The horned crocodile of Acre
July 15, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsNew fossil belonged to the 31st known species of a group of reptiles that lived in South America between 23 million and 5 million years ago
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Hidden strokes of Portinari
July 15, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsTests show how the artist produced his artwork and may be useful in confirming the painter of a piece found in his former home
The water people
July 15, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsFor 1,000 years, indigenous people in South America lived in stilt-house villages in the lowlands of present-day Maranhão
Visible women
July 15, 2019 4:59 pm Leave your thoughtsInitiatives aim to increase recognition for female researchers and their contributions to science
Mapping out the roadblocks
July 15, 2019 4:59 pm Leave your thoughtsA study looks at why Brazilian industry is poorly innovative and suggests academic publishing and patent counts are two sides of the same coin
Glaucius Oliva: Complex structures
July 15, 2019 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsSelf-declared molecule tamer, physicist marries scientific research with administrative management
Science communication without barriers
July 15, 2019 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsEuropean Commission and research funding agencies seek allies for global open-access initiative
Monogamy linked to interaction between 24 genes
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers found similar gene activity in the monogamous species of different animals
ITA engineer to head the CNPq
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsAeronautical engineer João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo is the new president of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, the largest federal funding agency in Brazil
The origin of the mango flower’s sweet smell
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the mango and cajuzinho-do-campo flowers, the scent glands are located at the inner base of the petals
Scaffolds aid neuron regeneration
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsNeuroscientists and nanoengineering experts have developed 3D-printable scaffolds compatible with living tissue that in the future could be used to treat spinal cord injuries
Ice loss in Antarctica increases sixfold in 40 years
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsA new tool has made it possible to more accurately calculate the thickness of the Antarctic ice sheets and the speed at which they are moving
First exhibition since the fire
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsOn January 17, the Brazilian National Museum opened its first exhibition since the fire that destroyed much of its collection on September 2, 2018
The young, ephemeral rings of Saturn
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo recent studies have presented new theories on their origin and probable end of Saturn's rings
Roughly 1.5 million Jews killed in just three months
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsBetween August and October of 1942, at the height of Operation Reinhard, 500,000 Jews per month were taken to concentration camps and killed in occupied Poland
Turbine layout affects power generation
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers found that irregular spacing between turbines may optimize energy production
British universities face financial uncertainty
July 15, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsBritish universities are on the brink of a credit crunch, having run up debts of £10.8 billion amidst financial uncertainties caused by Brexit
Rare paternal inheritance
July 15, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers found maternal and paternal mitochondrial DNA in the cells of multiple generations of men and women from three different families
Sensor detects bacteria in food
July 15, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian researchers have developed a biosensor capable of quickly identifying bacteria in food and drink
China lands probe on dark side of the Moon
July 15, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsChina has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon
Scientific articles in 2017
July 15, 2019 4:41 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers living in Brazil published 55,051 scientific articles, of which 22,856 were published by authors based in São Paulo
Highly cited and retracted
July 15, 2019 4:39 pm Leave your thoughtsAn article published in 2017 on the effects of chronic inflammation during the aging process has been retracted
Misconduct in papers on misconduct
July 15, 2019 4:39 pm Leave your thoughtsOne of the abstracts submitted to the 6th World Conference on Research Integrity contained signs of plagiarism
Multiple sanctions for ethical misconduct
July 15, 2019 4:39 pm Leave your thoughtsPunishments for scientific misconduct will affect the social lives of Chinese researchers
Knowledge for all
July 15, 2019 4:38 pm Leave your thoughtsThe journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, published by the British Academy of Sciences, is the oldest scientific journal... View Article
Microscopic giants
July 15, 2019 4:37 pm Leave your thoughtsIn samples collected off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and from saline lakes in the Pantanal, virologist identified giant viruses with the longest tails ever recorded
Peter Strohschneider: Freedom to seek the unknown
July 4, 2019 6:40 pm Leave your thoughtsThe president of the German Research Foundation, the DFG, believes it’s necessary to preserve space for research guided by scientists' curiosity
The benefits of investing in science
July 4, 2019 1:43 pm Leave your thoughtsMeeting of the Global Research Council in São Paulo addresses the challenges of responding to increasing expectations that research should have a societal and economic impact
Recognition for innovation
June 26, 2019 4:45 pm Leave your thoughtsBusiness administration graduate wins prizes for the startup she created to solve problems faced by rural producers
What holiday?
June 26, 2019 4:45 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers talk about how they plan their work around the academic holidays