Technoscience
Biodiversity
Earth’s unknown biodiversity
For each species of known living things, there are 100,000 yet to be identified
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BringWaterHome
A quantum game
Game helps researchers to find solutions to a quantum computing problem
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Sucralose
The harmful byproducts of sucralose
Artificial sweetener genarete potentially toxic compounds
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photographic plate
A planetary system from 1917
Disks from 1917 is the first of a planetary system distant from the Sun
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Sleep
How to sleep well away from home
For those who sleep away from home, one hemisphere of the brain remains alert
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sugarcane
The sugarcane networks
Gene activity patterns may help to produce new plant varieties
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Chemistry
To observe chemical reactions
Strategy makes it possible to observe chemical reactions in the organism
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Breakthrough Starshot
A spaceship bound for Alpha Centauri
A spaceship expected to be propelled by laser beams to Alpha Centauri
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experiment
Only diseased cells
Nanoparticles increase the ability to interact with tumor cells
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fetal death
Fewer stillbirths in Brazil
Rate in Brazil dropped 22.9% in 16 years, according to study
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New materials
Whiskey dries into uniform stains
Dried whiskey droplets may be useful in creating new industrial coatings
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Ideonella sakaiensis
The bacterium that “eats” plastic bottles
Bacteria can break down and digest plastics known as PET
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Cerrado
Agriculture dries out the Cerrado
The larger the area for agriculture, the smaller the rainfall volume
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photography
Ion trap in a chip
Brazilian physicist has won two prizes in United Kingdom competition
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Genetics
Healthy, but with mutations
Despite carrying mutations, individuals may not develop disease
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EvoPio
Virtual birdsong
Computational model creates soundscapes of a never-repeating combination
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Silver cloud
An unexpected silver cloud
Unprecedented findings on the chemical compound silver tungstate
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Chemistry
A new kind of white dwarf
Astrophysicists identified a white dwarf almost entirely composed of oxygen
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Cancer
Smoking is the biggest risk factor for cancer
In 2020, cigarettes will be responsible for the majority of cases among men
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hair, eyebrows and beards
The gray hair gene
Study establishes genetic variability and hair characteristics
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Human Media Lab
Flexible, bendable cell phone
A flexible cell phone can fit into pockets and mold itself to the pressure
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Cerrado
Effect of rain on soil microbes
Soil microorganisms vary with season and the characteristics of the vegetation
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monitoring system
Cell phone app for crops
A cell phone application will allow farmers to send information to the CEMADEN
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Wolman disease
Transgenic chicken eggs target rare disease
Transgenic chicken will be used for combating a rare genetic disorder
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Astronomy
Old center, new edges
Astronomers has created the largest “growth chart” of the Milky Way
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construction
Mining waste
UFMG researchers built a house with waste material from iron ore mining
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