Plant-stem lace
November 23, 2020 4:44 pmIf you take a thin slice of a young stem of Acleisanthes chenopodioides and look at it under a microscope, this is what you will see
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Clean water
November 17, 2020 3:36 pmScientist from Salvador, Bahia, earns international recognition for new cistern design
Professional caregivers
November 17, 2020 3:35 pmImportance of the nursing profession grows with increasing life expectancy and aging population
An x-ray of Brazilian agriculture
November 17, 2020 3:34 pmBrazil’s first Census of Agriculture in 1920 marked the country’s early transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy
Capturing the specific and the concrete
November 17, 2020 3:32 pmThe release of previously unpublished poems, a biographical essay, and events mark the 100th birthday of João Cabral de Melo Neto
At the service of justice
November 17, 2020 3:32 pmProgress in forensic research is being hampered by structural problems in Brazil’s criminal investigation system
An electric in the dunes
November 17, 2020 3:30 pmA Paraná startup develops an electric-powered buggy for beach tourism
Ezequiel Zylberberg: Diagnosis of an ecosystem
November 17, 2020 3:30 pmMIT researcher claims long-term investment in the country is essential to create companies of world-class innovation
Digital mining
November 17, 2020 3:27 pmTechnology is helping to enhance productivity and safety in a high-risk industry
Novel coronavirus in Brazil
November 17, 2020 3:23 pmThe new coronavirus that emerged in China has arrived in the country, where four other less dangerous types already circulate
Stories on the wing
November 17, 2020 3:22 pmBoth living and extinct birds have been the subjects of various reports over 20 years of Pesquisa FAPESP
Winged invasion
November 17, 2020 3:22 pmIn four decades, 35 alien bird species have colonized deforested areas on experimental properties in Brazil’s Amazon
The extinct manatee of Rondônia
November 17, 2020 3:21 pmNewly discovered species lived in the Madeira River region 45,000 years ago
Fighting infections with graphene
November 17, 2020 3:20 pmNanomaterial enables low doses of light to eliminate bacteria
Low-phosphorus sugarcane farming
November 17, 2020 3:19 pmSustainability measures could reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers by up to 63%
Stardust found in meteorite
November 17, 2020 3:12 pmMeteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 contains material up to 7.5 billion years old—older than our solar system
Big data and new materials
November 17, 2020 3:11 pmScientists turn to digital mining techniques and huge databases of compounds in efforts to accelerate the discovery of new structures
Breaking out of the bubble
November 17, 2020 3:11 pmAcademic journals in Brazil rarely use Facebook to share their content with the public, study shows
Vocational assessment
November 17, 2020 3:10 pmPublic laboratories’ profiles determine their science and research output
Written by many hands
November 17, 2020 3:09 pmStudy identifies a sharp rise in the number of articles signed by more than a thousand authors
The house of open dialogue
November 17, 2020 3:07 pmTalks in Congress help stem budget cuts for science, technology, and innovation in 2020
Augusto Damineli: Stellar interpreter
November 17, 2020 3:06 pmAn astrophysicist recounts his discovery that the most-studied star beyond our Sun undergoes periodic dips in luminance, and is actually a system composed of two stars
The inequality behind the balance
November 17, 2020 3:03 pmWhile the number of women scientists has been rising in Brazil, many still face challenging roadblocks
Gender and Science
November 17, 2020 3:03 pmOngoing dialogue with feminist theories opens new areas for research across various disciplines
The diversity of the Caatinga
November 17, 2020 3:00 pmThe Caatinga is home to a range of flowering plants proportionally more diverse than the Amazon rainforest
Undeclared foreign funding
November 17, 2020 2:59 pmThe US Department of Education is investigating Harvard and Yale universities for failing to declare funding received from foreign governments
Human activity alters river mouths
November 17, 2020 2:59 pmAmazon River delta is shrinking by 1 km2 per year because of siltation
What’s for dinner?
November 17, 2020 2:59 pmThe cuttlefish eats less at lunch when its favorite dish is served for dinner
Colorful but discreet
November 17, 2020 2:58 pmIf you look very closely through a patch of bromeliads, searching leaf by leaf, you may be lucky enough to find a brightly colored leafhopper
New member of the FAPESP Board of Trustees
November 17, 2020 2:58 pmBiomedical scientist Helena Bonciani Nader, from the Federal University of São Paulo, has joined the FAPESP Board of Trustees