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ECOLOGY
Songs born from trees
Book brings together scientific information, photographs, stories, and songs about Brazilian trees
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CHEMISTRY
Mushrooms and biogas from brewery waste
Brewery waste used to produce biogas and feed mushrooms
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PALEONTOLOGY
Another donation to Brazil’s National Museum
Brazilian National Museum receives donation of 1,104 fossils from the Araripe basin in Northeast Brazil
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FUNDING
FAPESP Board of Trustees speaks out on LDO
FAPESP Board of Trustees speaks out on the proposed 2025 Budgetary Guidelines bill
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EVOLUTION
A rare hybrid butterfly
Heliconius elevatus, a hybrid of H. pardalinus and H. melpomene, has more genes from the former, but inherited the coloration capable of scaring off predators from the latter
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SOCIOLOGY
New center to debate global issues
Center for Critical Imagination: Political Economy and Citizenship (CCI) will hold discussions on global problems
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
Children one centimeter taller and a few grams heavier
One in 10 children aged three and over is overweight
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BIOLOGY
Amazonian fish sensitive to intense heat
Higher temperatures damage the tambaqui's DNA and liver and worsen the effects of pesticides
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ECOLOGY
Invasive species in mangroves of São Paulo
Fast-growing invasive plant spreading through mangroves in the Santos estuary
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GEOLOGY
Gateway to the underworld opening wider
Crater in Russia growing larger and releasing between 4,000 and 5,000 tons of carbon per year
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COMMUNICATION
Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award
Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award for science communication initiatives
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CHEMISTRY
A single layer of gold atoms
Goldene, a new gold-based material, could be used to convert carbon dioxide, produce hydrogen, and purify water
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ASTRONOMY
Thousands of craters and 17 rock types on the Moon
Geological maps of the Moon could help in the planning of future missions and construction of a lunar research base
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INFECTOLOGY
Antiviral milking
Rising number of mammal species infected by the H5N1 virus worldwide
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Demographics
A world with fewer children
Fertility rates have fallen drastically in the last 70 years
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Health
One in five pregnant women has an STI
One in five pregnant Brazilian women has at least one sexually transmitted infection
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Biochemistry
Floating flowers to clean rivers
Flowers on mats helped clean river water in the USA
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New Materials
Banana peel films
Powdered banana peel transformed into bioplastic films with potential applications in packaging
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Biodiversity
Colors found among white sandy islands of the Amazon
White sandy areas of the Amazon are home to unique plant communities
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Biodiversity
Rare maned wolves in Rio Grande do Sul
The maned wolf, typical of the Cerrado biome, was spotted on the border between the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina
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Medicine
Signs of Parkinson’s disease in the skin
In the future, a skin exam could help doctors diagnose Parkinson's disease
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recognition
Niède Guidon wins Admiral Álvaro Alberto Award
Niède Guidon wins Admiral Álvaro Alberto Award
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History
Mexicans recover Aztec documents
Mexicans recover three Aztec documents from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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Biodiversity
More dams, less fish diversity
Hydroelectric dams reduce the diversity of freshwater fish worldwide
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Astrophysics
Strong magnetic field at the center of the Milky Way
Magnetic fields around the edge of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
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New Materials
Flexible solar cells in thin plastic films
Australian scientists make flexible solar cells from thin plastic film
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Agriculture
Drought-resistant crop options
Diversification of agricultural crops has mitigated effects of climate fluctuations in northwest India
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Paleontology
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
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History
Shipwrecks record history of slavery
Archaeologists in the Bahamas identify 14 slave ships that sank between 1767 and 1860
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