Scientists use technology to measure the birth rate of jaguars in the Pantanal
By Letícia Naísa
Researchers have identified animals and plants isolated by altitude, which may help explain the relationships between species from high areas in northern South America
By Gilberto Stam
Director of the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer warns of an expected increase in cases in the coming decades
By Ricardo Zorzetto
In tests on rodents, the pathogen multiplied quickly and affected other organs
Combating the tick-borne disease requires an understanding of its underlying ecology and effective clinical diagnostics
By Maria Guimarães
Studies suggest that metabolism can be programmed from gestation, leading to obesity and diabetes
There will be more high areas, since the sedimentary basins are rising especially in these regions
By Carlos Fioravanti
Warming of surface waters in the Tropical Pacific changes rainfall and temperature patterns in Brazil and around the world
By Meghie Rodrigues
Physicist from Curitiba creates strategies to intervene in complex systems such as the climate and ecological networks
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Carlos Fioravanti
New techniques are changing the way genetic material is understood and promising to transform our understanding of diseases, human genetic diversity, food production, and evolutionary processes
The number of cases of the disease is increasing as the population ages and could reach 5.5 million by 2050
UFMG hydrometallurgist argues that the benefits of exploiting natural resources should be better shared with local communities
By Carlos Fioravanti, Yuri Vasconcelos and Kezia Stringhini
Why most organs available for transplantation in Brazil go unused
By Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade
International project is sequencing the DNA of more than 200 species in pursuit of tools to predict human propensity to diseases
Antidepressant effect occurs independently of the mechanism that alters perception of reality
By Felipe Floresti
Abnormal blood vessel formation affects the availability and utilization of lipids that constitute cell membranes
In four bird of prey species, the factor that most influenced reproductivity was the availability of prey, not environmental changes
Fossils such as a tibia of a giant sloth, which can measure 60 centimeters, catch the eye amongst the shells on Concheiros beach in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
Fossils of marine microorganisms indicate that Caribbean waters inundated the Solimões basin at least 11 times over the last 23 million years
Mineral analysis used to reconstruct the landscape and movements of large blocks of rocks in the region around 600 million years ago
Currently on leave from USP, physicist Vanderlei Bagnato has spent most of his time in Texas, where he is working to set up a biophotonics laboratory modeled after the center he heads in São Paulo
By Marcos Pivetta
Atmospheric concentration of five types of gas responsible for destroying the ozone layer peaked in 2020
The total area of land covered by moss worldwide, almost equal to the size of China, removes 6.43 billion tons of gas from the atmosphere every year
By Guilherme Eler
Study analyzed 25 brands of tomato sauce available in a town in the state of São Paulo
Health agencies are suspending the use of drugs that have lost efficacy against circulating variants of SARS-CoV-2
By Renata Fontanetto
Analysis of an unprecedented volume of data could provide insights into human diseases
With 80% of the mass of the Sun and a radius of 10.4 kilometers, the object could be made up of free quarks
The work is considered a major breakthrough in the search for a solution to Ramsey's theorem, formulated in 1930
The marine and coastal environment in Brazil is undergoing intense degradation, demanding urgent action to alleviate problems that are piling up
Device is designed for several types of sensors, such as those used to detect gas leaks
By Domingos Zaparolli
