cells capable of causing new tumors are more abundant and aggressive while the body is resting
Scientists from Spain and the UK have produced the first major classification of the mechanisms that help tumors grow, elude the immune system and resist drugs
The new data from the European space telescope ‘Gaia’ has also identified different generations of stars, and the speed at which they are traveling to and away from Earth
Results from animal experiments reveal a revolutionary method that stimulates the immune system to destroy even the most resistant tumors
A ‘living fossil’ reveals how the original ancestor of all animals, plants and fungi could have come into being 2.5 billion years ago
The American researcher won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing immunotherapy. Now he is looking for a way to extend the treatment’s effectiveness to fatal tumors
An experiment in mice has shown that a protein in the nervous system can have a rejuvenating effect on older animals, a finding which may help with future research into how to treat the neurological disease
The 56-year-old joins the small but growing number of patients who have overcome superbug infections thanks to bacteriophages
In this interview with EL PAÍS, oncologist Eduardo Vilar-Sánchez talks about his research for a vaccine for hereditary colon tumors, which could benefit the general population
New research has identified the oldest case of the bubonic plague in Western Europe, a finding that sheds light on the genetic evolution of the pathogen
According to a study, the W boson does not obey the rules of the most accepted theory of quantum materials. While the findings are yet to be confirmed, they are already reactivating ‘the search to try to explain unknown phenomena’
The European Space Agency is trying to determine how to stop depending on Russia, a move that could ultimately reinforce its own relevance in the sector
Located 12.9 billion light years away, it disappeared after a massive explosion but scientists can still learn a lot about its composition
An experimental treatment created by researchers at Stanford University uses an engineered herpes virus to start production of the missing collagen VII protein, which stops the epidermis and dermis from separating
The experiment by a team of Chinese scientists shows that gene editing can allow mammals to reproduce without fertilization
The director of the Russian space agency has warned that sanctions could have an effect on the long-running mission
The case has been described as rare and the treatment unlikely to be applicable to most people living with the virus, as it is only ethical to perform this transplant on people with hematological cancers
A Swiss team used artificial intelligence software to send signals imitating the brain’s instructions to the lower limbs, letting people take steps independently
One of the most influential chemical engineers in history talked to EL PAÍS about his breakthrough developments in tissue engineering, nanotechnology and what the medicine of the future will look like