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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Ecology

Ants and bromeliads

Some ant species contribute nutrients to their host plants

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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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plague combat

Monitored stinkbugs

Feeding behavior of stinkbugs monitored in Brazil

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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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deforestation

Harpies lose diversity

Forest loss reduces genetic diversity of harpies

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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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climate change

Draining off carbon dioxide

A regenerating forest drains off more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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