Data fraud leads to multimillion-dollar settlement
November 6, 2019 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsDuke University agrees to pay US$112.5 million in case of researcher charged with systematic data fraud
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Brazilian paleontology on the rise
November 6, 2019 3:05 pm Leave your thoughtsArgentina and Brazil are home to some of the oldest dinosaur fossils ever discovered. With a long history in paleontology,... View Article
Niobium in bloom
November 6, 2019 3:05 pm Leave your thoughts"Flowers" bloom inside a device that works like a pressure cooker at a University of São Paulo Chemistry Institute laboratory
How to protect sharks
October 1, 2019 1:59 pm Leave your thoughtsResearch group tracks oceanic sharks and maps them onto fishing zones in order to propose conservation areas | 3'40"
Read the International Issue
September 13, 2019 6:06 pm Leave your thoughtsRead or download Pesquisa Fapesp's International Issue published in September 2019
Secrets of the forest
September 13, 2019 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsUsing a multidisciplinary approach, a book recovers legends and records of naturalists to reveal little-known aspects of the Amazon
Toward the survival of indigenous languages
September 13, 2019 5:59 pm Leave your thoughtsWith the help of technology, researchers work to prevent the disappearance of native languages in Brazil
The search for open spaces
September 13, 2019 5:58 pm Leave your thoughtsRecent urban development has been marked by contradictions around the use of open areas
Fabrício Bloisi: Local with a global mindset
September 13, 2019 5:57 pm Leave your thoughtsThe president of Movile speaks about the future of iFood, which received funding totaling US$500 million, and encourages the internationalization of innovative companies
Brazilian technology at the Pentagon
September 13, 2019 5:56 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian identification systems company Griaule has won two contracts in the United States worth a total of US$82.5 million—one with the Department of Defense
Automated farming
September 13, 2019 5:55 pm Leave your thoughtsMáquinas Agrícolas Jacto boasts 383 patent applications and is among the global pioneers of driverless farming technology
Automation in law
September 13, 2019 5:55 pm Leave your thoughtsA new type of startup, known as legaltech, is developing technological systems for the legal field
Renewing the fleet
September 13, 2019 5:52 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Brazilian Navy launches the Riachuelo, the first of five submarines that will set a new technological benchmark for the national naval industry
Unusual Stars
September 13, 2019 5:52 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers puzzled by recent discoveries of stars with variable brightness
Sources of methane
September 13, 2019 5:51 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo thousand craters releasing the greenhouse gas found off the Brazilian coast
Doubling the effort against cancer
September 13, 2019 5:51 pm Leave your thoughtsHospitals such as ICESP and A.C. Camargo combine basic research with applied research in the search for better treatments for tumors
Early-term births on the rise
September 13, 2019 5:51 pm Leave your thoughtsIn 2015, 40% of babies were born before reaching biological maturity, partly because of elective cesarean sections
Memories indelible by fire
September 13, 2019 5:49 pm Leave your thoughtsFor 200 years, the National Museum contributed knowledge in the natural sciences and inspired the creation of several other science museums
2017 report
September 13, 2019 5:48 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Activities Report shows that FAPESP increased funding for innovative research and business partnerships
Life goes on
September 13, 2019 5:48 pm Leave your thoughtsEnvironmental legislation helps reconnect Atlantic Forest fragments in agricultural regions across Brazil
Reaping dividends
September 13, 2019 5:48 pm Leave your thoughtsInvestment in research has increased farm productivity in São Paulo and generated economic returns for the state
Hotter and drier cities
September 13, 2019 5:47 pm Leave your thoughtsModeling indicates that temperatures will rise and rainfall will be halved in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Santos by the end of the century
José Antonio Marengo Orsini: A time of uncertainty
September 13, 2019 5:46 pm Leave your thoughtsClimatologist says that society can perceive climate change but has difficulty adopting adaptive measures
Before memory loss
September 13, 2019 5:46 pm Leave your thoughtsPsychiatric problems may be the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease
Brains and births
September 13, 2019 5:46 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Biobank brain collection is a direct beneficiary of the University of São Paulo’s link with the city’s postmortem investigation... View Article
Plastic pollution, in numbers and pictures
August 20, 2019 5:56 pm Leave your thoughtsSince the mid-20th century, an estimated 8,9 billion tons of plastics have been produced worldwide
Reducing roadkill
August 13, 2019 3:08 pm Leave your thoughtsBiologist wins environmental conservation award for her wildlife monitoring and management startup
The importance of (good) public speaking
August 13, 2019 3:08 pm Leave your thoughtsBalanced and thought-provoking presentations can help disseminate research results and open doors to new opportunities
News with reflection
August 13, 2019 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsMaria da Graça Mascarenhas helped to create Pesquisa FAPESP
A book for cinephiles
August 13, 2019 3:06 pm Leave your thoughts26 researchers analyze in a book a century of national production