Science

CELL BIOLOGY

Metastatic RNA

Study shows the role of a special type of ribonucleic acid in spreading cancer

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Statistics

Why upset victories are common in the Brazilian soccer championship

Model shows that randomness is important in championships

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Geology

The last great rise of the Atlantic

Ocean rose 60 meters in the Brazilian North and Northeast 25 million years ago

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SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION VII

Invisible threat

Environmental changes can threaten conservation of the Amazon

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Ethology

Stranger in the nest

Alien queen bee invades orphan colony and assumes command

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PHARMACOLOGY

Aluminum in the veins

Metal may harm premature babies and kidney patients

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GENETICS

Worm may help put the brakes on aging

Drug improves cell function in C. elegans

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PHYSIOLOGY

When eating increases hunger

High-fat diet reduces satiety

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Physics

Primordial soup

Brazilians analyze phenomena in liquid created from particle collisions

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Biophysics

Fluid boundaries

Menbranes' elastic properties vary according to the cell

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SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION VIII

Secrets of the ocean blue

Marine and coastal environments host abundant biodiversity

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ECOLOGY

Circles of time

Tree show how humidity and temperature have changed over the years

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Optics

Whirls of light

New technique alters light beam wavefront

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Physics

The power of collisions

Collisions between grains is the main driver of sandstorms

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SPECIAL BIOTA EDUCATION VI

On the razor’s edge

Fragments of the Atlantic Forest harbor a great diversity of endemic species

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Coffee with more gas

Coffee plants grow bigger when there is more CO2 in the atmosphere

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Parasitology

Health in the Emperor’s day

Human remains reveal profile of diseases of 17th-19th centuries

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CELL BIOLOGY

Metastatic RNA

Study shows the role of a special type of ribonucleic acid in spreading cancer

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BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCE

When the guardian lets down its guard

Deformed version of a protein can lead to cancer cell multiplication

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Physics

A shortcut to quantum computing

International groups test strategy to perform an operation in a glass chip

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CONDENSED MATTER 

The bizarre side of water

Theoretical model reproduces the anomalies of H2O molecules

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Paleontology

Records from the Cretaceous

Algae helped preserve dinosaur footprints

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SPECIAL BIOTA

The many faces of the sertão

Semi-arid climate have elicited adaptive responses among species

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Ecology

Transplanting forests

Transplanting orchids and seeds from an area about to be lost to deforestation

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Big gains with small weight loss

Obese adolescents may find better balance by losing just 8% of body weight

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ASTRONOMY

Star archeology

Survey identifies patterns of galaxy evolution

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GEOLOGY

Why the earth shakes in Brazil

Seismologists propose a new explanation for earthquakes in Brazil

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GENETICS

Ramifications of sugarcane

RNA molecules control lateral stem growth in sugarcane

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Paulo Vanzolini

The sage of biodiversity

Zoologist Paulo Vanzolini was one of the brains behind the creation of the FAPESP

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Cryptography

The Voynich manuscript

Brazilian physicists propose a meaning to the Voynich manuscript

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