Highlights

IPCC

Land use and climate change

Humanity uses over 70% of the earth's ice-free land surface, and primary activities account for nearly a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Genetics

New mutations linked to short stature

DNA testing reveals origin of 15% of growth disorders without a known cause in children

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Epidemiology

A resurgence of leprosy

New cases have risen in Brazil for two consecutive years, with more than 28,000 confirmed cases in 2018

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Medicine

Clean blood against yellow fever

Experimental plasma exchange therapy reduced mortality to 5% this year in São Paulo

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Interview

Klement Tockner: Creative environments

President of Austrian agency explains how the industry can benefit from basic science

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INDICATORS

Change with stability

Report highlights the 2018 investments of FAPESP both in research in collaboration with businesses, and in the international recognition of science produced in São Paulo

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Financial autonomy of state universities in São Paulo

Fuel for innovation

Funding stability stimulated São Paulo state universities to invest in collaborating with the private sector, and in signing technology transfers

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Environment

Deforestation at a crossroads

INPE's monitoring of the Amazon rainforest has earned international prestige but could be replaced by a private service

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Interview

Márcia Cristina Bernardes Barbosa: More space for women

Physicist specialized in the properties of water fights gender discrimination in science

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Cover

The impact of brain circulation

Compared to other countries, Brazil sends fewer scientists abroad and has no policies to take advantage of their experience

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Paleontology

Tuatara fossil discovered in Rio Grande do Sul

The oldest specimen of a sphenodon in the southern hemisphere has been found in the municipality of Candelária, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul

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Law

Bill against sexual harassment at universities

The Senate of Chile approved a new bill obligating state-funded universities to create a detailed protocol on how to deal with complaints of sexual harassment

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Genetics

Telomere degradation determines lifespan

A study compared how telomeres change over the lifetimes of a variety of animals

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Astronomy

Gravitational waves generated by a new type of collision?

Gravitational waves detected on August 14 of this year were probably generated by a collision between two different celestial bodies

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Pharmacology

Material releases drug at regular intervals

An international group of researchers has developed a nanostructured material capable of releasing drugs in low concentrations at regular intervals

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