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Covid-19

Preventing new waves without lockdowns
A group of researchers decided to study how the virus could be kept under control without the need for repeated lockdowns
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Nobel Prize

Everything as before
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided not to award this year’s Nobel Prize to the development of mRNA-based vaccines
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Zoology

Protozoan fossil in Brazilian amber
Researchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) have described a new extinct species of protozoan: Palaeohypothrix bahiensis
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biodiversity

South America’s Endangered Oases
With only 4% of their area protected, fog oases are threatened by urbanization, mining, increased air pollution, and off-road trails
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Anthropology

Recognition for Indigenous Scholar
Maria Manuela Ligeti Carneiro da Cunha was awarded the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Prize for Science and Technology in the Human and Social Sciences, Languages, and Arts category
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distinction in the scientific community

New crop of CNPq researchers emeriti
Ten researchers were awarded the title of researcher emeritus by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
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Climate Change

The Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100
The Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100
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Chemistry

The Lavoisiers, transformed
Researchers discovered important differences in the original composition of the iconic portrait of Antoine Lavoisier and his wife
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Archaeology

Humans in the Americas 23,000 years ago
Fossilized footprints offer some of the most important evidence that humans first occupied North America much longer ago than has long been believed
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COVID-19

Still too soon for booster doses
An international group of scientists argued against the idea of giving the majority of the population COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
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Covid-19

Less working remotely
Researchers are trying to estimate the impacts on employee communication and the dynamics of collaboration
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COVID-19

Study outlines COVID-19’s profile in African countries
Study outlines COVID-19's profile in African countries
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COVID-19

Another potential route to brain infection
The nose may not be the only way the novel coronavirus reaches the brain
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COVID-19

The protective effect of masks
Widespread and proper use of masks reduces transmission of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 cases, according to the largest study ever conducted on the subject
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Archaeology

Arrival in the northwest of the Amazon
According to the dating of seeds and carbonized material, the first humans settled in northwestern Amazonia at least 12,600 years ago
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Environment

Food and greenhouse gases
Global food production accounts for about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with human activity, and foods of animal origin are the worst polluters
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Fapesp

FAPESP President reappointed for second term
São Paulo State Governor João Doria, has reappointed physician Marco Antonio Zago as president of the FAPESP Board of Trustees and thus president of the Foundation
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Chemistry

A 100-year-old Brazilian patent
A century ago, chemist and photographer Ubaldo Conrado Augusto Wessel (1891–1993) patented a new formula in the country for bathing photographic papere
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Geology

Earth’s climate in the distant future
A team used computer simulations of the movement of tectonic plates to investigate what Earth's climate might look like in the distant future
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Environment

CO2 extraction plant
The largest plant designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere began operating in Ireland on September 8
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Open access

Astronomical Society gives open access to its journals
The six journals edited by the AAS will make all of their articles available in open access, free of charge to readers, from January 1, 2022
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Geology

Waiting for a ride
After an unsuccessful attempt in August, NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance collected two samples of Martian rock in early September
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Paleontology

The Battle of the Fossils
The State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe in Germany announced that it has no plans to return the original fossil of Ubirajara jubatus to Brazil
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Covid-19

Mobile lab sequences variants
In early August, Aparecida, a municipality in São Paulo with about 40,000 residents, was the first to welcome the Butantan Institute’s mobile laboratory, designed to test suspected COVID-19 cases
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Covid-19

Younger people suffering from anxiety and depression
The number of children and adolescents experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Covid-19

Faster COVID-19 Test
Researchers created a portable graphene-based sensor that can detect the novel coronavirus in RNA or saliva samples
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Covid-19

Vaccinated people can contract and transmit SARS-CoV-2
Even people who have already been immunized can be infected with the novel coronavirus and transmit it to others
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Covid-19

Fewer vaccines for those who want them
In low- and middle-income countries the proportion of people who want to get vaccinated is considerably higher than in richer countries
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