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Global warming accelerates the water cycle and increases evapotranspiration

Excess atmospheric moisture can generate both heavy rainfall and prolonged droughts

Brazil getting drier

Global warming makes the climate less humid, leading to emergence of the country’s first arid zone

Plentiful hunting in the rivers

Turtle fossil found in a mine in the Madeira River basin belonged to one of the largest species ever described

Shipwrecks record history of slavery

Archaeologists in the Bahamas identify 14 slave ships that sank between 1767 and 1860

Even after being destroyed, the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc

Even when broken apart by the human immune system, the SARS-CoV-2 virus still causes excessive inflammation

Carbonized ancient philosophy

Brazilian team is among the winners of the international Vesuvius Challenge to identify writing on carbonized scrolls

New USP representatives at FAPESP

Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda, Marcílio Alves, and Marco Antonio Zago appointed to the FAPESP Board of Trustees

Fireflies of the plant world

Bioluminescent plant that emits green light in the dark goes on sale in the USA

More researchers submitting applications

In 2023, FAPESP received 4,483 proposals from researchers who had never before requested funding

Who’s afraid of European legislation?

Agricultural sectors prepare to adapt to new European regulations requiring proof that products do not originate from land deforested after 2020

Virtual tour of Darwin’s library

British naturalist Charles Darwin’s library is now available online

The smallest vertebrate in the world

Flea toad (Brachycephalus pulex), from Bahia, is the smallest known vertebrate

Artificial intelligence against mosquitoes

Artificial intelligence helps identify breeding sites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito

Water flows through the atmosphere and makes rain

System monitors atmospheric rivers, responsible for much of the rain that falls on Earth

More arguments against vapes

Brazilian Society of Cardiology supports the ban on electronic cigarettes

The new normal

Putting on a show

Physicist George Sand de França divides his time between academia and the art of clowning

In Japan, to see Venus

One hundred and fifty years ago, a Brazilian astronomer traveled halfway around the world to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun

Collection explores musical diversity across regions of Brazil

Collection explores musical diversity across regions of Brazil

Mário Pedrosa highlighted the artwork of marginalized groups

The story of one of Brazil's most important critics is intertwined with the history of the twentieth century

24 million people work in the care sector in Brazil

24 million people work in the care sector in Brazil

The challenge of period poverty

The inability to manage menstruation properly due to poverty causes significant social and economic hardship for millions of women globally

Less polluting menstrual pads

Decomposing in up to six months, biodegradable menstrual products can help to reduce plastic waste and pollution

Brazilian research center develops prototype nuclear battery

Device can generate energy for hundreds of years without needing to be recharged

SAF Studies advance in the country

Universities and research centers are investigating new methods, processes, and raw materials to increase biofuel production and reduce costs

The road to renewable fuel

In the global race to decarbonize the airline sector, Brazil could play a leading role through the production of an alternative to fossil kerosene

Merging of neutron stars generates second-largest gamma-ray burst

Phenomenon produced rare earth metals in space

Concentrated energy

During its most recent period of maximum activity, the Sun emitted an unexpected escalation in high-energy gamma rays at its poles

AI systems could monitor animals crossing highways

Study tested the performance of computer vision models

Fossil lineage found in Rio Grande do Sul survived the world’s biggest extinction event

Predator lived 252 million years ago and had relatives in the region of present-day Eastern Europe, in what is now Russia