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Another edition, here it is the longest week of the year,
the week of researchers and society,
the week of Science.
As can be read in the web platform
of the Foundation for Knowledge Madrid+d
of Community of Madrid,
the week of Science is an event aimed
at an audience of all ages and education levels.
Among other aims,
it seeks to spread the results of research
opening the spaces where it is daily done,
to show the rich scientific and technical heritage
of participating communities,
to renew the scientific and technological knowledge,
and also to encourage citizens' participation
and scientific vocations among young people.
Attendance and participation on the activities
are free of charge.
The week of Science is celebrated throughout Spain
with an extensive program of discussion panels,
courses, workshops, guided tours,
open days, exhibitions and excursions
putting together this event of social communication
of Science in every possible way.
It did not happen!
The expected Nobel Prize in Medicine was not awarded
-at least not yet- to our microbiologist
Francisco Mojica.
In the category of Physiology or Medicine,
the 2016 Nobel prize went to the Japanese
Yoshimori Ohsumi
for the discovery of autophagy mechanisms,
a perfect system for recycling cells
and therefore the organism.
Concerning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry,
at this edition was awarded to the trio
French Jean-Pierre Sauvage,
British Fraser Stoddart
and Dutch Bernard Feringa
for the design and production of molecular machines,
the smallest in the world, that is,
for designing molecules
with control of movements,
which can perform specific tasks
when supplied with energy.
Finally, but not least,
the Noble Prize in Physics rewarded the research
into matter in the quantum world.
The winners were British David Thouless
for 50% of the prize,
Frederick Duncan Haldane and John Michael Kosterlitz,
as for the other 50%.
Congratulations to the winners!
More than 61,000 people worldwide,
mostly children,
die each year from acute viral encephalomyelitis,
also known as rabies.
The fact that there are no reliable data on rabies cases
due to under-reporting in developing countries
and no preventive mesures taken
to stop its preventable spread
not only generates a high human loss
but also health care cost.
Rabies is caused by an RNA virus
and is nearly always fatal in humans
once the first symptoms have appeared.
According to the World Health Organisation
most parts of Asia and Africa are considered
areas of medium or high risk.
In these two continents
95% of the cases are concentrated,
and it is recommended to avoid contact
with feral or wild animals,
specially with bats,
and to extreme precautions for children.
People who are about to travel to risk areas
may want to go to a specialised clinic
in Travel Medicine.
They can also visit the website viajarsano.com
For Madri+d and UNED Television,
José Antonio López Guerrero.
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