Highlights

Research during the quarantine

“I began valuing my personal relationships more during the pandemic”

Oceanographic research is heavily dependent on fieldwork and, to a large extent, on laboratory and on-board work. In March, with the prospect of a lockdown looming on the horizon, activities at USP [University of São Paulo] were suspended, as well as our field trips. This was the main impact of the pandemic on my work... View Article

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COVID-19

Welcome voices

Pandemic leads to greater communication between doctors, scientists, and the general public

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COVID-19

The pandemic detectives

Health professionals use a variety of methods and instruments to follow the trail of the novel coronavirus and to try to contain the epidemic

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COVID-19

Back to school?

Obstacles to resuming classroom teaching caused by the worsening pandemic, problems with mass testing, and behavior outside school

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Cover

Vaccines edge closer

Less than a year after first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, vaccine candidates in the final stages of development offer promising results

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COVID-19

Bird sings at lower volume in quiet city

During the pandemic, the white-crowned sparrow's singing returned to the volume it sang at in the 1970s

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COVID-19

Nasal spray prevents infection in ferrets

A nasal spray tested on ferrets prevented absorption of SARS-CoV-2 and for a period of 24 hours, prevented them from becoming infected with the novel coronavirus when exposed to animals known to be affected by the pathogen

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COVID-19

Preexisting antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

Antibodies against other varieties of coronavirus are in some cases capable of recognizing SARS-CoV-2 and providing some degree of protection to those who have not yet contracted the COVID-19 pathogen

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COVID-19

Higher risk of premature birth

Pregnant women infected with the novel coronavirus are at greater risk of giving birth prematurely

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COVID-19

Restaurants spread infections in the United States

A study suggests that the majority of novel coronavirus infections recorded between March and May this year occured in restaurants in metropolitan areas in the USA

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Ecology

Under the female gaze

Males with brightly colored wings attract more females to their territory, as well as more rival males, sparking a fierce competition for mating partners

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Chemistry

Signs of life on Venus fade

Venus was the center of attention in September when Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, UK, and her colleagues published a paper in Nature Astronomy on the high concentrations of phosphine gas (PH3) detected in the planet’s atmosphere

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Archaeology

Neanderthals were weaned at 6 months

New evidence suggests that the weaning age and growth rate of newborn Neanderthals were similar to modern humans

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Zoology

Leprosy in wild chimpanzees

Photos taken in 2017 are the first record of wild chimpanzees with lesions indicative of leprosy on their faces and other parts of their bodies

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Open access

Disappearing journals

Digital open access scientific journals are vanishing from the internet, leaving no indication that their files are being kept in digital libraries or archives

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