Category archives: Science

MI weekly selection #35

MI weekly selection #35

Humanities & Social SciencesScienceTechnologyWeekly Selection

By César Tomé

Herbal remedy has cancerous side effect Aristolochia plants, which have been used in China for herbal remedies, have been found to cause cancer, according to two studies published in Science Translational Medicine. The plants contain a naturally carcinogenic compound called aristolochic acid, which causes more cell mutations than those caused by tobacco smoke and UV […]

The tough aspects of walking on sand

The tough aspects of walking on sand

Mechanical EngineeringPhysics

By Carlos Casanueva

The locomotion of every moving system, alive or manufactured, is produced by the interaction between some movable components or appendages and the surrounding environment. This applies for every kind of surroundings: land, water or air. For water and air, Navier-Stokes equations allow predicting the interaction with the fluid with very high precision. In the case […]