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History
Website brings together titles of 16,000 documents on Brazilian independence
Website brings together 16,000 documents about Brazil’s independence, including historical people and monuments
By Redação
Genetics
The risks of marriage between cousins
Children of married cousins face 4.16 times the risk of being born with rare genetic diseases
By Redação
Geology
When the Earth started to crack
Tectonic plates likely formed 3.2 billion years ago, when Earth’s surface cracked
By Redação
Public policy
Children and adolescents on council in Chile
Chile’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation forms Council of Children and Adolescents
By Redação
Paleontology
Pterosaur ancestor had a beak
230 million years ago, bipedal animal with long fingers surprisingly had a beak
By Redação
Medicine
The lethal dust of artificial stones
Aggressive cases of silicosis on the rise among workers in the engineered-stone industry
By Redação
Chemistry
A combination with long-lasting pigments
Paprika and cinnamon extracts, when combined, preserve carotenoids in food and have antimicrobial and antifungal properties
By Redação
Technology
Fire-resistant drone
Drone resistant to high temperatures could be used to assess the source of fires from up close
By Redação
Zoology
A bigger brain in the wild
Mink that escape from captivity and become wild can regain brain volume
By Redação
Elderly
Dramatic situation at nursing homes
Public and nonprofit nursing homes fail to fully comply with ANVISA regulations, study finds
By Redação
Acknowledgment
Three awards for Brazilian scientists
Biologist, parasitologist, mechanical engineer, and computer scientist receive the Bunge Foundation Award
By Redação
Astronomy
Ages of the Moon
The Moon is 4.5 billion years old, but its current surface is younger
By Redação
History
Agreement reached with the family of Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks’s family is compensated for unauthorized use of her cells
By Redação
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Heating up
July was the hottest month ever recorded since the world’s leading meteorological agencies began operating decades ago. The upward trend in global temperatures, first identified many years ago, has culminated in this new record, which will soon be broken again. A rise in the planet’s average temperature, even by as little as one decimal point,... View Article
PHOTOLAB
Seeing trees differently
High-resolution drone images used to monitor the characteristics and degradation of coastal vegetation
By Redação
Anthropology
Dreamed lives
Ethnographic studies shed light on how indigenous peoples such as the Yanomami interpret dreams
SOCIETY
Through a new lens
Brazilianists in the twentieth century were concerned with explaining Brazil to foreign audiences; now their research places the country within the context of global issues
By Diego Viana
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Transgenic moths on the horizon
New technology developed to combat the main threat to maize crops
Materials engineering
Glass against cancer
Researchers have developed composite materials with the potential to kill carcinogenic cells and regenerate bone
By Suzel Tunes
INTERVIEW
Marcio de Castro: A boost for bold research
New scientific director shares his vision for science and the future of FAPESP and reflects on his career as a plant geneticist
By Fabrício Marques, Neldson Marcolin and Alexandra Ozorio de Almeida