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In the eye of a giant

Upon entry into operation, the Manacá beamline at the Sirius laboratory was directed at crystals of the 3CL protein, part of the mechanism by which the SARS-CoV-2 virus multiplies

Monitoring the evolution of COVID-19

Blood levels of a particular protein can indicate the severity of coronavirus infections and guide the response of the attending health care team

The impact of the virus on Australian universities

Universities in Australia are to receive extra funding to boost the country's economic recovery after the pandemic

Coronavirus and the brain

A study confirms that the novel coronavirus can infect different types of brain cells, and may be capable of directly damaging the brain

A little less unequal

Four women were honored in three of the six Nobel Prize categories this year, the second-highest number in the history of the prestigious award

Water on the near side of the moon

There is water on the Moon, and not only in the dark craters located near its poles

A giant cat in the Peruvian desert

Archaeologists have identified a new geoglyph on the side of a hill in the desert between the Peruvian cities of Nazca and Palpa

The blood parasites of a dinosaur

Brazilian paleontologists have identified fossilized blood parasites in the back leg bone of a titanosaur that lived some 85 million years ago

Center for Artificial Intelligence

The Center for Artificial Intelligence, an engineering research center funded by FAPESP was inaugurated on October 13 at the University of São Paulo

São Paulo representatives approve fiscal adjustment

Bill 529/2020, which establishes a range of measures for fiscal adjustment, was approved on October 14 by the São Paulo State Legislative Assembly

Princeton to pay US$1.2 million to correct wage inequality

Princeton University has announced it will pay just under US$1 million in back pay to a group of 106 female professors

A jawbone made from fat cells

The researchers were able to regenerate the TMJ bone and cartilage of pigs, whose jaws are similar to those of humans, using stem cells obtained from the animals’ own fat

Electricity production in Brazil has almost doubled since 2001, but remains clean

Electricity production in Brazil has almost doubled since 2001, but remains clean

Article proves resilient after retraction

COVID-19 miracle remedies

A preprint describing a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus caught the attention of Dutch biologist Elizabeth Bik, who runs a blog on scientific integrity

The Pantanal’s turn

Ancient dunes

The sand dunes on the banks of the São Francisco River, the most extensive inland dunes in Brazil, began to form more than 20,000 years ago

SARS-CoV-2 can attack immune cells

The novel coronavirus is capable of infecting and killing immune cells, say researchers from the University of São Paulo in Ribeirão Preto

Study determines Chinese vaccine is safe

CoronaVac is safe and has no serious side effects

Antiviral plastic

Researchers have developed an adhesive plastic capable of inactivating 99.8% of novel coronavirus particles in two minutes

Manaus and herd immunity

Weeks after the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths peaked in Manaus, the city appeared to have achieved herd immunity

Effect on births

Fearful of contracting the novel coronavirus, many pregnant women are putting off going to the hospital until they are at a more advanced stage of labor

Antibody treatment reduces time spent in hospital

American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly presented the initial results of a clinical trial that used monoclonal antibodies in patients infected with the novel coronavirus

Obesity can exacerbate COVID-19

A large-scale study found that obese people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are twice as likely to need medical care

Wildlife shrinks by 68% in five decades

The global populations of about 4,400 mammal, bird, reptile, fish, and amphibian species shrank by 68% between the years 1970 and 2016

Schistosomiasis medicine

The US FDA has granted orphan drug status to the immunomodulator P-MAPA for use against schistosomiasis

Where Vikings went

Researchers analyzed the remains of 442 humans found in Viking cemeteries in Scotland, concluding that the Viking identity was not limited to people with Scandinavian genetic ancestry

A water-cooled chip

A group has proposed and manufactured a semiconductor chip equipped with an internal cooling system that works by pumping water through a three-dimensional network of microchannels

Life on Venus?

An international group of researchers identified the presence of phosphine, a possible sign of life, in the atmosphere of Venus

The trigger for muscular strength

An international group of researchers has identified a chemical compound that functions as a molecular trigger for the strength gains caused by physical exercise