Highlights

Geology

Try not to complain that the days are too short

Some 1.4 billion years ago, Earth rotated faster and the days were only 18 hours and 40 minutes long

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Nutrition

Rice loses nutrients as CO2 increases

Rice could become less nutritious over the coming decades if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to rise

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Chemistry

Bacteria hungry for cleaning products

In the laboratory, the bacteria grew and multiplied using ethyl alcohol as its main energy source

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Environment

The most intense drought since the 1980s

The drought that hit Northeast Brazil from 2012 to 2017 was the longest, largest, and most intense that the region has seen since 1980

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Chemistry

The effects of crotamine on metabolism

A protein extracted from rattlesnake venom, presented three unexpected effects in recent tests on mice

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History

The atheism of Fritz Müller

In 1848, naturalist Fritz Müller asked the University of Greifswald to excuse him from making the traditional oath to God during his graduation ceremony

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Paleontology

Rare dinosaur sold for €1.13 million

An auction lead to a discussion about the recent trend of treating fossils as works of art

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Chemistry

The indelible pigment of Brazilwood

Raphael, Rembrandt, Pietro da Cortona, and Van Gogh all used paints containing red pigments from the bark of the brazilwood tree

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Geology

The secret behind Pluto’s dunes

An international group of researchers seems to have found the explanation behind Pluto's dunes

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Data

Scientific publications by state and by collaboration

1 Publications includes “Articles,” “Proceedings Papers,” and “Reviews” from the Web of Science/Clarivate database with at least one author based in the state in question.  2 Publications were only included when the state was identified in the addresses of the authors. There were 466 publications in the period (0.2% of the total) by authors based... View Article

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Good Practices

Fictitious author, false conclusions

The Indian Journal of Medical Ethics published an article with false conclusions and author

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good practices

UNICAMP discusses gender discrimination and sexual violence

A working group discuss gender discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence at the university

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GOOD PRACTICES

Addressing sexual harassment in academia

Report proposes new strategies for protecting students and researchers from harassment and coercion

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Photolab

Dispersal by water

Biologist José Sabino studies the role fish play in maintaining riparian forest ecosystems

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Linguistics

For the survival of indigenous languages

Researchers seek to keep Brazilian native idioms from disappearing

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