Redação

Photolab

Working overtime to defeat Covid-19

Researcher create face shields using a 3D printer

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Genetics

America, the African mosaic

The transatlantic slave trade shaped the genetic makeup of populations across North and South America

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Environment

Beaches at risk of disappearing

Half of the planet's beaches could disappear by the end of the century due to rising sea levels and erosion caused by climate change

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Interview

Gene therapy on the horizon

American biochemist Jennifer Doudna, from the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the best-known names behind the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique

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Astrophysics

Mars in super-high resolution

In March, NASA presented the highest resolution panoramic image ever taken of the surface of Mars

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Nanotechnology

Perfectly ripe fruit

A partnership between the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and Siena Company has resulted in the development of a sensor that monitors the ripeness of fruit

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Funding

Victories for science in Brazilian Congress

The scientific community earned two victories in Brazilian Congress in March

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Medicine

The risks of malaria during pregnancy

Malaria during pregnancy can lead to premature birth and low birth weight

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Sports

Sports and injuries

Athletes over the age of 30 should pay special attention to injury risk

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Environment

Smoke at the top of the world

Since the eighteenth century, global industry has been leaving its mark at one of the highest points in the world: the Himalayas mountain range

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Zoology

A smell and heat detector

A dog’s nose is also capable of measuring nearby heat, according to a new study

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Data

Scientific research on coronavirus

The coronaviridae virus family encompasses approximately 40 known species

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Good practices

Error leads to retraction of controversial article

The journal Scientific Reports announced the retraction of a 2019 article claiming that fluctuations in the Sun's magnetic field play a role in climate change on Earth

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Good practices

Young academics are more afraid of reporting misconduct

A group of scientific integrity experts from the Netherlands and Norway interviewed 1,100 researchers from eight European universities

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Photolab

Plant-stem lace

If you take a thin slice of a young stem of Acleisanthes chenopodioides and look at it under a microscope, this is what you will see

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Biodiversity

The diversity of the Caatinga

The Caatinga is home to a range of flowering plants proportionally more diverse than the Amazon rainforest

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Economy

Undeclared foreign funding

The US Department of Education is investigating Harvard and Yale universities for failing to declare funding received from foreign governments

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Geography

Human activity alters river mouths

Amazon River delta is shrinking by 1 km2 per year because of siltation

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Zoology

What’s for dinner?

The cuttlefish eats less at lunch when its favorite dish is served for dinner

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Biodiversity

Colorful but discreet

If you look very closely through a patch of bromeliads, searching leaf by leaf, you may be lucky enough to find a brightly colored leafhopper

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Fapesp

New member of the FAPESP Board of Trustees

Biomedical scientist Helena Bonciani Nader, from the Federal University of São Paulo, has joined the FAPESP Board of Trustees

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Public health

Keep an eye on your waist

Waist circumference indicates risk of heart and metabolic diseases

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Communication

A platform for sharing Brazilian science

Agência Bori, an online platform designed to help journalists access Brazilian science, began operating on February 12

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Virology

The Zika virus and astrocytes

First isolated in Africa in 1947, the Zika virus has a predilection for brain cells

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Physics

Physicists immobilize glass particle

A research group in Austria cooled the first solid state object—a nanometer fragment of glass a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand

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Genetics

Neanderthal genes in Africa

According to the research, Europeans and Asians have about three times as much Neanderthal DNA as Africans

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Astronomy

A giant, sleeping galaxy

An international group of astronomers has identified a rare galaxy, known only as XMM-2599, which formed very early in the history of the universe

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Zoology

Millennia of migration

Some birds travel almost unbelievable distances, sometimes across continents, in pursuit of warmer climates and food to survive and reproduce

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Data

Engineer salaries for men and women in Brazil1

Average real salary for engineers in Brazil grew between 2006 and 2013 and fell from 2013 to 2018

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Good practices

Predatory journal training

The University Grants Commission has decreed that universities in the country must train all PhD students in the ethics of scientific publication

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