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Dispersal by water

Biologist José Sabino studies the role fish play in maintaining riparian forest ecosystems

For the survival of indigenous languages

Researchers seek to keep Brazilian native idioms from disappearing

Particle-tracking challenge

CERN launched a computer science challenge to stimulate the development of artificially intelligent data-analysis programs

A complex relationship between insects and plants

Female beetles visit the orchids and transfer pollen from the male organ to the female organ of the same flower

Princeton revisits its history of slavery

Project investigates the institution's involvement with slavery in the country

Digital diplomas now compulsory

The Brazilian Ministry of Education published an ordinance in April requiring that all diplomas and academic documents be issued in digital format

Pediatrician and Nazi collaborator

historian Herwig Czech showed that the pediatrician aided and supported the Nazi regime and was rewarded with professional opportunities

A researcher almost elected president

Physics and chemistry researcher Jiří Drahoš, 68, was very nearly elected president of the Czech Republic this January

The first beaked bird

A bird that lived between 95 million and 84 million years ago is helping scientists learn how the beak evolved

Internal communication in plants

Plant cells communicate with each other by exchanging chemical compounds, similar to the role played by neurons in animal central nervous systems

Africa hit by new Ebola outbreak

In May, the city of Mbandaka confirmed its first cases of Ebola, which have spread from an outbreak in nearby rural areas

Improving dairy cattle

A genetic test designed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation could help to more quickly improve the Girolando dairy herd

Amazonian dolphins under threat

Two species of freshwater dolphin found in the Amazon could be at serious risk of extinction

Scientific publications: Brazil, São Paulo, and other countries

Forged confirmation letters

The American Society of Civil Engineers has learned that its name is being fraudulently used to scam people out of money

Pitfalls of misconduct

Director of the National Center for Professional & Research Ethics at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, USA, listed the pitfalls that students and researchers often fall into that can lead to poor decisions and cases of scientific misconduct

A natural battleground

The yellow fungus is found in about 60 other species

New species of colorful fish stuns researchers

Discovery off the São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago is evidence of a unique and little known fauna

Illegal Amazonia

Landowners in the state of Pará may be resorting to fraud to extract more timber than is allowed

CONPRESP protects USP buildings

The São Paulo Council for the Preservation of Historical, Cultural, and Environmental Heritage registered four more University of São Paulo buildings

The isolated jaguars of Espírito Santo State

Researchers tries to to learn more about the largest feline on the continent, the jaguar

Molecule created in a laboratory

Researchers used laser beams to bump two atoms together, creating a molecule

A swarm of black holes

Astrophysicists have discovered a dozen stellar-mass black holes (some larger than the Sun) in the center of the Milky Way

Fishing scenes in the Atacama

The people who inhabited the northern coast of Chile before European colonization may have been skilled fishermen and marine hunters

Caution with antibiotics and antacids

Antibiotics and antacids can lead to the development of allergies later in life

Reducing household pollution

A review article argues in favor of replacing household stoves that run on biofuel with ones that use liquefied petroleum gas

Data scientists reconstruct the rhetoric of the French Revolution

Researchers used data mining techniques to analyze transcripts of 40,000 speeches made at the National Constituent Assembly

New test for brucellosis

Cheese and milk produced without sanitary inspection can cause brucellosis

Sahara Desert grows by 10% in a century

The Sahara has grown by about 10% over the last century and today occupies an area of almost 7.4 million km²

Graduates in engineering and related fields