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Biodiversity
Two species of mata-mata
New analyses have revealed that there are at least two species of mata-mata
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Technology
A drone that counts trees
Researchers from Brazil and the USA have developed a drone capable of flying autonomously through a forest and mapping the trees
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Genetics
Academic genealogy
A website is helping researchers in the field to identify their academic lineage
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Chemistry
Impurities in psychedelics
Researchers analyzed drugs seized in Santa Catarina between 2011 and 2017 and found a change in the composition of blotters
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Health
Low vitamin D levels
In Brazil, about 875,000 people aged over 50 are deficient in vitamin D
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Public Policies
Bill 529 and state foundations
The FAPESP board of trustees recently analyzed Bill 529, submitted by the São Paulo state government to the Brazilian legislative assembly
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Environment
Microplastics in the heart of the jungle
Researchers found microplastics in the sediment of the Negro, Solimões, and Amazonas rivers
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COVID-19
Research during quarantine
Fernando Carvall“An opportunity to rethink the way we live” The crisis has changed how remote intellectual work is viewed. We had computers, but no physical environment or training for this kind of activity. Other people would constantly interrupt you, believing you were not doing real work. This is not the case for me. I have... View Article
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COVID-19
In the skies above Scotland
Skyports plans to start a new drone service for transporting medical supplies, tests, and samples between hospitals on the west coast of Scotland
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COVID-19
A potential virus reservoir
Adipose tissue may act as a reservoir for the novel coronavirus, suggests a study conducted by researchers at the University of Campinas
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COVID-19
Vaccine tests advance
One of the best-known COVID-19 vaccine candidates achieved good results in the first phase of clinical trials
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Environment
Logging on the rise in Europe
The growing timber industry in the European Union may prevent the region from reaching its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050
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History
Rescuing UFMG’s museum collection
The quick response of the Collection Preservation Management Commission of the Federal University of Minas Gerais has proven fundamental to rescuing technical reserve collection 1 of the university’s Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, struck by a fire on June 16
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Pharmacology
Lasting action against HIV
Researchers at American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences have published the results of clinical trials of a new long-acting antiretroviral against HIV
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Paleontology
Dinosaur or lizard?
In March, paleontologists announced an incredible discovery. The research team, led by Jingmai O’Connor of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China, published an article in Nature on the smallest dinosaur species ever identified: Oculudentavis khaungraae, described based on a skull found trapped in a 99-million-year-old fragment of amber found in Myanmar,... View Article
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Public health
Lead in the Paris air
A ton of lead may have been deposited over a 1 kilometer radius around Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris as a result of the April 2019 fire
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Technology
Nanocellulose sensors
Microbial nanocellulose could be used to make electrochemical sensors that attach to the skin to monitor health conditions or physical performance
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Astronomy
Heading for Mars
The United Arab Emirates launched its first interplanetary space probe from a space center in Japan
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Astronomy
Asteroid showers on Earth and the Moon
About 800 million years ago, fragments of a large asteroid collided with Earth and the Moon
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Biochemistry
Venomous amphibians
Caecilians are venomous animals, capable of injecting venom into their prey, say researchers from the Butantan Institute
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Atmospherical Science
South American megaflashes
The longest lightning bolt ever recorded stretched 709 kilometers across southern Brazil on October 31, 2018, the World Meteorological Organization reported in June
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History
The first voyages across the Pacific
The first inhabitants of Polynesia had contact with native peoples from the Americas just over 800 years ago
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Covid-19
Research during quarantine
Fernando Carvall“When I saw the results, I thought: this virus is going to infect everyone” The first reports about the disease in China sparked my curiosity. The Chinese discovered that the virus enters the cells via the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 [ACE2] receptor. Its expression depends on the ACE2 gene, which plays an important role in... View Article
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COVID-19
Risk of increase in child labor
The reduced income and increased economic insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a rise in child labor rates in Latin America and the Caribbean
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COVID-19
A SARS-CoV-2-proof fabric
Researchers from São Paulo–based company Nanox have developed a fabric containing silver nanoparticles that can inactivate the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Platform gathers data on Brazilians with COVID-19
The COVID-19 Data Sharing/BR platform is a repository of clinical, laboratory and demographic data on people diagnosed with the infection in the country
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COVID-19
More than 100 different strains of the novel coronavirus identified in Brazil
More than 100 strains of SARS-CoV-2 arrived in Brazil, but only three spread across the country
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Pandemic
3.1 million lives saved in Europe
The strict social distancing and lockdown measures implemented in 11 European countries before May 4 may have prevented 3.1 million COVID-19 deaths
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Biodiversity
At risk of disappearing
Hundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals are at risk of disappearing in the next two decades as a result of environmental degradation caused by humans
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