Highlights

Obituary

Rudá de Andrade dies

Writer and cinematographer, Rudá de Andrade, died in January

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Science and Technology

Budget cuts

Scientific community reacts to budget cuts

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Environment

The human factor

Institute is going to measure financial losses from air pollution

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Scientific disclosure

The sky’s here

One million Brazilians will take part in the International Year of Astronomy

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Partnership

Joint advances

A FAPESP-Fapemig agreement approves the first ethanol research projects

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Scientometry

Take me to your leader

Method sparks off a debate about the assessment of academic production

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financing

Measured merit

Mega-evaluation to guide distribution of funds to UK universities

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Astrophysics

Cosmic guardian in [Brazil’s] semi-arid region

Telescope is going to monitor the risk of asteroids and comets falling to Earth

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Astrophysics

Mysterious noise in the cosmos

Nasa and Inpe experiment captures a strong microwave signal

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Oceanography

Underwater warehouse

Fauna from Antarctica have resources to stay alive even in winter

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Ecology

Birds from the pampas

Green beef reconciles the interests of farmers and biologists in the south

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Health

Love after the menopause

A study identifies the female sexuality factors after the reproductive age

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Physiology

Fat attracts fat

Fatty acid causes the death of neurons that control the appetite

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Physiology

The brain and infections

Drugs used to treat mental disturbances can affect immunity

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Genetics

New ramifications

Technique transforms adult stem cells into embryonic cells

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