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400 noticiasEl Nobel de Medicina va para tres investigadores por la optogenética
El Instituto Karolinska anunció el 5 de octubre que el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina de 2026 es para Karl Deisseroth, de la Universidad de Stanford; Peter Hegemann, de la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín, y Georg Nagel, de la Universi…
Amazon's October Prime Big Deal Days sale draws deal coverage from tech and business outlets
Amazon's October sale event, called Prime Big Deal Days or October Prime Day, was live as of October 6, 2026, with outlets publishing lists of discounted electronics, headphones, phones, tablets and games. The Verge said the event runs thro…
Nobel physics prize goes to IceCube neutrino researcher Francis Halzen
Sweden's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on 6 October that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery…
Muere una investigadora de un laboratorio antípeste ruso; EE. UU. y la UE dicen que están vigilando el caso
Una investigadora de 28 años del instituto de investigación antípeste de Irkutsk, en Shelekhov, Rusia, murió tras ser diagnosticada con una neumonía de causa desconocida, informó el organismo estatal Rospotrebnadzor. Unas 200 personas que p…
El cohete Nuri despega en su quinto vuelo con un récord de 15 satélites
El cohete Nuri de Corea del Sur fue lanzado a las 12:25 p.m. del 7 de octubre desde el Centro Espacial Naro en Goheung, después de que el comité de gestión del lanzamiento confirmara la hora esa mañana. El cohete transporta 15 satélites —ci…
Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina otorgado a tres pioneros de la optogenética
El Instituto Karolinska de Suecia informó el 5 de octubre, hora local, que el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina de 2026 fue para Karl Deisseroth, de la Universidad de Stanford; Peter Hegemann, de la Universidad Humboldt de Berlín, y Geo…
Russia denies plague after worker at Siberian institute dies of unknown pneumonia
A woman who worked at a plague-control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia has died; Japanese outlets differ on whether she died on Oct 1 or Oct 2. Russian authorities say the cause was “pneumonia of unknown cau…
South Korea re-designates 92 population decline regions, adding Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon and Tongyeong
South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety re-designated 92 cities, counties and districts as population decline regions on Oct. 7, up from 89 in the first designation five years ago. Busan's Geumjeong-gu, Gyeonggi's Dongducheon and …
Nuri rocket lifts off with 15 satellites in fifth launch
South Korea’s Nuri rocket lifted off at 12:25 p.m. local time on Oct 7 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, carrying 15 satellites, the most in its history. The five main ultra-small cluster satellites were placed in their target orbit, m…
Trump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Rusia pone en cuarentena un hospital tras la muerte de una trabajadora de laboratorio que deja casi 200 personas bajo observación
Una empleada del Instituto de Investigación Antipeste de Siberia y Extremo Oriente de Irkutsk murió la semana pasada de neumonía de causa desconocida, informaron las autoridades rusas, y un hospital de la localidad de Shelekhov fue puesto e…
El Premio Nobel de Física recae en Francis Halzen por el observatorio antártico de neutrinos
La Real Academia Sueca de Ciencias otorgó el Premio Nobel de Física de 2026 a Francis Halzen, profesor de origen belga de la Universidad de Wisconsin–Madison, por construir el Observatorio de Neutrinos IceCube en la Antártida y descubrir ne…
El Ministerio de Cultura de Corea del Sur emite un aviso de personal de nivel directivo
El Ministerio de Cultura, Deportes y Turismo de Corea del Sur publicó un aviso de nombramiento de personal el 5 de octubre de 2026, difundido por Newsis, Yonhap, Seoul Economic Daily, Asia Economy, Kyunghyang Shinmun y Hankook Ilbo. El resu…
China medical insurance pooled funds take in 2.07 trillion yuan in Jan-Aug
China's National Healthcare Security Administration released data showing that in January to August 2026 the basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance) pooled funds took in 2.072772 trillion yuan and spent 1.550414 trillion yua…
Chinese team builds first 3D cell atlas of rice life cycle, published in Cell
A Chinese multi-institution team said it has constructed the world’s first three-dimensional spatiotemporal cell atlas covering rice from seed germination to flowering and fruiting, with the paper published online in Cell on the evening of …
Celltrion's Avtozma wins FDA nod for pediatric COVID-19 use in US
Celltrion said the US Food and Drug Administration granted an additional approval for its Avtozma (tocilizumab) intravenous formulation to treat COVID-19 in patients aged 2 and older. The approval widens the drug's COVID-19 indication from …
Nuri rocket launches 15 satellites; 14 separate normally, agency says
South Korea's Nuri rocket lifted off at 12:25 p.m. local time on Oct 7 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, carrying five NEONSAT cluster satellites and 10 cube satellites. A project official said 14 of the 15 satellites separated normall…
Land minister says Gangnam, Yongsan home prices have turned negative
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Hong Ji-seon told a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that home prices in Seoul's Gangnam three districts and Yongsan have turned negative, and said price growth should ease with the market stabili…
La polémica por el oro en los Juegos Asiáticos se amplía mientras partidos de Corea del Sur piden revisar la exención
Corea del Sur venció 1-0 a Japón el 3 de octubre y logró el cuarto oro consecutivo en el fútbol masculino de los Juegos Asiáticos, un resultado que exime del servicio militar a la mayoría de la plantilla. Una foto de Park Seung-su en el ves…
South Korea study links severe gestational diabetes to higher diabetes risk in children
South Korea's National Institute of Health said children of mothers who had gestational diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes, with the risk rising to 4.3 times for type 2 diabetes among children of mothers who needed insulin during …