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COVID-19

Stuttering progress

Advanced testing of COVID-19 vaccines continues at an accelerated pace, despite occasional interruptions caused by safety concerns

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COVID-19

Global pandemic tactics

With a wide range of strategies adopted to slow the spread of the disease, some countries have fared better than others

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COVID-19

Monitoring the evolution of COVID-19

Blood levels of a particular protein can indicate the severity of coronavirus infections and guide the response of the attending health care team

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COVID-19

The impact of the virus on Australian universities

Universities in Australia are to receive extra funding to boost the country's economic recovery after the pandemic

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COVID-19

Coronavirus and the brain

A study confirms that the novel coronavirus can infect different types of brain cells, and may be capable of directly damaging the brain

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Nobel prize

A little less unequal

Four women were honored in three of the six Nobel Prize categories this year, the second-highest number in the history of the prestigious award

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Geology

Water on the near side of the moon

There is water on the Moon, and not only in the dark craters located near its poles

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Archaeology

A giant cat in the Peruvian desert

Archaeologists have identified a new geoglyph on the side of a hill in the desert between the Peruvian cities of Nazca and Palpa

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Paleontology

The blood parasites of a dinosaur

Brazilian paleontologists have identified fossilized blood parasites in the back leg bone of a titanosaur that lived some 85 million years ago

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Computation

Center for Artificial Intelligence

The Center for Artificial Intelligence, an engineering research center funded by FAPESP was inaugurated on October 13 at the University of São Paulo

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Funding

São Paulo representatives approve fiscal adjustment

Bill 529/2020, which establishes a range of measures for fiscal adjustment, was approved on October 14 by the São Paulo State Legislative Assembly

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Gender

Princeton to pay US$1.2 million to correct wage inequality

Princeton University has announced it will pay just under US$1 million in back pay to a group of 106 female professors

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Medicine

A jawbone made from fat cells

The researchers were able to regenerate the TMJ bone and cartilage of pigs, whose jaws are similar to those of humans, using stem cells obtained from the animals’ own fat

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Data

Electricity production in Brazil has almost doubled since 2001, but remains clean

Electricity production in Brazil has almost doubled since 2001, but remains clean

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Good practices

Article proves resilient after retraction

In 2005, the scientific journal Chest, from the American College of Chest Physicians, published an article by surgeon Wataru Matsuyama of Kagoshima University, Japan, sharing the results of a clinical trial that suggested omega-3 polyunsaturated fats had a positive effect on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As the result of an investigation into Matsuyama’s... View Article

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Good practices

COVID-19 miracle remedies

A preprint describing a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus caught the attention of Dutch biologist Elizabeth Bik, who runs a blog on scientific integrity

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Good practices

Evidence gathered to improve scientific integrity

A European project is analyzing initiatives implemented by universities and research institutions to identify the most successful approaches

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Letter from the editor | 297

The Pantanal’s turn

The Pantanal is one of the best-preserved biomes in Brazil. As of 2019, 84% of its native vegetation had been maintained. It’s landscape is shaped by heavy rainfall and river floods, which leave much of the land flooded for months, as well as droughts that result in sporadic fires. The fires that devastated 27% of... View Article

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Photolab

Ancient dunes

The sand dunes on the banks of the São Francisco River, the most extensive inland dunes in Brazil, began to form more than 20,000 years ago

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Careers

Indigenous knowledge

Tuyuka doctor battles COVID-19 in the Amazon

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Careers

Professional interactions online

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, online scientific meetings offer a new way of sharing knowledge

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Memory

The chemist of evolution

Otto Gottlieb associated the structural complexity of substances with the development plants and their environment

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Obituary

João Steiner’s legacy

The USP astrophysicist studied black holes and created partnerships giving Brazil access to large international telescopes

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Obituary

The pharmacy of plants

Elisaldo Carlini, a pioneer in the study of medicinal plants and cannabis compounds, dies at 90 years of age

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Literature

The writer between the lines

Endurance of Clarice Lispector's work reaffirmed in the 100th year since her birth

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Ecology

Defenders of São Paulo’s savannahs and forests

Research teams from the Forest Institute propose new uses for Brazilian wood species and innovative strategies for protecting native vegetation

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Telecommunications

5G technology made in Brazil

Brazilian researchers develop solutions for new 5G mobile and internet standard

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Physics

Light-based circuits

New material made of gold nanoparticles can modify the properties of laser light and be used to make photon transistors

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Neurosciences

A smell, a response

Mouse brain activates a distinct set of neurons in response to different animal odors

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Nutrition

Digit data

Isotopes in the fingernails reveal information about a person’s diet and can be used to infer their socioeconomic status

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