Buscador noticias

10/06/2016 | Divulgación científica

“Bovine Sadness Complex” (piroplasmosis), a great problem for tropical and subtropical regions
In recent years, the farm-cattle production of Argentine field has gone through a process of geographical changes. Considering the competitiveness of growing soybean, traditional livestock was moved to deprived areas for agriculture such as the northeastern region of Argentina (NEA in Spanish), which includes Chaco, Corrientes and Formosa...

09/06/2016 | Divulgación científica

El CONICET presente en la BIO 2016
El Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), a través de su Dirección de Vinculación Tecnológica (DVT), participa de la 23 edición de la Convención Internacional BIO, que se realiza del 6 al 9 de junio en la ciudad de San Francisco, Estados Unidos. La convención es la más importante a nivel mundial en...

07/06/2016 | Divulgación científica

Dos investigadores del CONICET fueron premiados por la Fundación Bunge y Born
En la edición 2016 de los premios que otorga anualmente la Fundación Bunge y Born desde hace 53 años se distinguió por primera vez a dos investigadores que trabajan en el campo de la Paleontología. La Dra. María Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta, investigadora superior del CONICET en el Instituto de Estudios Andinos ‘Don Pablo Groeber’ (IDEAN,...

01/06/2016 | Divulgación científica

For responsible tourism
Is it only for resting and breaking the routine that we go on holidays? Diego González Zevallos is a CONICET associate researcher who works at the “Patagonian Institute of Human and Social Sciences” (IPCSH, CONICET-CENPAT) [Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, in Spanish] and studies tourism and environmental education. The...

30/05/2016 | Divulgación científica

Rab27a controls HIV-1 assembly
From an etymological point of view, the word virus comes from the Latin virus, meaning certain types of poisons or infectious substances present in nature. Biologically speaking, these organisms are considered to be non-living because they do not comply with three fundamental premises: being able to replicate themselves, have a life cycle and...

23/05/2016 | Noticias

CONICET president participated in the “Italian business mission” meeting held in Argentina
From May 16th to 19th, more than one hundred Italian businessmen met with the main representatives in the local public and private sectors to strengthen bonds between both nations. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; the Ministry of Economic Development; the ICE agency for foreign trade; the...

23/05/2016 | Divulgación científica

Cumbres Calchaquíes: sociedades complejas sin estructuras jerárquicas
El Equipo de Arqueología del Extremo Sur de los Valles Calchaquíes fue formado recientemente en el seno del Centro de Estudios Históricos Profesor Carlos Segreti, (CEH, CONICET-Centro de Estudios Históricos). Tiene como objetivo estudiar y comprender las complejas transformaciones de los grupos originarios que habitaron el noroeste argentino...

23/05/2016 | Breves

CONICET president participated in the “Italian business mission” meeting held in Argentina
From May 16th to 19th, more than one hundred Italian businessmen met with the main representatives in the local public and private sectors to strengthen bonds between both nations. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; the Ministry of Economic Development; the ICE agency for foreign trade; the...

20/05/2016 | Divulgación científica

It’s the outside that counts
In 2008, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier (from France) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the 80s. Basically, this pathogen destroys the host immune system, making it sensitive to multiple infections that lead to death if they are not treated. One of...

17/05/2016 | Divulgación científica

En cultivos cuidados no entran moscas de la fruta
Las naranjas, mandarinas y pomelos de la zona mesopotámica; los duraznos y membrillos de la región cuyana; las manzanas y peras de la Patagonia y los limones tucumanos convierten a la Argentina en un gran productor de materia prima frutihortícola tanto para el mercado interno como externo. Sin embargo, desde el norte hasta la provincia de...