The field of bee behavior does not usually draw the attention of the mainstream media. And a recent study on Bombus terrestris, a species of bumblebee, would not have gone beyond specialist circles if it had not been planned, carried out and written by children

GONZALO CASINO | MARCH 3rd, 2011

Catalonia is considering bringing back the option of letting students repeat final exams they previously failed at the end of summer. New research shows that the effectiveness of tests goes beyond the “second chance” effect: they, in fact, help you learn. Preparing for and taking an exam is a dynamic process that actually helps students to assimilate concepts

GONZALO CASINO | February 10th, 2011

Due to the global economic recession, European science is in serious risk of grinding to a halt whose consequences are currently unpredictable. According to Nature magazine, various pan-European facilities, all funded from contributions by the member states of the European Union, could be affected by the economic constraints caused by the global financial crisis.

XAVIER PUJOL GEBELLÍ | SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2010

If there is a branch of science in which basic and applied research have traditionally lived with their backs to one another, this is the one that has to do with health. While at one extreme, biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics announced the Century of the Life Sciences, at the other end clinical researchers lived wrapped up in a thousand and one trials and empirical approaches for new therapies. The roles have now changed. And the field of oncology is seeing the best results.

Xavier Pujol Gebellí | 25 june 2010