Awards- A total of 35 candidates from 17 countries compete for the prize of Scientific and Technical Research 2010
A total of 35 nominations from 17 countries compete for the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research 2010, which held next week in Oviedo and last year was awarded to American scientists Martin Cooper and Raymond Samuel Tomlinson, parents mobile phone and email, respectively.
As reported by the Foundation, the Jury will [...]
Neuron connections seen in 3-D
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Rubén Fernández-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles and filaments involved in communication between neurons. The method is based on a novel technique in electron microscopy, which cools cells so quickly that their biological [...]
