Technoscience

sewerage

Higher risk of leptospirosis

The risk of contracting leptospirosis in slums is recognizably high

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Technology

A drone for firefighters

A drone helps firefighters to locate people inside a burning building

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Energy

A more powerful solar panel

New option can surpass and replace the silicon used in solar energy panels

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sea life

Death on the beach

Study analyzes data from monitoring of marine animals

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larvicide

Plants battle the mosquito

Leaves and seeds display properties that kill Aedes aegypti larvae

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Q fever

Fighting inflammation

Bacteria inhibit immune reaction that wipes out infected cells

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Book

A guidebook on Brazilian ants

Brazil is home to 31% of the world’s ant genera

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Power paper

Power paper stores energy

A sheet of paper obtained by cellulose fibers into microfibers stores energy

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Nutrition

A diet rich in fish

Pre-Columbian people in Amazonia ate fish regularly

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flora

Tiny flora from the past

Researchers analyzed the internal structures of fossil seeds

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beef cattle

Flavorful crossbreed

Bulls of a newly developed crossbreed are released to producers

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Organization

Order in the streets of London

Researchers find streets with multifractal pattern in London

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impact

Asteroid wipes out marine animals

Asteroid contributed to a massive extinction of marine animals

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Coffea arabica

Arabica coffee in the Amazon

Coffee developed by Embrapa is planted successfully in Amazonia

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environment

Bacteria in Guanabara Bay

Bacteria behind cholera were identified in Guanabara Bay

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Zika

Consequences of Zika fever

Skin rash cases are associated with the virus

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hormones

Hormone sensor

A sensor may help estimate estrogen levels in bodily fluids and in rivers

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profitable waste

Secrets of the Amazonian bacuri

The rinds of Bacuri is rich in antioxidant and can be used in cosmetics

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Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Fungus-fighting strategy

Biologists test strategy to exterminate deadly fungus to amphibians

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climate change

More lakes in the Himalayas

Researchers recorded a increase in the number of the lakes in the Himalayas

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Pierre Auger

Pierre Auger until 2025

An agreement will enable the Observatory to continue operating until 2025

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Genetically modified salmon

Genetically modified salmon for human consumption

FDA approved the first genetically modified animal for human consumption

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collaborative science

United by the Doce River

Group obtains financing to analyze water samples from Doce river

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Neuroscience

A more focused brain

Concentration tasks may be associated with neural circuits working in thalamus

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pollution

The cars and the air of São Paulo and Rio

Incompletely burned fuels generates 20% of the fine particulate matter

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Astrophysics

The night the sky caught fire

Researchers have found evidence of a geomagnetic storm in 1859

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Astronomy

More clusters in sight

Discovered 493 star clusters in the central region of the Milky Way

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Biodegradable packet

Pesticide in a packet

New packet may promote safer use of agricultural chemicals in Brazil

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Physical activity

Variable gait

Walking at changing speeds may burn 20% more calories

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Formicivora paludicola

Birds isolated by marshes

Birds are found near the sources of the Tietê and Paraíba do Sul Rivers

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