Algumas bibliotecas
*Biblioteca Apostólica Vaticana* - biblioteca que possui um arquivo secreto: bav.vatican.va *Biblioteca del Congreso* - item Expo Virtual mostra alguns tesouros dessa biblioteca argentina: www.bcnbib.gov.ar *Biblioteca Digital Andina* - Bolívia, Colômbia, Equador e Peru estão representados: www.comunidadandina.org/bda *Biblioteca Digital de Obras Raras* - livros completos digitalizados, como um de Lavoisier editado no século 19: www.obrasraras.usp.br *Biblioteca do Senado Federal* - sistema de busca nos 150 mil títulos da biblioteca: www.senado.gov.br/biblioteca *Biblioteca Mário ... mais »
hydroxylamine
Have astronomers found chemical precursor to life in gas clouds?January 14, 2013 [image: star-formation-orion] The hydroxylamine molecule is believed to have had a vital role in cooling down the first stars of the universe, and may still play an important part in the formation of current stars. Above, new stars burst into being in the star-forming nebula Messier 78, imaged by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. (Credit:: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Astronomers have found tentative traces of a precursor chemical to the building blocks of life near a star-forming region about 1,000 light-years from...mais »
Largest spiral galaxy
Largest spiral galaxy in known universeJanuary 14, 2013 Spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope with far-ultraviolet data from NASA’s GALEX and 3.6-micron infrared data acquired by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/ESO/JPL-Caltech/DSS) Astronomers have crowned the spectacular barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 the largest-known spiral galaxy in the known universe, based on archival data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) mission, on loan to the California Institut... mais »
Alzheimer vaccine
A major step toward an Alzheimer’s treatment and vaccineJanuary 17, 2013 PET scan of the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease, showing a loss of function in the temporal lobe (credit: Wikimedia Commons) A way to stimulate the brain’s natural defense mechanisms in people with Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by researchers atUniversité Laval, CHU de Québec and pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): a molecule known as MPL (monophosphoryl lipid A) that stimulates the activity of the brain’s immune cells. The breakthrough opens the door to developing a treatment for Alzh... mais »
13.2 billion years old star
The oldest star in the universe: Astronomers find HD 140283 is at least 13.2 billion years old - Star known as HD 140283 has been observed for more than a century - It formed within the first 600 million years of the Big Bang - Earth lies just 186 light years away from the oldest known star By LEWIS SMITH *PUBLISHED:* 10:26 GMT, 14 January 2013 | *UPDATED:* 19:53 GMT, 14 January 2013 More than a century after it was first observed by astronomers a star has been identified as the oldest yet seen in the universe. The star is just 186 light years away from Earth and i... mais »
Alzheimer Research
U.S. Launches Extensive Alzheimer's Studies 5-year, $55 million effort will look at exercise, drug treatment as therapies for early disease By Robert Preidt Monday, January 14, 2013 [image: HealthDay news image] The five-year effort will look at drug and exercise treatments for patients with early stage disease, test if the generic drug prazosin can reduce agitation in Alzheimer's patients, and examine a new approach to speed testing of drugs in clinical trials.MONDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Four U.S. government-funded clinical trials will search for new therapies for Alzheimer...mais »
COLABORAÇÃO INTERNACIONAL
*COLABORAÇÃO INTERNACIONAL* *(Texto focado mais em Febre Reumática inicialmente como Google Doc 22/04/2011)*** Colaborar = trabalhar junto Os tempos mudaram, ou o mundo mudou com o tempo (só podia...) e provavelmente, na minha história, tomei com sorte algumas dessas mudanças. Aliás, o aproveitamento de mudanças parece ser uma boa estratégia em qualquer circunstância. E se considerarmos que tudo está em movimento, é só ficar atento para saber onde é a hora de investir... Estava pensando no segundo termo “internacional” e encontrei algumas experiências que devem ter influído favorav... mais »
Aaron Swartz +
The best tribute to Aaron Swartz January 15, 2013 by Giulio Prisco [image: AaronSwartzPIPA] If you are a scientist, you can pay the best and most effective tribute to the memory of Aaron Swartz by sharing PDFs of your published work on pdftribute.net via the hashtag #pdftribute on Twitter. Researchers are now offering open-access versions of their work using this hashtag. I also suggest to boycott the pay-walled journals of the … more… Technology & Media Aaron Swartz, Tech Prodigy and Internet Activist, Is Dead at 26 By Sam GustinJan. 13, 201320 Comments - [image: 3835494997_edc... mais »
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