Fecal transplant tragedy
December 11, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsThe US FDA has suspended clinical trials of fecal microbiota transplantation
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A new sharp-clawed dinosaur
December 11, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsVespersaurus paranaensis is the first dinosaur to be found in this state in southern Brazil
Academy may expel members for misconduct
December 11, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsThe US National Academy of Sciences has announced a change to its bylaws to allow the expulsion of members who violate the organization's code of conduct
Is it possible to derive good from evil?
December 11, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsThe quality and usefulness of the Atlas of Topographical and Applied Human Anatomy is now raising ethical questions
A new reward system
December 11, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsWorld conference in Hong Kong proposes changes to evaluation processes to help improve scientific integrity
Too much plastic
December 11, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsVersatility is one of the many useful characteristics of plastic, which can be used in a range of applications in... View Article
Laboratory brain
December 11, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsBiologist Caroline Brandão Teles has been studying the relationship between schizophrenia and defects in neural cells known as oligodendrocytes—which she has been attempting to create from stem cells
Spending at universities with a high number of graduate students
December 11, 2019 4:03 pm Leave your thoughtsSpending at universities with a high number of graduate students
Learning to save
December 9, 2019 4:58 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian living in the United States pushes for financial education in public schools
Research at high school
December 9, 2019 4:58 pm Leave your thoughtsScientific foundation courses give high-school students a chance to experience academic research
A physicist with a passion for light
December 9, 2019 4:58 pm Leave your thoughtsSérgio Porto played an important role in the introduction and application of laser technology in several fields in Brazil
A devout mathematician
December 9, 2019 4:58 pm Leave your thoughtsMaurício Peixoto was one of the founders of IMPA
Spaces for learning
December 9, 2019 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsSchool libraries have a positive impact on student performance, especially in low-income communities, study finds
Heide Hackmann: Unified knowledge
December 9, 2019 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsNatural science and social science organizations merge to form an international council to fund transdisciplinary research projects
Justice is delayed, but (apparently) isn’t failing
December 9, 2019 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsCombating corruption is studied from the vantage of police investigations and criminal prosecutions
Misplaced youth
December 9, 2019 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers look for explanations for the increase in youth suicide rates in Brazil
In the skin of tilapia
December 9, 2019 4:56 pm Leave your thoughtsBiological material already known for treating burns begins to be used in gynecological surgeries
Keeping the skull intact
December 9, 2019 4:55 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian startup launches noninvasive device for monitoring intracranial pressure
The future of the web
December 9, 2019 4:54 pm Leave your thoughtsAs the web turns 30, the technology that has transformed the modern world faces challenges to remaining a free, democratic, and pluralistic domain
Fluidity in curved space-time
December 9, 2019 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy backs up theory on how dense matter interacts with strong gravitational fields
A stranger in the Grand Canyon
December 9, 2019 4:49 pm Leave your thoughts280-million-year-old fossil footprints from an ancient desert provide first evidence of the presence of vertebrates that in theory had not yet adapted to dry environments
How forests are reborn
December 9, 2019 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsIn dry areas, hardwood trees are the first to naturally regenerate, while the reverse occurs in wet forests
Selective hosts
December 9, 2019 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsFlowers exploit color and odor to hide from or attract specific bees
Bacteria against disease
December 9, 2019 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers test fecal microbiota transplantation and foods with live microorganisms in treating infections
Science between sips of beer
December 9, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsWith events in 85 cities, Brazil played a major role in this year's international Pint of Science festival, which takes place in 24 countries
A legacy for the future
December 9, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsA decree issued in 1989 created an original funding model that unlocked extraordinary growth at state universities in São Paulo
France Córdova: Understanding the nature of things
December 9, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsDirector of the National Science Foundation talks about the importance of funding basic science and evaluates the contribution to society made by the social sciences
From war to space
December 9, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsJuly 20 marks the 50th anniversary of humankind’s arrival on the Moon, the final chapter of a technological and military saga filled with twists and turns
Brazilian lunar mission
December 9, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsGaratéa-L project plans to put a nanosatellite into lunar orbit to study how life responds to high levels of radiation
Returning to the Moon
December 9, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsThe USA wants to put astronauts back on the Moon by 2024, this time with the aim of establishing a permanent settlement