Brussels proposes to prohibit the sale of cutlery, plates and plastic straws

Brussels proposes to prohibit the sale of cutlery, plates and plastic straws

→ Date: 29 MAY. 2018

→ Scientific field: Environment

→ Information source: http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/2018/05/29/5b0d0f92e5fdea94538b4596.html

→ Glossary:

-Contamination: Pollution is the introduction of substances or other physical elements in a medium that cause it to be unsafe or not suitable for use. The medium can be an ecosystem, a physical medium or a living being. The pollutant can be a chemical, energy.

It is always a negative alteration of the natural state of the environment, and generally, it is generated as a consequence of human activity, considering it a form of environmental impact.

→ Summary: The European Commission has presented a proposal for a directive to reduce the 10 single-use plastic products that are most frequently found on the beaches and seas of Europe. These 10 products represent 70% of all marine waste and the European Commission intends to apply different measures to different articles, so it wants to prohibit the commercialization of single-use plastic products for which there are affordable alternatives, such as sticks of cotton and cutlery, plates, straws, drink shakers and plastic balloon sticks, which must be manufactured with more sustainable materials.

→ Personal opinion: In my opinion this should have been done a long time ago, because there is a lot of plastic pollution in the seas and oceans.

Marc Paredes

HURRICANES & TORNADOES VIDEO-  Adrià Salamó

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1l0krCute2UJv_d7t3aCr1X4aUMaSVLw6

Researches discover how bats carry viruses without getting sick

Februar 25, 2018 06:53 pm

http://www.eluniversal.com.co/ciencia/investigadores-descubren-como-los-murcielagos-transportan-virus-sin-enfermarse-272967

It is known that bats harbor pathogens such as, the recently very well known in Spain, Ebola and even then they do not show at first glance that they suffer from it.

This is due, according to a recent study, to antiviral pathway called antiviral STING-interferon tat allows them to maintain sufficient defense against the disease without triggering an intensified inmune reaction.

Scientific field: Biology

Glossary:

-Pathogen: that causes or produces disease.

-Via: conduit of the human or animal body through which certain fluids pass.

Test comment:

The system of bats is very interesting because it could be a key to solve many contagious lethal diseases, which would be very favorable.

Adrià Salamó

Discover the farthest oxygenn signal in the universe

16/05/2018 19:19h 
http://www.abc.es/ciencia/abci-descubren-senal-oxigeno-mas-lejana-universo-201805161900_noticia.html


A group of researches found a very weak glow of light, thanks to the ALMA telescope, emitted by ionized oxygen.
This oxygen was 10 times farther thanit originated and by calculations it was dicovered that it travelled 13,280 millions light years.
In addition, it was also found with a weaker signal, but as same distance, neutral hydrogen.

Scientific field: Astronomy

Glossary:

-Fusion: Reaction that occurs when two dense cores subjected to high temperatures merge and             form a heavier core; this reactions releases large amount of nuclear energy.

-Wavelenght: Distance between two points corresponding to the same phase in two consecutives waves.

Text comment:

Thanks to this we can know more accurately when was created the first oxygen or at least the one that we believe earlier.

Besides taht if hydrogen has also been found, H2O can be formed and that would behave that can have perfectly life in other distants planets. 

Adrià Salamó

Insight: Path to hearth of Mars

02/05/2018

   Glossary:

 On May 5, the NASA mission will study the activity of the interior of Mars.  

Summary:

The mission of NASA to Mars Insight was made on May 5, and it will be the first to know what the center of Mars is like. InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport), measuring its heat and listening to the 'marsquakes', something similar to earthquakes on Earth. It will use the seismic waves of the 'marsquakes' to develop a map of the deep interior of the planet. Knowing how the creation of Mars was will help us to know how other rocky planets were created, including Earth.
Among the scientific instruments on board is TWINS, a Spanish environmental station that will monitor the environmental conditions in the landing zone continuously during the 2 years that the mission is believed to last.

Personal opinion:

In my opinion it is a mission that will make a change in the history of the earth for the simple reason that we can study much more thoroughly a planet that has always been very close to us (respectively) which we still do not know completely, besides that This mission apart from making us see how Mars is will help us to know more about our Earth.

Paul Palacios

Tutankamon don't hide more secrets 

07/05/2018

Glossary:

The researchers conclude, after three years of rumors, that there is no secret chamber behind the famous tomb of the boy king.

 

Summary:

After three years of rumors, wanting to know the secret of the tomb of Tutankhamun Finally, science has destroyed the dreams of many and has concluded that there are no secret chambers, neither in the tomb of the child king, nor in the zones in the Valley of the Kings. The Egyptian authorities admitted on Sunday the disappointment after which there is no secret. Researchers have ruled out that there is a secret chamber behind the wall of Tutankhamun's famous tomb and that, according to the theory, he could have accommodated the remains of Queen Nefertiti. Where previously Egyptian officials were very sure that if the mummy of the beautiful queen, which some believe was the mother of the child king, was behind the wall of the famous tomb more than 3,000 years old. The search began when the British archaeologist, Nicholas Reeves. In an article published by Reeves in 2015, 'Nefertiti's Burial', he argued that the tomb in which Tutankhamun was found had originally been designed for Queen Nefertiti, but that the remains of it could be further away from that chamber but inside the burial.

 

Personal opinion: 

I think that it is a very important notice because this rumour conmovate a lot of people, because it is a secret of 3.000 years, but a very bad information because a lot of people and me before this information think that it can be a secret camera.

Paul Palacios

Confirm a new outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa

Confirm a new outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa
→ Date: 10 MAY. 2018
→ Scientific field: Science and Health
→ Information source: http://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/salud/2018/05/10/5af477ff268e3efa278b4599.html
→ Glossary:
• Ebola: Symptoms usually begin between two days and three weeks after you have contracted the virus, with fever, sore throat, muscle aches, and headache. Usually, they continue nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, along with liver and kidney failure.

→ Summary: The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared on Tuesday a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Bikoro, Equateu province, where there were also 17 deaths of people with apparent symptoms of the disease. The outbreak declaration occurred after laboratory results confirmed two cases of Ebola. This Thursday, more cases have been confirmed and the total number rises to five deaths from the virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) works closely with the Congolese government to mobilize personnel and resources to cope with the outbreak. It has also released one million dollars from its Emergency Contingency Fund in order to support the response to the outbreak during the next three months and prevent its spread to provinces and nearby countries.
→ Personal opinion: This is everyone's problem and we have to contribute to eradicate the virus and prevent it from spreading.
Marc Paredes