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Publish or Perish

Open-access scientific journal Nutrients recently lost all ten of its senior editors

Pre-Columbian Culture

Fragments of ceramic figures indicate that at the time there was a cultural connection between peoples across South America

The eclipse which revolutionized physics

This Wednesday, May 29th, celebrates 100 years of the eclipse which was the first experimental proof of the Theory of General Relativity | 2'36"

Dispersal by water

The piraputanga is pictured snagging a wild fig

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Fasting induces growth hormone to stimulate hunger

Researchers comment on their discovery that fasting makes growth hormone activate neurones which stimulate hunger

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A different type of DNA

Some parts of the DNA may actually be formed of three spiraled strands

Heated up by the cold

Cold particles transfer heat to hotter ones in a quantum experiment, thereby reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time

Analyses show how Portinari produced his work

The findings can help confirm authorship of a painting found in what used to be his home and now is the Portinari House Museum

Sirius, the largest and most complex Brazilian laboratory

Last generation source of synchrotron light may improve the quality of Brazilian research

The curious creatures of Frans Post

Exhibition in an Irish museum brings together artwork of Brazilian fauna created by the Dutch artist in the seventeenth century

In search of new audiences

Brazilian science association targets young people, liberal professionals, and businesses in an effort to extend their social reach

Neanderthal mother, Denisovan father

A 13-year-old girl who lived 90,000 years ago in what is now southwestern Siberia is the first described case of a direct descendant of two distinct archaic human groups

Continuous expansion of the Amazon River

The Amazon River is still expanding as it captures water from the Orinoco River, which flows through Colombia and Venezuela

The evolution of painting according to physics

A computer algorithm has provided a numerical quantification of the changing visual characteristics in paintings over the last thousand years

When visiting the Atacama Desert, use sunscreen

Ultraviolet radiation in the Atacama Desert is higher than anywhere else on Earth

The quest for a universal flu vaccine

Sections of DNA are equal across all strains of the virus, making them good candidates for a potential vaccine against all varieties of influenza

US investment in research grows in 2017

In 2017, the United States government invested US$118.3 billion in research and development

The oldest library in Germany

Construction works on a church community center have revealed the ruins of a Roman library in the city of Cologne, Germany

A new chapter in Earth’s history

The proposal approved by the IUGS divides the Holocene into three ages: the Greenlandian, Northgrippian, and Meghalayan

The Geoffroy’s cat and its behavior

Biologists monitored a population of Geoffroy's cats (Leopardus geoffroyi) in the Caverá mountains

Alcohol consumption and health risks

Alcohol consumption is the leading cause of health problems in people aged 15–49

Pain neurons grown in a laboratory

Brazilian researchers have developed human sensory neurons in a laboratory for the first time

Patent filings increase and industry shows weakness

In 2017, residents of Brazil filed 5,480 patents at the Brazilian National Institute of Intellectual Property

Inappropriate relationships

Universities Australia has released a document aimed at master's and PhD supervisors and students

When recklessness becomes misconduct

An american neuroscientist dismissed for misconduct in 2012 by Wayne State University has managed to partially overturn his 10-year ban on federal research funding handed down by the US ORI

Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista

Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro September 3, 2018

Ronaldo Pilli named new FAPESP board member

Ronaldo Aloise Pilli has been appointed to the FAPESP Board of Trustees by the governor of São Paulo

Immigrants stimulate the economy in European countries

A study assessing immigration to Europe between 1985 and 2015 has concluded that immigrants have a positive effect on the continent's economy