Marcos Pivetta

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Echoes of separation

Mother's absence in the days after birth causes infertility in animals

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ecology

Fleeting encounters

The survival of trees depend on tiny insects and pollinating birds

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agronomy

Water, sun and wine

Brazilian model classifies a hundred wine producing regions in 30 countries

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Laptop Players

Institute researches experimental ways of composing and playing

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Genomics

On the trail of a vaccine

Brazilians sequence the genome of the bacterium that causes leptospirosis

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Portraits of nightfall

The elderly of São Paulo were manual laborers and have little schooling

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Genetics

The silence of the genes

Technique deactivates stretches of DNA and blocks production of protein in bees

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Shadows over the forest

Clouds of smoke from forest clearing fires cool down the Amazon forest

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citriculture

Risk of heart attack in the orange groves

Citrus sudden death threatens production and challenges researchers

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Paleobotany

When pine trees were dwarfs

Fossils of old araucarias attest to the transition of this species

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Botany

Long life for pernambuco wood

Seeds of the plant are preserved for six times more than used to be thought

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biology

The limits of the sea

Survey maps the excessive exploitation of fishing resources in Brazil

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Medicine

Malaria and some new diseases

São Paulo scientists make Rondonia a forward post for research with a high social impact

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Medicine

From obesity to diabetes

The raising of the levels of a protein explains weight gain

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Jatoba against pollution

Tropical trees may clean the atmosphere if the greenhouse effects increase

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John Vander Sande

John Vander Sande: Between two worlds

Director of a technology-based company and MIT professor came to Brazil to set out his ideas on entrepreneurism

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Medicine

Heart attack – What causes or prevents it

In Brazil, the risk of a heart attack is five times greater amongst smokers, and falls by almost half with moderate consumption of alcohol

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The solution that saves

A solution rich in salt lessens lesions from hemorrhagic shock

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Paleontology

The origin of the mammals

Fossils of small species discovered in Rio Grande do Sul could be the closest ancestors to the larger animals of today

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One journey was enough

Batch of hunters from Asia colonized America 21,000 years ago

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The origin of the mammals

Fossils of small species discovered in Rio Grande do Sul

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Genetics

Mutation mapped

Research points to a gene that causes serious kidney disease in children

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sports medicine

Players made to measure

Study shows different capacities in a football team

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Circuits of Fear

Project unveils functions of archaic brain structures

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Malaria and some new diseases

São Paulo scientists make Rondonia a post for high social impact research

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Ecology

Little gas in the Amazon Forest

Tropical ecosystem may absorb less carbon dioxide than it used to be thought

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The lessons of the Krahô Indians

Researchers identify 164 plants used by the Indians in healing rituals

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Molecular alarm

Enzyme behaves as a biological marker for hypertension

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The basis of the difference

Study on a mutation goes on the cover of Cancer Research

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Botany

Between grasses and bamboos

Book brings together information on 500 species of São Paulo's Flora

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