Redação

Astronomy

Old center, new edges

Astronomers has created the largest “growth chart” of the Milky Way

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construction

Mining waste

UFMG researchers built a house with waste material from iron ore mining

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climate change

Draining off carbon dioxide

A regenerating forest drains off more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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sewerage

Higher risk of leptospirosis

The risk of contracting leptospirosis in slums is recognizably high

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Technology

A drone for firefighters

A drone helps firefighters to locate people inside a burning building

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Energy

A more powerful solar panel

New option can surpass and replace the silicon used in solar energy panels

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sea life

Death on the beach

Study analyzes data from monitoring of marine animals

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larvicide

Plants battle the mosquito

Leaves and seeds display properties that kill Aedes aegypti larvae

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ITA

New president takes office at the ITA

Engineer Anderson Ribeiro Correia is named the new president

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Research

BRICS establish a fund

BRICS establish a fund to finance joint scientific projects

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animal experimentation

Project to review animal experimentation

Scientific community have joined forces to prevent changes in the Arouca Law

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Cancer

Working harder to fight cancer

United States announced a task force to boost research

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Immunology

Agreement to produce an Ebola vaccine

Companies sign agreement to produce an Ebola vaccine

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Good Practices

Investigation completed

Investigation completed

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Good practices

Corrective mechanisms

Corrective mechanisms

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projects

Recent thematic and young investigator projects

Projects contracted in December 2015 and January 2016

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Photolab

Rebirth of a forest

Rebirth of a forest

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Q fever

Fighting inflammation

Bacteria inhibit immune reaction that wipes out infected cells

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Book

A guidebook on Brazilian ants

Brazil is home to 31% of the world’s ant genera

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Power paper

Power paper stores energy

A sheet of paper obtained by cellulose fibers into microfibers stores energy

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Nutrition

A diet rich in fish

Pre-Columbian people in Amazonia ate fish regularly

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flora

Tiny flora from the past

Researchers analyzed the internal structures of fossil seeds

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beef cattle

Flavorful crossbreed

Bulls of a newly developed crossbreed are released to producers

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Organization

Order in the streets of London

Researchers find streets with multifractal pattern in London

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impact

Asteroid wipes out marine animals

Asteroid contributed to a massive extinction of marine animals

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Coffea arabica

Arabica coffee in the Amazon

Coffee developed by Embrapa is planted successfully in Amazonia

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environment

Bacteria in Guanabara Bay

Bacteria behind cholera were identified in Guanabara Bay

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The National Institutes of Health

Less funding for AIDS

Organization reduces its budget for research on AIDS by 10%

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partnership

In São Paulo and Japan

FAPESP and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science support workshops

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FCW 2015

FCW Award winners

Conrado Wessel Foundation announces award winners

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