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The state oil company Petrobras has confirmed the existence of a huge oil field with between 5 000 and 8 000 million barrels of oil and natural gas in a geological horizon in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Source: Petrobras

A study involving the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) gets a molecule that could serve to regenerate neurons. The work, led by the Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona, has achieved a compound that in vitro growing axons of injured neurons in mice. This substance could be used in future to design new drugs that promote axonal regeneration in spinal cord injuries. The work has also engaged the University of Barcelona.

Axons, extensions of nerve cells through which nerve impulses travel, allowing the connection of neuron to neuron and the execution of orders from the brain to the muscles. One of the main problems of the nervous system of an adult is the inability of regenerating axons when they suffer an injury.

A few weeks ago were released electronic versions of two well-known encyclopedias, which are of great importance to both academic training and a resource for chemical engineering professionals.

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