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Salmonella in medieval Europe

Researchers found DNA evidence of Salmonella enterica Paratyphi C in the teeth and bones of an 800-year-old skeleton from the city of Trondheim, Norway

FAPESP numbers in 2017

FAPESP's 2017 Activities Report is available

The slave trade in the United Kingdom

Researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have identified more than 800 articles about fugitive slaves published in British newspapers

New frontiers of the Milky Way

The disc of the Milky Way may be twice as large as previously estimated, at up to 200,000 light-years in diameter

Evidence of the union of two supercontinents

Calcareous rocks in the northeastern state of Maranhão contain fossil records of the oldest plant groups in Brazil

The limitations of a genome editing technique

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique is less accurate than previously thought

A high-tech dressing for chronic wounds

A prototype smart dressing that monitors the wound and releases precise doses of antibiotics when needed, facilitating the regeneration of damaged tissue.

West Nile virus isolated in Brazil

The West Nile fever virus was isolated in Brazil for the first time by researchers at the Evandro Chagas Institute

Northern Hemisphere suffers from heatwave

Climate change is believed to have contributed to the recent heatwaves in Europe

PhDs awarded between 1997 and 2017

The number of PhDs awarded per year in Brazil increased from 20,603 in 2016 to 21,393 in 2017

Monitoring misconduct investigations

A report suggested establishing a committee to monitor university investigations into misconduct

Czech politicians resign over academic plagiarism

Two government ministers in the Czech Republic have recently resigned amid accusations of having plagiarized their university theses

Aquatic Forest

Loxopholis ferreirai is endemic to the Amazon rainforest

Promising winds ahead

Today, wind power energy is the third source of Brazil’s primary energy supply

The sea’s advance

Brazilian beaches under erosive processes have increased from 40% to 60% since 2003.

How graffiti tensions art

Graffiti movement gave rise to São Paulo's own language

The mysterious death of the baobabs

Between 2005 and 2017, researchers conducted an extensive survey of the largest known baobab species

Missed education targets

70% of the goals set out by the National Education Plan for 2014–2017 were not achieved

Try not to complain that the days are too short

Some 1.4 billion years ago, Earth rotated faster and the days were only 18 hours and 40 minutes long

Rice loses nutrients as CO₂ increases

Rice could become less nutritious over the coming decades if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to rise

Bacteria hungry for cleaning products

In the laboratory, the bacteria grew and multiplied using ethyl alcohol as its main energy source

The most intense drought since the 1980s

The drought that hit Northeast Brazil from 2012 to 2017 was the longest, largest, and most intense that the region has seen since 1980

The effects of crotamine on metabolism

A protein extracted from rattlesnake venom, presented three unexpected effects in recent tests on mice

The atheism of Fritz Müller

In 1848, naturalist Fritz Müller asked the University of Greifswald to excuse him from making the traditional oath to God during his graduation ceremony

Rare dinosaur sold for €1.13 million

An auction lead to a discussion about the recent trend of treating fossils as works of art

The indelible pigment of Brazilwood

Raphael, Rembrandt, Pietro da Cortona, and Van Gogh all used paints containing red pigments from the bark of the brazilwood tree

The secret behind Pluto’s dunes

An international group of researchers seems to have found the explanation behind Pluto's dunes

Scientific publications by state and by collaboration

Fictitious author, false conclusions

The Indian Journal of Medical Ethics published an article with false conclusions and author

UNICAMP discusses gender discrimination and sexual violence

A working group discuss gender discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence at the university