Science

PHYSICS

The metrics of urban growth

Groups in Brazil and abroad use new metrics to identify trends in city growth

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NEUROLOGY

The brain and the ravages of time

Aging leads to changes in the brain’s organization and function

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Health

Race against malaria

Doctors monitor parasite's resistance to currently used drugs

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ASTROPHYSICS

Alternative route

A discovery indicates a different evolutionary path to the stars

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Physics

Light’s secrets

Quantum information transmitted by photons is resistant to air turbulence

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GEOLOGY

The fault that started it all

Study identify the influency of large fault in Brazil’s crustal framework

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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Allies for an antidotal serum

Medicinal plants may reduce local lesions caused by a jararaca snakebite

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Parasitology

Inseparable partners

Symbiotic between protozoa and bacteria help elucidate the origin of organelles

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ORNITHOLOGY

The origin of the seedeaters

Studies capture the process of a South American bird group emerged

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Physics

Spins engines

Brazilians discover how to measure energy variations in atomic nuclei

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ASTRONOMY

Perturbed atmosphere

Meteorologists want to know why the wind is so strong on Venus and Titan

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GEOLOGY

Echos of separation

Blocks of rock combined to form the margins of the South Atlantic

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OBITUARY

The tropical disease scientist

Hildebrando was one of the most respected parasitology experts in the world

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Pre-History 

New pieces of the puzzle

Teeth suggests that humans were present in Piauí over 20,000 years ago

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BIOCHEMISTRY

Further danger from the sun

Visible light, in addition to ultraviolet radiation, may also cause skin cancer

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Botany

Forests in transformation

Remodeling the Amazon Region and the Atlantic Forest

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BOTANY

Rescuing a species

Ways to conserve the tree that has become a symbol of Minas Gerais endurance

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ZOOLOGY

Dogs working in the forest

Dogs help identify deer habitat areas by tracking the scent of droppings

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Molecular biology

The mathematical structure of DNA

Equations show similarities between the genetic code and digital systems

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GEOMORPHOLOGY

History of the landscape in river sand

Analysis reveals recent topographic changes

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Physical Chemistry 

H2O in nanotubes

Confined, water has two different densities simultaneously

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Nigel Lockyer

The physics of alliances

Fermilab director talks about a huge experiment on neutrinos

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Ecology

In the mud and sand of Araçá

Bay on the northern coast of São Paulo displays a great deal of biodiversity

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PALEOBOTANY

A forest of water and fire

Fossils in a coalfield in Rio Grande do Sul reveal a swampy landscape

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GENETICS

The controversial conquest of the Americas

Analysis suggests that indigenous in Brazil carry the DNA from Oceania

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PHYSICS

Many forms of electricity

Special materials find new opportunities to conduct electric current

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ASTROPHYSICS

A trap for ghosts

Mechanism may explain the origin of neutrinos detected in Antarctica

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ASTRONOMY

A voyage to Pluto

New Horizons probe had to survive threats of mission cancellation

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Physics

Quantum acceleration

Clouds of cold atoms to measure subtle variations in the force of gravity

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PALEONTOLOGY

A Caribbean cousin

Fossil of 12 million-year-old is a distant relative of South American turtles

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