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PHYSICS

Prize-winning gravitational waves

Prize-winning gravitational waves

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Public health

Childhood obesity rates now 11 times higher than in 1975

Childhood obesity rates now 11 times higher than in 1975

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SOS Chuva

Rain updates on your cell phone

Application to see where it is raining in real time in São Paulo

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archaeology

Rice domesticated in the Amazon 4,000 years ago

Rice domesticated in the Amazon 4,000 years ago

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Anthropology

The Neanderthal in each of us

There may be more Neanderthal in modern Homo sapiens than thought

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Epidemiology

No Zika at the Olympic Games in Rio

No Zika at the Olympic Games in Rio

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Biodiversity

The first global reptile map

An effort has mapped the global distribution of 10,064 reptile species

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WTO

WTO finds seven Brazilian programs illegal

Organization considers seven Brazilian industrial policy programs illegal

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radio telescope

A telescope in the scrublands

Difficulties are preventing the possibility of building Bingo in Uruguay

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chemistry

“With water, please!”

Whiskey diluted with water facilitates the release of guaiacol

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astronomy

A new source of gravitational waves?

LIGO reportedly detected a new type of gravitational wave

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E-XFEL

The largest source of X-ray lasers is now operational

The largest source of X-ray lasers is now operational

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Optics

Optics Letters features articles by Brazilians

Optics Letters features articles by Brazilians

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Medicine

The importance of each risk factor in strokes

The importance of each risk factor in strokes

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Obituary

Julio Cezar Durigan, former dean of UNESP, dies

Julio Cezar Durigan, former dean of UNESP, dies

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brexit

The cost of Brexit for science

UK will have to spend 1.3 billion euros per year in European projects

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mathematics

Trigonometry on a 3700-year-old tablet from Babylon

Trigonometry on a 3700-year-old tablet from Babylon

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Biodiversity

Nearly 400 new species are discovered in the Amazon

Nearly 400 new species are discovered in the Amazon

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Botany

The mother of all flowers

Study identifies probable structure of the ancestor of modern angiosperms

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Times Higher Education

UNICAMP number one in Latin America

The University of Campinas was ranked the best in Latin America

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fertility

Male fertility halves in 40 years

The number of sperm produced by men has fallen by half over the last 40 years

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archaeology

Arriving in Australia earlier than thought

Artifacts suggest that Aborigines arrived in Australia 65,000 years ago

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Genetics

The secret of seedless grapes

Researchers confirmed the molecular mechanism that causes grapes to be seedless

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Communication

Elsevier gains ground in the repositories sector

Elsevier is a dominant force in the open access repositories sector

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Astronomy

The smallest possible star

Celestial object known as EBLM J0555-57Ab is the smallest star ever identified

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Immunology

Advances against AIDS

An experimental HIV vaccine elicited immune responses in nearly 400 volunteers

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Genetics

DNA movies

Geneticists used DNA snippets to encode pixel values of an 1878's image

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physics

Protons and antihydrogen

Physicists reported the observation of the lines of an antimatter atom

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Biodiversity

Tambaqui stocks in decline

The average size of the tambaqui has halved and it is less frequently caught

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Biodiversity

Pesticide may affect bees

Insecticides that coat commercial seeds are affecting bee populations

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