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Biodiversity
The great ocean fertilizers
Whales are the largest living beings on the planet and play an important role in recycling ocean nutrients
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Data
Public R&D funding in São Paulo
A FAPESP survey on R&D activities carried out in São Paulo in 2018 offers a precise distinction between who funds and who conducts R&D in the state, and how much the government contributes at different levels The graphs above show that the business sector conducts the most R&D, but the government sector contributes just as... View Article
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Good practices
Integrity in times of open science
The sixth Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity and Ethics in Science (BRISPE) was held between October 28 and 29, with discussions on how to encourage ethical behavior and scientific integrity in an environment marked by increasing collaboration, open access to knowledge, and data sharing—generally encompassed by the term “open science.” More than one hundred participants,... View Article
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photolab
Under the feathers
To study the diversity and evolutionary history of parasites in birds, Bruno Fermino teamed up on expeditions with fellow ornithologists: some interested in birds, others in the creatures that live inside them. He thus had the opportunity to photograph species such as the yellow-chevroned parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri)—the picture above was taken in Santana do Araguaia,... View Article
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Video
Why do dunes grow?
Experiments suggest that crescent-shaped dunes can move and interact in five different ways | 5'35
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COVID-19
Vaccination in decline
The COVID-19 vaccination pace has been decreasing worldwide
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Covid-19
A promising antiviral
Molnupiravir reduced COVID-19’s hospitalization and death rate by nearly half in a phase 3 clinical trial of people with mild to moderate infections
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Covid-19
Preventing new waves without lockdowns
A group of researchers decided to study how the virus could be kept under control without the need for repeated lockdowns
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Nobel Prize
Everything as before
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided not to award this year’s Nobel Prize to the development of mRNA-based vaccines
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Zoology
Protozoan fossil in Brazilian amber
Researchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) have described a new extinct species of protozoan: Palaeohypothrix bahiensis
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biodiversity
South America’s Endangered Oases
With only 4% of their area protected, fog oases are threatened by urbanization, mining, increased air pollution, and off-road trails
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Anthropology
Recognition for Indigenous Scholar
Maria Manuela Ligeti Carneiro da Cunha was awarded the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Prize for Science and Technology in the Human and Social Sciences, Languages, and Arts category
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distinction in the scientific community
New crop of CNPq researchers emeriti
Ten researchers were awarded the title of researcher emeritus by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
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Climate Change
The Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100
The Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100
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Chemistry
The Lavoisiers, transformed
Researchers discovered important differences in the original composition of the iconic portrait of Antoine Lavoisier and his wife
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Archaeology
Humans in the Americas 23,000 years ago
Fossilized footprints offer some of the most important evidence that humans first occupied North America much longer ago than has long been believed
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DATA
Specialization Index
Specialization Index of scientific publications in selected fields
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Good practices
A collection of retracted articles
An article about the health benefits of broccoli was recently retracted, 12 years after it was published
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Good practices
Race to report clinical trial results
New rules on disclosing the results of clinical trials in the European Union come into force on January 31, 2022
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Photolab
Fertility clock
Genetic alterations to the biological clock could be linked to fertility disorders
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Video
The search for life on one of Saturn’s moons
Asteroid collision may have created favorable conditions to the appearance of primitive life forms on Titan | 4'10
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COVID-19
Still too soon for booster doses
An international group of scientists argued against the idea of giving the majority of the population COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
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Covid-19
Less working remotely
Researchers are trying to estimate the impacts on employee communication and the dynamics of collaboration
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COVID-19
Study outlines COVID-19’s profile in African countries
Study outlines COVID-19's profile in African countries
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COVID-19
Another potential route to brain infection
The nose may not be the only way the novel coronavirus reaches the brain
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COVID-19
The protective effect of masks
Widespread and proper use of masks reduces transmission of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 cases, according to the largest study ever conducted on the subject
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Archaeology
Arrival in the northwest of the Amazon
According to the dating of seeds and carbonized material, the first humans settled in northwestern Amazonia at least 12,600 years ago
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Environment
Food and greenhouse gases
Global food production accounts for about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with human activity, and foods of animal origin are the worst polluters
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Fapesp
FAPESP President reappointed for second term
São Paulo State Governor João Doria, has reappointed physician Marco Antonio Zago as president of the FAPESP Board of Trustees and thus president of the Foundation
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