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2020
European Research Council appoints new president
Italian engineer Mauro Ferrari will take over the presidency of the European Research Council
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Evolution
A 42-million-year-old whale with legs
Its limbs were well adapted to swimming and were not suited to moving across land
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Environment
The long goodbye of the glaciers
Mountain glaciers in southwestern Argentina and northeastern Spain are rapidly losing ice and could disappear completely by the end of the century
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Communication
Plan S pushed back to 2021
The decision was made to give scientific publishers more time to transform their current subscription journals into publications whose costs are covered exclusively by article authors, with no fees for readers
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Physics
UNICAMP dean wins José Reis award
The panel of judges highlighted "the scope and diversity of his scientific communication work, including his contributions to education in this field"
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Archaeology
Ancient use of psychoactive substances in Bolivia
An international team of anthropologists and bioarchaeologists has identified traces of hallucinogenic substances in a 1,000-year-old leather bag found in the Bolivian Andes
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Archaeology
São Paulo’s largest rock art
Scientists working on an exploratory research project that began in 2014 have discovered an 80-meter piece of rock art in Ribeirão Bonito, in the center of São Paulo State
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Mobility
Ride-sharing apps worsen traffic
According to research, Uber and Lyft are behind increased congestion on the streets of San Francisco
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Biodiversity
Animals and plants at risk
Up to one million plant and animal species worldwide are facing extinction due to severe population decline and habitat loss
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Data
Scientific publications and international collaborations
International collaborations in 2018 (%)
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Good practices
Lack of Transparency
Most research universities in the European Union have failed to comply with the 2014 rule that the results of clinical trials must be made public within 12 months
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Good practices
Punishment after 40 years of harassment at Harvard
Harvard University, USA, has revoked the emeritus status of sociologist Jorge Dominguez, a former professor at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and was vice provost for international affairs at the institution from 2006 to 2015
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PHOTOLAB
The aesthetics of imperfection
A large electric voltage bias is used to spin ultrafine nanometric fibers into membranes that can filter water
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SURVEY MANAGEMENT
The imaginary lands of Pará
The 22.7 million hectares of private land and 18.5 million hectares of public land that only exist on paper
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Engineering
Guidelines for engineering courses
The Brazilian Ministry of Education has approved a set of guidelines that aims to update the curriculum of engineering degrees in the country
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Neuroscience
Partially revived brains
Researchers partially revived the brains of pigs four hours after the animals were slaughtered for human consumption
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Archaeology
New species of primitive humans
Homo luzonensis may have lived in the region more than 50,000 years ago
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Environment
The gradual degradation of ancient lakes
Intensive fishing, sewage, fertilizer runoff, algae, invasions of exotic species, and tourism are altering the world's largest freshwater lakes
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Knowledge
What Americans know about science
A study has provided an overview of how much Americans understand about scientific concepts and practices
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Data
São Paulo universities: 30 years of autonomy
Productivity indicators have risen significantly since the three universities in the state of São Paulo (USP, UNICAMP, and UNESP) were granted full financial autonomy in 1989
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Video
Researchers are under threat. How can they protect themselves? – Resistance to science (EP1)
Video series discusses the confidence crisis and the atacks on scientific knowledge
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Video
Programs track Amazon deforestation
PRODES and DETER systems, developed by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), have different and complementary roles. Understand how
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Environment
Fuel-efficient only on long trips
Vertical take-off and landing aircraft could help reduce congestion and improve air quality in major cities
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Medicine
Wireless sensors for babies in the ICU
Researchers has developed a wireless, battery-free sensor for monitoring babies in Intensive Care Units
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Zoology
Gorillas mourn the dead
Just like humans and other primates, gorillas exhibit mourning behavior
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paleontology
The day the dinosaurs died
A discovery is helping researchers understand the events that followed the huge meteorite impact that hit Earth 65 million years ago
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Reconstruction
Notre-Dame Cathedral in 3D
A digital image created by art historian Andrew Tallon almost a decade ago could help in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral
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Good practices
Article written by priest retracted for plagiarism
"The Road to Emmaus and the Road to Gaza," published by Canadian priest Thomas Rosica in 1994, has been retracted by the journal Worship
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