Highlights

Fapesp

New member of the FAPESP Board of Trustees

Biomedical scientist Helena Bonciani Nader, from the Federal University of São Paulo, has joined the FAPESP Board of Trustees

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Public health

Keep an eye on your waist

Waist circumference indicates risk of heart and metabolic diseases

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Communication

A platform for sharing Brazilian science

Agência Bori, an online platform designed to help journalists access Brazilian science, began operating on February 12

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Virology

The Zika virus and astrocytes

First isolated in Africa in 1947, the Zika virus has a predilection for brain cells

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Physics

Physicists immobilize glass particle

A research group in Austria cooled the first solid state object—a nanometer fragment of glass a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand

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Genetics

Neanderthal genes in Africa

According to the research, Europeans and Asians have about three times as much Neanderthal DNA as Africans

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Astronomy

A giant, sleeping galaxy

An international group of astronomers has identified a rare galaxy, known only as XMM-2599, which formed very early in the history of the universe

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Zoology

Millennia of migration

Some birds travel almost unbelievable distances, sometimes across continents, in pursuit of warmer climates and food to survive and reproduce

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Data

Engineer salaries for men and women in Brazil1

Average real salary for engineers in Brazil grew between 2006 and 2013 and fell from 2013 to 2018

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Good practices

Predatory journal training

The University Grants Commission has decreed that universities in the country must train all PhD students in the ethics of scientific publication

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Good practices

Support for the publication of unexpected results

€1,000 is offered as a bonus to researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health who publish negative results

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Good practices

Crackdown on fraudulent citations

Publishers and journals attempt to combat fraudulent conduct in the article review process

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Photolab

Needle in a haystack

In this collage ultra-diffuse galaxies are shown by the faint white patches in the center of each square

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Careers

Eradicating malaria

Congolese student uses artificial intelligence to fight the disease, which affects more than 210 million people a year

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Careers

Pause for reflection

Popularized in the USA at the end of the nineteenth century, sabbatical leave provides an opportunity for personal growth and can provide professional benefits

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