Science

Health

Chikungunya’s turn

Highly debilitating viral infection spreads across Brazil

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GENETICS

Copies that make a difference

The influence of retrocopies in the diversification of species and individuals

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MEDICINE

A new view of the heart

Magnetic resonance imaging can detect subtle cardiac changes

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BIOCHEMISTRY

How Plasmodium cleans the house

The parasite that causes malaria rids itself of toxic compounds

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health

The Olympics and the risk of exporting diseases

Probability of tourist becoming infected with dengue or zika is low

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HEALTH

Hope in the face of Zika

In initial tests, immunizing formulations protected cells from the virus

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GEOLOGY

Rivers of a desert planet

Simulations help scientists understand how large waterways flowed on plains

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Soar

Focus on primordial stars

Spectrograph may be able to observe elements of the first stars in the Universe

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ASTRONOMY

Jupiter pushed Mercury into a new orbit

An abrupt “jump” by Jupiter is believed to have pushed Mercury into its orbit

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ASTROPHYSICS

The hole in Eta Carinae

A hole in a large star allow us to see below the surface

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GEOMAGNETISM

Magnetic memories of the Jesuit missions

Geophysicists recovered information about the Earth’s magnetic field

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Ecology

Climate for seduction

Temperature in the environment influence animals’ reproductive strategies

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HEALTH

ZikaBR

Researchers investigate factors that may contribute to neurological damage

MEDICINE

Diabetes surgery

New guidelines recommend gastric bypass surgery to fight metabolic diseases

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PALEONTOLOGY

Heart of stone

New fossil record reveals an unforeseen pathway in the evolution of the heart

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ECOLOGY

Dead waters

No decision has been made on restoration actions to the Doce river

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METEOROLOGY

The lightning capital

Lake Maracaibo, in Venezuela, is the world’s top lightning hotspot

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GEOLOGY

The human era

Plastic material accumulated on ocean floors may define a new period in history

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Virology

Monkeys with Zika

Zika virus was found in monkeys accustomed to the presence of humans

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NEUROSCIENCE

Movement for the brain

Exercise in childhood has long-lasting effects on intellectual performance

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MEDICINE

The silent attack of the fungi

Species of fungi cause drug-resistant infections

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PHYSICS

Quarks and their exotic combinations

X(5568) is the first tetraquark made of four quarks

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ASTRONOMY

Planets with tails

Gas giants can launch molecules essential to life into space

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PALEONTOLOGY

In the water with the spinosaurs

Spinosaurs also lived in semiaquatic environments

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NEUROSCIENCE

At the root of animal infanticide

Newborn odor activates cells of adult mice associated with instinctive behavior

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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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