Plants with miner roots
December 9, 2019 4:42 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy demonstrates a new function of the roots of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha
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Stroke deaths fall by 30% in 15 years
December 9, 2019 4:42 pm Leave your thoughtsThe survey was based on death records available from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's national health information system
European Research Council appoints new president
December 9, 2019 4:42 pm Leave your thoughtsItalian engineer Mauro Ferrari will take over the presidency of the European Research Council
A 42-million-year-old whale with legs
December 9, 2019 4:42 pm Leave your thoughtsIts limbs were well adapted to swimming and were not suited to moving across land
The long goodbye of the glaciers
December 9, 2019 4:41 pm Leave your thoughtsMountain glaciers in southwestern Argentina and northeastern Spain are rapidly losing ice and could disappear completely by the end of the century
Plan S pushed back to 2021
December 9, 2019 4:41 pm Leave your thoughtsThe decision was made to give scientific publishers more time to transform their current subscription journals into publications whose costs are covered exclusively by article authors, with no fees for readers
UNICAMP dean wins José Reis award
December 9, 2019 4:41 pm Leave your thoughtsThe panel of judges highlighted "the scope and diversity of his scientific communication work, including his contributions to education in this field"
Ancient use of psychoactive substances in Bolivia
December 9, 2019 4:41 pm Leave your thoughtsAn international team of anthropologists and bioarchaeologists has identified traces of hallucinogenic substances in a 1,000-year-old leather bag found in the Bolivian Andes
São Paulo’s largest rock art
December 9, 2019 4:40 pm Leave your thoughtsScientists working on an exploratory research project that began in 2014 have discovered an 80-meter piece of rock art in Ribeirão Bonito, in the center of São Paulo State
Ride-sharing apps worsen traffic
December 9, 2019 4:40 pm Leave your thoughtsAccording to research, Uber and Lyft are behind increased congestion on the streets of San Francisco
Animals and plants at risk
December 9, 2019 4:40 pm Leave your thoughtsUp to one million plant and animal species worldwide are facing extinction due to severe population decline and habitat loss
Scientific publications and international collaborations
December 9, 2019 4:39 pm Leave your thoughtsInternational collaborations in 2018 (%)
Lack of Transparency
December 9, 2019 4:38 pm Leave your thoughtsMost research universities in the European Union have failed to comply with the 2014 rule that the results of clinical trials must be made public within 12 months
Punishment after 40 years of harassment at Harvard
December 9, 2019 4:38 pm Leave your thoughtsHarvard University, USA, has revoked the emeritus status of sociologist Jorge Dominguez, a former professor at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and was vice provost for international affairs at the institution from 2006 to 2015
The self-correcting nature of science
December 9, 2019 4:38 pm Leave your thoughtsReport offers recommendations on how to reduce the number of scientific findings not reproducible by later studies
The horizons of science
December 9, 2019 4:37 pm Leave your thoughtsMan’s arrival on the Moon captured the public imagination better than any other scientific or technological achievement in the modern... View Article
The aesthetics of imperfection
December 9, 2019 4:37 pm Leave your thoughtsA large electric voltage bias is used to spin ultrafine nanometric fibers into membranes that can filter water
Extending connections
November 14, 2019 4:52 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian physicist Cecilia Chirenti wins place on Canadian research program for female scientists
Women resuming a prominent role in computing
November 14, 2019 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsInitiatives encourage girls to explore technology, programming, and entrepreneurship in Brazil
Fight for the forest
November 14, 2019 4:45 pm Leave your thoughtsFor 30 years, IBAMA has been working to protect the environment in Brazil through operations based on technical studies and scientific research
Rediscovered archives
November 14, 2019 4:41 pm Leave your thoughtsCollection located in a São Paulo museum reveals that an etching served as a platform for circulating North American art in Brazil
My House, My Life in academia
November 14, 2019 4:36 pm Leave your thoughtsBibliographical review by researchers shows low impact of studies about the social housing program
The imaginary lands of Pará
November 14, 2019 4:35 pm Leave your thoughtsThe 22.7 million hectares of private land and 18.5 million hectares of public land that only exist on paper
More than just motors
November 14, 2019 4:34 pm Leave your thoughtsWith an extensive and diversified product portfolio, Brazilian-based WEG supplied electromagnets for the Sirius synchrotron light project in Brazil
The fine hair of goats
November 14, 2019 4:33 pm Leave your thoughtsCashmere fiber produced from Brazilian goats has superior quality to that sold on the international market
Removing salt from water
November 14, 2019 4:28 pm Leave your thoughtsCeará plans to build Brazil’s first large-scale desalination facility as new and more cost-effective technologies emerge in Brazil and abroad
New energy applications for gold and platinum
November 14, 2019 4:26 pm Leave your thoughtsPlatinum-coated gold nanoparticles could enhance the efficiency of fuel-cell catalysts
Mapped-out risk
November 14, 2019 4:26 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy identifies the genetic profile of Brazilian patients with a rare disease that causes a specific type of thyroid cancer
Stingless and highly sensitive
November 14, 2019 4:25 pm Leave your thoughtsNative bee larvae are shown to be less resistant to insecticides than the European honeybee Apis mellifera
Likely origin of the fire
November 14, 2019 4:25 pm Leave your thoughtsReport names overloaded air-conditioning system and electrical failures as cause of National Museum fire