Francisco Bicudo

ECOLOGY

Great gardeners

Mathematical models reconstruct the seed-dispersing role by now-extinct animals

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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Allies for an antidotal serum

Medicinal plants may reduce local lesions caused by a jararaca snakebite

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ECOLOGY

Great gardeners

Animals now extinct played a role in seed dispersal in the Pantanal

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ZOOLOGY

Vegetarian vampire

Mite transmits a virus that causes disease in orange trees

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Biochemistry

Treatment for bee stings

Compounds that reduce the effects of bee venom are undergoing tests

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BIOCHEMISTRY

Movements under control

Compounds appear to reduce a serious side effect of Parkinson’s treatment

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Ethology

Stranger in the nest

Alien queen bee invades orphan colony and assumes command

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Zoology

Direct flight

Birds reveals connection between the Amazon and Atlantic forests

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Physics

Friendly chaos

Apparently disorganized behaviors may benefit living beings and chemical reactions

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Neurological development

On satiation and other pleasures

Cells control hunger and activate the neural reward mechanisms

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Cellular biology

The clone’s heritage

Cellular reprogramming error redirects animal reproduction studies

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Brazilian birds

Natural radiator

The toucan’s beak is an efficient heat sink

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Evolutionary biology

The pioneers of South America

Brazilian marsupials came before Australian kangaroos on the evolutionary scale

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Primary immunodeficiencies

When the thymus gland is unwell

Extra copy of the gene harms the cells that defend against Down syndrome

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Medicine

Collateral damage

Medication used to treat lupus jeopardizes fertilization

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Botany

Natural greenhouse

Climate changes are likely to affect the composition of tropical forests

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Zoology

The work of a lifetime

Book brings together the studies of Vanzolini

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Environment

Forest of pearls

In the Mata Atlantica rainforest, 59% of the trees are rare and may disappear

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Ecology

Good companions

Population density influences life span of termites

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Oceanography

Polluted paradise

Canal has made it easier to spread heavy metals along southern São Paulo coast

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Immunology

Unexpected allies

Mammals do not produce the inflammatory reaction to deal with injuries

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Robotics

Technological literacy

Robots will be available to 60 thousand students this year

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Ethology

Tricks of a seducer

Male harvestmen that take care of the eggs and attract the attention of females

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Entomology

Posthumous memoirs

Insects in cadavers helps to explain mysterious deaths

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Physics

The alphabet of vision

Signals that conduct the information from the eyes to the brain of flies

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Cover

Body at the limit

Physical exercise protects the organism

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Zoobotany

Imperiled sanctuaries

The analysis of pollens and tectonic movements question theory

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Pollution

Smoke screen

US$ 165 billion would be saved with better quality of the air

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Genetics

Selected coffee

The manipulation of the genes can improve Brazilian coffee

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Virology

Men in the spotlight

Masculine sexual health helps to contain a virus linked to uterus cancer

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