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FAPESP
New FAPESP vice president
Chemist Ronaldo Aloise Pilli has been named the new vice president of FAPESP
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Atmospherical Science
Have you ever heard of a stormquake?
A new geological phenomenon has been identified by American researchers
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Environment
Climate change could lead to bread shortages
Severe and frequent droughts could become common by the end of this century as a result of climate change
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Pharmacology
Personalized medication
Researchers in the USA have created a custom drug tailored specifically to an american girl with a rare and fatal genetic disorder
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Archaeology
Social inequality in the Bronze Age
Analysis of remains and grave goods found in cemeteries near the city of Augsburg in southern Germany suggests that social inequality is an older phenomenon than previously thought
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Astronomy
Saturn has more moons than Jupiter
Researchers announced the discovery of 20 new moons around Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun
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Biodiversity
Malaria-carrying mosquitoes ride the wind in Africa
High-altitude winds in West Africa can carry insects over great distances
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Data
PhDs in Brazil and São Paulo
In 2018, 22,894 doctorates were granted in Brazil, 7,356 of which were in São Paulo
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Good practices
From good example to bad
The journal Nature decided to revoke an award it gave to Spanish biochemist Carlos López-Otín in 2017 in recognition of his work as a mentor for young researchers
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Good practices
Two faces of excellence
The Wellcome Trust, a biomedical research foundation based in London, has launched two initiatives aimed at gathering information about the behavior of scientists and the environment in which they work
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Photolab
Until archaeology do us part
After death, a man and woman in Lapa do Santo, Minas Gerais State, remained together for more than 8,000 years
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Economy
São Paulo among the world’s major economic centers
Just over a third (35%) of the world's GDP, estimated at a total of US$80 trillion in 2017, is produced in 29 regions of the planet inhabited by 602 million people
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FAPESP
FAPESP board changes
Geneticist Mayana Zatz and chemical engineer Mozart Neves Ramos have been appointed to the FAPESP Board of Trustees
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Public Health
Deaths linked to e-cigarettes
As of September 27, at least 12 deaths caused by lung problems in the USA have been attributed to the use of electronic cigarettes
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Nanotechnology
Carbon nanotube microchips
The new chip, named RV16X-Nano, proved itself capable of running modern software, and could offer an alternative to silicon microprocessors
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Astronomy
Water in the atmosphere of other worlds
A group has identified water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b by studying images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
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Geology
A hidden continent in Europe
An international group of geologists has reconstructed the history of an ancient continent that collided with southern Europe approximately 120 million years ago
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Data
R&D Expenditure in São Paulo (2017 and 2018)
Expenditure on research and development (R&D) in São Paulo increased from R$26.8 billion in 2017 to R$27.6 billion in 2018
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Good practices
Agencies facing unique challenges
A comparative study looks at how two of the USA's top research funding agencies deal with cases of misconduct
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Good practices
Secret donations lead to MIT lab director’s resignation
Entrepreneur and digital activist Joichi Ito resigned as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
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Interview
Daniel Kennefick: The importance of Sobral
An astrophysicist and science historian reports that without the observation of the eclipse in the city of Ceará, the experimental results of 1919 would probably have been inconclusive
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Video
How does the Amazon control Earth’s climate?
Physicist Paulo Artaxo, from USP, explains the Amazonian rainforest’s role in the water and carbon cycles in Brazil as well as globally
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Paleontology
Tuatara fossil discovered in Rio Grande do Sul
The oldest specimen of a sphenodon in the southern hemisphere has been found in the municipality of Candelária, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul
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Law
Bill against sexual harassment at universities
The Senate of Chile approved a new bill obligating state-funded universities to create a detailed protocol on how to deal with complaints of sexual harassment
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Genetics
Telomere degradation determines lifespan
A study compared how telomeres change over the lifetimes of a variety of animals
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