Science

HEALTH

The Zika connections

Researchers have found evidence that the Zika virus causes microcephaly

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Ecology

Impacts visible at sea

Pollutants change the ecological equilibrium and accumulate on the ocean floor

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NATURAL DISASTERS

50 years of calamities in South America

Droughts and floods affect more people

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GEOLOGY

The ancient volcanoes of Minas

Volcanic eruptions inundated what is now Rio Doce Bay with lava

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Marcela Carena

Beyond the Standard Model

The challenges of new theories that attempt to understand the particle physics

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ASTROPHYSICS

Another window to the Universe

Gravitational waves is expected to lead to studies on high-energy phenomena

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IMMUNOLOGY

One way to contain parasites

Newly discovered mechanism destroys causative agents of Chagas disease

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ZOOLOGY

The voyages of sea turtles

Genetics help delineate populations of endangered species

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ECOLOGY

The world’s greatest plant diversity

Botanists continue to identify an average of 250 per year in Brazil

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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Searching for the magic numbers

Four chemical elements are now part of the periodic table

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METEOROLOGY

The hidden seeds of rain

Missing particles explain how clouds form in the Amazon

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Biogeography

When the ocean was forest

The Atlantic Forest may have occupied the continental shelf in the Ice Age

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Biodiversity

The white and black fungi of the Atacama

Yeasts in the Chilean desert exhibit resistance to ultraviolet radiation

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HEALTH

The spread of Zika

Sequencing confirms origin of Zika virus circulating in Brazil

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GENETICS

A tool to edit DNA

A system to edit DNA raises ethical concerns

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ASTRONOMY

Investigating the Sun

Researchers try to understand the reactions that take place inside the Sun

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Ecology

Reefs at the mouth of the Amazon River

Where the river meets the ocean is home to the northernmost corals

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EVOLUTION

The richness of the highland grasslands

Vegetation in Brazil underscores the importance of a non-forest ecosystem

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ENVIRONMENT

Damage hidden in the mud

Dam collapse in Minas Gerais can change the ecological dynamics of the Rio Doce

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BIOPHYSICS

Cancer’s hunger

A model explains how tumors mobilize the blood vessels that nourish them

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NEUROLOGY

Adjusting the theory of pain

Adaptations lead to new insights into phantom pain

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HEALTH

Zika: The virus that took Brazil by surprise

Laboratories in São Paulo have joined together to investigate the Zika virus

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Physics

Irreversible disorder in the world of atoms

A team measures the increase in entropy in carbon nuclei for the first time

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ASTROPHYSICS

Cannibalistic stars

Group explains how a class of pulsars consumes other celestial objects

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PALEONTOLOGY

The golden age of the cynodonts

Cynodonts lived during the peak of diversity of mammal precursors

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BOTANY

A recipe for cellulose

A code would regulates the formation of plant cell walls

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Biology

The fate of cells

Size and shape of mitochondria affect cell maturation

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MEDICINE

Exercises to restore the heart

Aerobic and strength training reverse the damage caused by heart failure

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ASTRONOMY

The source of solar flares

International team maps the energy released in unstable regions of the Sun

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ECOLOGY

A new chance for the Atlantic Forest

Studies identify ways to restore the Atlantic Forest

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