Carlos Fioravanti

Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho

Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho: The libertarian linguist

Linguist says that language belongs to the speaker, not to the grammarian

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Ecology

Deep sea alliances

Cleaner fish obtain food by removing parasites from larger fish

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MEDICINE

Reversing Wasting Syndrome

Physical exercise can halt cachexia, the inflammation that induces weight loss

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 URBANISM 

United cities

Cities in Campinas come together to solve common problems

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GEOLOGY

A billion-year heritage

Experts identify 142 sites of geological importance in the state of São Paulo

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Geophysics

Vestiges of primitive Earth

Rigid blocks the size of continents occupied the depths of the Earth

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BIOLOGY

Creatures of the urban night

Nearly half of the bat species in Brazil live in cities

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Berenice Bilharinho De Mendonça

Berenice Bilharinho De Mendonça: The hormone drama

Disorders of sexual development with a genetic basis should be seen as normal

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URBAN GEOGRAPHY

A life within walls

Gated communities and shopping malls accentuate social and spatial separation

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Art

The rebirth of São Paulo’s baroque tradition

Recovery of artwork expands our understanding of São Paulo baroque

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Intellectuals in action

Editors and teachers worked together to produce children’s books

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COVER

Lobato’s predecessors

Brazilian authors began publishing children’s books in the 19th century

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COSMOLOGY

Waves of material from the early Universe

Radio telescope will study phenomena that occurred shortly after the Big Bang

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ENVIRONMENT

Pact in transformation

Movement to restore the Atlantic Forest reorganizes to meet proposed targets

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Eduardo Franco

Eduardo Franco: Balancing science and activism

Epidemiologist juggles activism with research on cervical cancer

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Music

The sound of near chaos

Free improvisation is further studied and gets a foothold on stage

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Memory

Doctor Benignus and the aliens

Doctor Benignus was the first science fiction book published in Brazil

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Immunology

When our defenses destroy our brain

Mechanism triggers the inflammation associated with malaria

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COVER

New battles focus on prevention

Reducing HIV transmission is one of the challenges to stop the epidemic

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MEMORY

The Empire’s river

Halfeld was the first to conduct a survey of the São Francisco River

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Cover

The fragile health of adolescents

Two national studies warn of elevated levels of excess weight in adolescents

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MENTAL HEALTH

Atelier Juquery

Sculptures and paintings reflect the role of art in psychiatric hospitals

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Genetics

Attack in the Dark of Night

Melanin fragments formed hours after sun exposure may damage DNA

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Thomas Lovejoy

Thomas Lovejoy: Fifty years in the Amazon

Groundbreaking project that has helped to define forest conservation areas

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Obituary

Innovative vision of pharmacology

Sérgio Henrique Ferreira researched medications to fight hypertension and pain

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PALEONTOLOGY

Inside fossils

Computed tomography permits detailed analysis of bones of extinct animals

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Under the force of the Andes

Map subdivided the topographic relief of South America into 35 units

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GENETICS

Copies that make a difference

The influence of retrocopies in the diversification of species and individuals

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

Showcase for new technologies

Projects funded by FAPESP that produce patents are posted on a new page

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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

The invisible foreigner

Brazilians in the United States avoid being regarded as Hispanics

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