Orangutan mother alerts infant of danger after spotting a “tiger”
June 24, 2019 3:18 pm Leave your thoughtsPrimate makes a noise that sounds like a kiss to warn its offspring
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Richard Feynman’s medal sold at auction
June 24, 2019 3:18 pm Leave your thoughtsThe medal was just one of the items up for sale in Sotheby's History of Science and Technology auction
Europe streamlines project approval
June 24, 2019 3:18 pm Leave your thoughtsThe European Union has adopted a series of measures to simplify the process of requesting scientific funding under the Horizon 2020 program
First Sirius beamlines expected to begin operating by the end of 2019
June 24, 2019 3:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThe electron beam is expected to start circulating in the second half of 2019 and the six initial experimental stations, called beamlines
Termite mounds in the Caatinga occupy an area larger than Great Britain
June 24, 2019 3:17 pm Leave your thoughtsMurundus are up to 9 m in diameter, and occupy an area of approximately 230,000 km2 and were formed between 690 and 3,820 years ago
Bones of “disappeared” politician identified
June 24, 2019 3:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThe bones belonged to Aluísio Palhano Pedreira Ferreira, a trade union leader from Rio de Janeiro and a member of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard
Half of the world’s annual rain falls in 12 days
June 24, 2019 3:16 pm Leave your thoughtsApproximately 75% of annual rainfall falls on the 30 wettest days of the year
Looking deep into Mars
June 24, 2019 3:16 pm Leave your thoughtsAlmost six months after leaving Earth, NASA's InSight probe landed safely in Elysium Planitia, in the equatorial region of Mars
More water dragged into the interior of the earth
June 24, 2019 3:14 pm Leave your thoughtsSlow collisions of tectonic plates beneath the ocean may be dragging three times as much water into the earth's interior as previously predicted
225-million-year-old long-necked dinosaurs
June 24, 2019 3:13 pm Leave your thoughtsThe fossils of three specimens of a new genus and species of herbivorous dinosaur have been found in the state of Rio Grande do Sul
New standard approved for measuring a kilogram
June 24, 2019 3:13 pm Leave your thoughtsThe kilogram will now be measured using the Planck constant
Chinese scientist who claims to have created gene-edited babies suspended
June 24, 2019 3:13 pm Leave your thoughtsHe Jiankui claims to have altered genes using DNA editing technique
Public education funding
June 24, 2019 3:08 pm Leave your thoughtsMost federal funds are used for basic education via the Basic Education Maintenance and Development Fund and other programs
CNRS creates scientific integrity office
June 24, 2019 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThe French National Center for Scientific Research has established an office to investigate suspected cases of misconduct
Arbitration in authorship conflicts
June 24, 2019 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsCanadian biologist Zen Faulkes proposed a new way of resolving disputes over the authorship of scientific articles
The importance of null results
June 24, 2019 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsExperiments that do not arrive at their expected conclusion are more frequent than previously thought, and disregarding them can generate biases, study shows
Constitution, 30
June 24, 2019 3:06 pm Leave your thoughtsA constitution is the maximum applicable legal framework of a state; the set of its fundamental principles. It confers powers... View Article
Splendor at the highest heights
June 18, 2019 5:57 pm Leave your thoughtsHigh in the Itatiaia mountains in Rio de Janeiro, more than 2,000 meters above sea level, the brightly colored flowers of the Buddleja speciosissima demand attention
Watching Brazil
June 18, 2019 5:29 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian combines her interests in economics and public administration to study tax systems at a research institution in the United Kingdom
Where not everyone gets a chance
June 18, 2019 5:29 pm Leave your thoughtsLack of support and a hostile environment contribute to high dropout rates among women in STEM fields
The chemistry of success
June 18, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsUSP’s School of Pharmaceutical Sciences reaches its 120th anniversary as a leading institution in medicines, clinical and toxicological testing, and food science
Social media broadens opportunities
June 18, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsInternational research shows that digital platforms break social bubbles by democratizing experiences, and sharing practical tips and academic content
The batuque, the bandoneon, and the saboteurs of work
June 18, 2019 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy discusses the presence of marginal figures in the lyrics of samba and tango music in the first decades of the 20th century
Toward the survival of indigenous languages
June 18, 2019 5:27 pm Leave your thoughtsWith the help of technology, researchers work to prevent the disappearance of native languages in Brazil
Two centuries of Ipanema
June 18, 2019 5:24 pm Leave your thoughtsSteel pioneer represented the beginning of the country’s First Industrial Revolution
Testing at natural scale
June 18, 2019 5:24 pm Leave your thoughtsCIMATEC’s new facility in Camaçari, Bahia, will have capabilities to build pilot plants and can support research at a national scale
New perspectives for industry
June 18, 2019 5:23 pm Leave your thoughtsNetwork of 21 applied research institutes funded by SENAI provided more than 500 projects of interest to the production sector
Francis Halzen: In pursuit of neutrinos and cosmic rays
June 18, 2019 5:21 pm Leave your thoughtsLead scientist at IceCube observatory comments on the recent discovery of high-energy particles
International meeting point
June 18, 2019 5:21 pm Leave your thoughtsInstituto Principia will bring together researchers from across Brazil and abroad through projects with a maximum duration of six months
A foundation under threat
June 18, 2019 5:20 pm Leave your thoughtsWith scientific collections numbering 600,000 items, the Zoobotanical Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul is struggling for survival