-The interstellar medium is not as empty a space as we think. It accumulates in molecular clouds of dust and gases, where dust grains absorb ultraviolet radiation and atoms combine to form molecules. To date, more than 200 have been discovered, some as simple as oxygen or nitrogen and others as complex and essential to life. Recent discoveries include the discovery of the methylene cation by James Webb for the first time outside our solar system, and tryptophan, one of the 20 essential amino acids for protein formation. We have interviewed Susana Iglesias GrothInstituto de Astrophysica de Canarias researcher and discoverer of tryptophan.
Jose Antonio Lopez Guerrero He told us about the need for new antiviral drugs and more effective routes of administration and how his research group developed some of these drugs. Enrique Sacristan 57,000-year-old rock carvings made by Neanderthals discovered in French cave Jose Luis Trejo He told us how important the right microbiota is for the brain-gut axis and a healthy mind. with Javier Ablanque We traveled to the 1936 Berlin Olympics to commandeer our time machine. Jesse Owens And knows what the physics of long jump is like. We have informed about the opening ceremony of the model “The Chemistry Laboratory. A Window to Science” and of the exhibition “Contribution of Basic Science to Sustainable Development through Nobel Prizes” at the Faculty of Chemistry of Complutense University; and temporary exhibition ‘Science Wars’ On view at the Valladolid Science Museum until September 17.
