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Brazil Clones 1st Animal in the World from Adipose Cell
May 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A tame, healthy calf that grazes on a farm in Brazil is unique in the world for having been the first to survive cloning from a cell of adipose tissue. A calf of a zebu breed named Brasilia de Cerrado was born on April 23 at the experimental ranch of the Brazilian Agricultural and Livestock Research Company, or Embrapa, in Planaltina near Brasilia. continue reading »
NASA Says Astronauts Repair Ammonia Leak on Space Station
May 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two astronauts managed to fix an ammonia leak on the International Space Station by replacing a defective pump during a spacewalk lasting a little over five hours, NASA said. continue reading »
Scientists say Carbon Dioxide Levels Above Feared Milestone
May 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached a level not seen in the Earth's recent history, according to a reading reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a U.S. federal agency. continue reading »
Scientists Confirm Dinosaurs Sat on Their Eggs like Chickens
April 21, 2013 | by The Celebrity Cafe | Latino Daily News
If you believe all the media hype over the last 20 or so years, you think dinosaurs are ferocious killing machines. But scientists keep pulling the beasts closer to birds. Have we been scared of giant chickens all this time? And what does this mean for the future of dino-movies? continue reading »
Russia Sends Mice, Gerbils into Orbit
April 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Soyuz 2.1 rocket topped by a capsule carrying mice, gerbils and other small creatures was launched into space Friday from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. continue reading »
Ecuador to Launch First Domestically Made Satellite in April
April 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ecuador will send its first domestically produced satellite into orbit in late April from a launch center in China, the Andean nation's president, Rafael Correa, said Saturday. continue reading »
NASA Wants to Lasso an Asteroid So Astronauts Can Land On It
April 7, 2013 | by The Celebrity Cafe | Latino Daily News
NASA has unveiled an ambitious plan to send astronauts to an asteroid, and it involves a lasso. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, who was an astronaut himself, told reporters on Friday about the plan, which President Obama has set aside $100 million for, notes The Associated Press. The plan features a robotic spaceship lassoing a 500-ton, 25-foot asteroid in 2019. That would bring it close enough to the earth to allow astronauts to use an Orion capsule to approach the rock in 2021. continue reading »
Brazilian Scientists to Study Solar Explosions With Stratospheric Balloons
April 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A team of Brazilian scientists plan to use a pair of stratospheric balloons to study the energy produced by explosions on the Sun, the head of the project said. continue reading »
Scientific Community Awaits Mexico’s Large Millimeter Telescope to Begin Operation
March 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Perched on the summit of a dormant volcano in central Mexico, the Large Millimeter Telescope will soon begin scanning the heavens with unprecedented precision. continue reading »
Telescope Captures Residual Glow of Big Bang
March 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Planck space telescope has captured an image of the residual glow from the Big Bang, the European Space Agency reported Thursday. continue reading »
NASA Partners With Mexican Space Agency to Promote Science in Mexico
March 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
NASA will train Mexican university students in space-related fields, giving science and technology a boost in Mexico, the Mexican Space Agency, or AEM, said. continue reading »
NASA Rover Discovers Conditions Suitable for Life on Mars
March 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mars could have harbored life, according to the analysis of a rock sample collected by the robot probe Curiosity, NASA reported Tuesday. continue reading »
NASA Reaffirms Asteroid Will Not Make Contact With Earth
February 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Asteroid 2012 DA14 will come closer to Earth than any previous object of its size during a Feb. 15 fly-by, but the space rock poses no danger to the planet, NASA said. continue reading »
Astronomers Photograph First Nebula with Cavity in Chile
January 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Astronomers based at the European Southern Observatory, or ESO, in Chile have captured the first image of a nebula with a patch, or cavity, using the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, or APEX, telescope, the ESO said Wednesday. continue reading »
Germany Honors Mexican Chemist Eusebio Juaristi for His Research
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican chemist Eusebio Juaristi has been chosen for a Georg Forster Research Award, with its cash prize of 60,000 euros ($78,457) and a year of research in Germany, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation said Thursday. continue reading »
“Night of the Stars” Draws Thousands of Participants in Mexico
November 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Thousands of Mexicans were taking part Saturday in the 4th "Night of the Stars" being held at a number of sites around the country under the guidance of astronomers who will share their knowledge about the different celestial phenomena. continue reading »
Spanish Paleontologists Discover 11.6 Million Year Old Panda Bear Fossils
November 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two fossilized mandibles and several teeth found in northeastern Spain dating from 11.6 million years ago are the oldest remains found to date of ancestors of the giant panda, a team of Spanish paleontologists said in an article appearing in the journal PLOS ONE. continue reading »
Synthetic Skin Heals Itself With a Touch, Study Shows
November 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Hispanic Health News
Material might someday be used for artificial limbs, researchers say. Scientists say they have created a touch-sensitive plastic "skin" that can heal itself when torn or cut. continue reading »
Scientists Discover Humans Made Sophisticated Tools 71,000 Years Ago
November 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Modern humans were making sophisticated stone tools at least 71,000 years ago, according to an article in the November issue of Nature based on excavations in South Africa. continue reading »
Baby in Brazil Born with Deceased Fathers Sperm
June 25, 2011 | by Fox News Latino | Latino Daily News
Brazilian media reports the healthy delivery of a baby girl concieved through artificial insemination using her dead father’s frozen sperm. The mother, Katia Lernerneier, and baby are both doing fine and have been discharged from the hospital this week. continue reading »
