Ricardo Zorzetto and Carlos Fioravanti

BIODIVERSITY

Keeping an eye on the cat

Researchers seek to increase the jaguar population in the Atlantic Forest

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ENDOCRINOLOGY

Early awakening

Researchers identify gene associated with premature puberty

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PHYSIOLOGY

When eating increases hunger

High-fat diet reduces satiety

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BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCE

When the guardian lets down its guard

Deformed version of a protein can lead to cancer cell multiplication

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Cover

A model fish

Zebrafish begins to be used in neuroscience research and drug studies in Brazil

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GEOLOGY

Why the earth shakes in Brazil

Seismologists propose a new explanation for earthquakes in Brazil

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INTERVIEW

Michel Rabinovitch: How to boost science

Michel Rabinovitch: How to boost science

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Medicine

No breath to catch

Respiratory tract alterations thwart improvement in cases of severe asthma

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OPTICS

In tune with light

In tune with light

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ASTRONOMY

Stars that the wind 
blew out

Stars that the wind 
blew out

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Erney Plessmann de Camargo

Erney Plessmann de Camargo:The scientist 
of neglected diseases

Parasitologist talks about his most recent scientific findings

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Cardiovascular Diseases

Dancing genes

Dancing genes

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Geology

Why the earth shakes in Brazil

Seismologists propose a new explanation for earthquakes in Brazil

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Cesar Victora

Cesar Victora: Health behind the statistics

Epidemiologist accompanies children from birth 30 years ago

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CLIMATOLOGY

Thaw in the Andes

Aerial photos show accelerated shrinking of South American glaciers

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INTERVIEW

Michel Rabinovitch: How to boost science

Michel Rabinovitch: How to boost science

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TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS

Evolution written in lianas

Evolution written in lianas

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Beatriz Barbuy

Beatriz Barbuy: In the wake of the first stars

Astrophysics talks about the formation of the first stars of the Milky Way

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COVER

On cats, photons and strange worlds

Physicists measure the interaction between light particles and the environment

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Erney Plessmann de Camargo

Erney Plessmann de Camargo: The scientist of neglected diseases

Parasitologist speaks of his most recent scientific discoveries

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New materials

The value of impurities

The value of impurities

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Interview

Eduardo Moacyr Krieger: The master of high blood pressure

Eduardo Moacyr Krieger: The master of high blood pressure

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Mental Diseases

Storms of the body and soul

Storms of the body and soul

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NEUROLOGY

Memory’s gatekeeper

Special neuron controls the information to the brain’s memory center

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

The health of the bay

Project maps sources of pollutants and marine currents in Todos os Santos Bay

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Neurodegenerative diseases

Gatekeeper to the cells

Cellular prion protein controls the entry of chemical commands into neurons

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Mental Illnesses

Cellular disharmony

Genetic and functional alterations are associated with schizophrenia

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Cardiovascular Diseases

Dancing genes

DNA fragments are capable of explaining the origin of hypertension

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Higgs boson

An expanding jigsaw puzzle

Boson might reveal first clues to new elementary particle physics

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Eduardo Moacyr Krieger

Eduardo Moacyr Krieger: The master of high blood pressure

Physiologist created a national team for blood pressure research

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