Science

astrophysics

Sidereal clock

Physicist shows how to use the brightness from pulsating white dwarf stars

Paleontology

The origin of the mammals

Fossils of small species discovered in Rio Grande do Sul could be the closest ancestors to the larger animals of today

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Genomics

Expanded territory

Harvest of concluded genomes includes new manners of combat

Biology

Under the yoke of Chronos

Team verifies the variety of rhythms that organize life in animals

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pharmacy

Freeing the arteries

Researchers discover in plasma a potent vasodilator

Ecology

Fish and taboos on the Negro river

The position of species in the food chain determines their consumption

botany

Threatened archipelago

Survey discovers the richness and the risks of the Cerrado islands

Geology

Landscape sculptors

Earthquakes were important for the formation of the Brazilian relief

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Physics

Superstrings without knots

A researcher makes the calculations in the chord theory easier

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Paleontology

Luzia living with the sloths

South American mammals were contemporaries of Luzia

ENVIRONMENT

Scars of occupation

Satellite map of the Northeast depicts the devastation of the caatinga

GENOMICS

Three new attack routes against the pest

Article compares the genomes of bacteria and shows how to avoid citric canker

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EPIDEMIOLOGY

The bacteria of modern life

Infestation by bacteria is changing and brings public health problems

Medicine

Identities revealed

Progress in the fight to reduce false diagnoses of Chagas's disease

Zootechny

The unexpected bull

The first Brazilian clone from a fetus somatic cell is born

Syndrome

The first map of Down

Team relates genetic origins to the manifestations of the syndrome

Genetics

More 19 genes

Discovered new components of the chromosome responsible for Down

PSYCHIATRY

Cards on the table

Prizewinning thesis defines personality of pathological gamblers

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Dialogs with water

Molecules that change their behavior enable to model new substances

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Physics

The high relief of memory

Team clarifies an essential phenomenon in computers

Genetics

Mutation mapped

Research points to a gene that causes serious kidney disease in children

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biology

Guinea pigs made to measure

Team consolidates the pioneering production of transgenic mice

Genomics

At the root of the lupus

Recently discovered genes help to explain autoimmune diseases

Medicine

The salt is back

Silver nitrate is used to reduce the discomfort of terminal patients

sports medicine

Players made to measure

Study shows different capacities in a football team

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pharmacology

Protected herd

Researcher makes a more efficient DNA vaccine against brucellosis

Botany

The smell of the species

Orchids from mountainous regions are differentiated by its pollinating insect

Geology

Mother Earth

Team from USP puts South America on the map of Rodinia

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astrophysics

At the mouth of a black hole

Researcher shows how matter is swallowed up by a black hole

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Genetics

Gene Hunters

The DNA chip technique could facilitate the diagnosis of illnesses