Category archives: Science

Strontium isotopes can map monarch butterfly migrations and help conservation efforts

Strontium isotopes can map monarch butterfly migrations and help conservation efforts

BiologyChemistry

By Invited Researcher

The eastern North American population of monarch butterflies are famous for their annual, multi-generational, round-trip migration from the oyamel fir forests of Central Mexico through the United States to Canada and back. Sadly, the population of monarch butterflies is declining, and the future of the monarch migratory phenomenon is uncertain. Scientists can study migrations by […]

The ship of Theseus

The ship of Theseus

Psychology

By José Ramón Alonso

If we look back at our past, we are all aware of how much we have changed. The innocence of our childhood, the impulses of our adolescence, the vehemence and passion of our youth, the tranquillity of our mature life: some of us already know what we will be like when we grow up! Hopefully […]

When the inhibition of the inhibitory signals results in an exacerbated response. The case of IL-13 and the COVID-19 severity.

When the inhibition of the inhibitory signals results in an exacerbated response. The case of IL-13 and the COVID-19 severity.

Biomedicine

By Invited Researcher

Author: José R. Pineda got his Ph.D. from University of Barcelona in 2006. Since 2007 he has worked for Institut Curie and The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission. Currently he is a researcher of the UPV/EHU. He investigates the role of stem cells in physiologic and pathologic conditions. A long time ago, I […]