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paleontology

The day the dinosaurs died

A discovery is helping researchers understand the events that followed the huge meteorite impact that hit Earth 65 million years ago

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Reconstruction

Notre-Dame Cathedral in 3D

A digital image created by art historian Andrew Tallon almost a decade ago could help in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral

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physics

A picture of sound

Image shows the interaction between shock waves generated by two fighter jets as they pass the speed of sound at about 1,230 kilometers per hour

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Physics

Physicist receives Brazil’s highest science and technology award

Vanderlei Bagnato, from the São Carlos Physics Institute (IFSC) at the University of São Paulo, is the 2019 winner of the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Award

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Engineering

Recognition for creators of GPS

Four engineers who created the first Global Positioning System (GPS) have received The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

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mathematics

The first woman to win the Abel Prize

American mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck is the first woman to win the Abel Prize, one of the most important awards in mathematics

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Astronomy

Organization established to build the world’s largest radio telescope

After three and a half years of negotiation, representatives from seven countries came together to sign a treaty establishing the intergovernmental organization that will oversee construction of the world's largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometer Array

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Nanotechnology

Fabric that controls heat and repels insects

Brazilian researchers and businesses are using textile fibers that contain nanometric particles to develop fabrics with special properties

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History

Ancient societies and rare diseases

In several ancient societies, people with deformities and rare diseases appear to have been given social support and special care

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biodiversity

Faster than a cheetah

Instead of waiting for insects to fly into its web, a small spider in the Theridiosomatidae family launches itself like a slingshot to catch the prey

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Public health

The fight against measles

The goal of eliminating the transmission of measles worldwide by 2020 is far from being achieved

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Geography

Boundaries between the Amazon and the Cerrado

In the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso, Pará, Tocantins, and Goiás, some areas classified as Cerrado are, in fact, part of the Amazon

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Environment

Air quality weighs heavy on health in Europe

Nearly 800,000 people in Europe die every year as a result of air pollution

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Biodiversity

Number of large animals continues to fall

The number of large wild animals on the planet is decreasing as a result of various human activities,

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Innovation

2019 Péter Murányi Prize Winners

The Péter Murányi Foundation awarded its top prize for 2019 to the SOS Chuva mobile app

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Opportunity

The death of the Opportunity Mars rover

One of NASA's longest and most successful interplanetary exploration missions ended after nearly 15 years of service

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Medicine

Drug program reduces deaths

A federal program designed to provide greater access to drugs that combat chronic disease has significantly reduced deaths and hospitalizations associated with hypertension and diabetes

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Archaeology

Megamonuments may have originated in France

Archaeologist concluded that the first structures of Stonehenge were created roughly 6,500 years ago in what is now Brittany, northwest France

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Technology

A fabric that keeps you cool in the heat and warm in the cold

A high-tech fabric is capable of altering its structure depending on heat and humidity, thus helping to maintain a stable body temperature

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Geography

The wandering North Pole

The North Magnetic Pole has been moving faster than expected from Canada toward Siberia, Russia, in recent years

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Zoology

Bees capable of adding and subtracting

Apis mellifera bees can learn to recognize quantities

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Geology

Light Brazilian earthquakes

Brazil experiences earthquakes of a low to medium magnitude, similar to those of central-eastern USA and the interior of Australia

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Botany

Rare Cuban flora

The library at Cornell University, USA, has published a scanned copy of a nineteenth-century manuscript on Cuban flora by American botanist Nancy Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft on its website

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Urbanism

Controversial airport on sacred Incan land

The recently started construction of an international airport in Chinchero, southeastern Peru, has raised concerns about potential damage to archaeological sites in the region

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Genetics

Monogamy linked to interaction between 24 genes

Researchers found similar gene activity in the monogamous species of different animals

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CNPq

ITA engineer to head the CNPq

Aeronautical engineer João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo is the new president of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, the largest federal funding agency in Brazil

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Botanics

The origin of the mango flower’s sweet smell

In the mango and cajuzinho-do-campo flowers, the scent glands are located at the inner base of the petals

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Medicine

Scaffolds aid neuron regeneration

Neuroscientists and nanoengineering experts have developed 3D-printable scaffolds compatible with living tissue that in the future could be used to treat spinal cord injuries

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Environment

Ice loss in Antarctica increases sixfold in 40 years

A new tool has made it possible to more accurately calculate the thickness of the Antarctic ice sheets and the speed at which they are moving

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Archaeology

First exhibition since the fire

On January 17, the Brazilian National Museum opened its first exhibition since the fire that destroyed much of its collection on September 2, 2018

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