Science

environment

An island’s lost ice

Map shows shrinking glaciers on King George Island

astrophysics

Pulsating Sun

Variation in the diameter of the sun is smaler than used to be believed

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personality

A complete physicist

Dead at 96, Bernhard Gross coupled theory and practice with rare brilliance

Cattle

A sure shot

Vaccine ensures that only animals infected with disease be slaughtered

Genomics

The map of the paper tree

New eucalyptus genes drives the search for increased productivity

Medicine

The vaccine that protects the heart

Ambitious project begins to combat rheumatic fever

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Physics

Twin Particles

Researchers from UFRJ Renew quantum physics experiment with photons

Ecology

Little gas in the Amazon Forest

Tropical ecosystem may absorb less carbon dioxide than it used to be thought

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Biology

The origin of the species

Study of fish that live in caves reveals diferences in their evolution

Epidemiology

Rabies spreads

First cases of transmission of rabies are reported in Ceará

psychiatry

Enzyme Indicates Alzheimer

Identified molecule that may diagnose disease years before it manifests itself

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Medicine

Closing in on a lethal protein

Group opens the way for understanding and stop the reproduction of prions

Genomics

Genetic engineering against Xylella

Research defines new strategies for fighting the pest of the orange

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Biotechnology

Brazilian leadership

Publication of genome strengthens Brazilian bio-information technology

Genetics

Amerindians were Siberians

Study unveil an unwritten history of the pre-Colombian peoples

Biology

Copal tree against the cowpea weevil

Seeds from the native tree prove fatal for the great scourge of farming

Astronomy

Remote universe lights itself up

Reionization is proved for the first time

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Medicine

Stones under control

Shatterstone tea prevents the formation of kidney stones

Physics

Accurate hemodialysis

Device calibrates blood-filtering machines for renal patients

Biochemistry

Vitamins Unveiled

The function of bioflavonoids in conserving cells is discovered

nutrition

Information on the dish

Survey of green vegetables is intended to improve food in this country

Medicine

Baby in safety

Substance in the lungs that premature babies need is produced in Butantan

Ecology

The resistance of the forest

Degraded ecosystems are capable to keep their biodiversity

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Ecology

Distant, but equal

Genetic similarity between wood storks changes tactics for conservation

Astronomy

Closer to the asteroids

Surveys helps to understand the smallest bodies of the Solar System

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Physics

Atoms trap

Team creates shortcut to obtain a special state of matter

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biology

Ready to use

The first GM mice made in Brazil are born

Neurology

Defect in production

Study detects chromosomal variation far higher than expected in neurons

public health

Fewer deaths from the air

Drop atmospheric pollution rate improves public health in metropolises

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Botany

The sweet seeds of the Cerrado (Wooded Savanna)

Carbohydrates in the vegetables can conservate the ecosystem