Tracking the ancestry of corn
June 26, 2019 4:34 pm Leave your thoughtsDNA reveals a complex domestication history largely set in Mexico and the Amazon
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From the earth to the sky
June 26, 2019 4:33 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers to use German aircraft to investigate how nanoparticles produce storms in the Amazon
Alexandre Antonelli: At the forefront of science in royal gardens
June 26, 2019 4:32 pm Leave your thoughtsIn February, Brazilian biologist will take the role of scientific director of Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom
Transplantation to treat infertility
June 26, 2019 4:32 pm Leave your thoughtsPhysicians in São Paulo announce the world’s first successful uterus transplant from a deceased donor
The other side of ayahuasca
June 26, 2019 4:31 pm Leave your thoughtsResearch teams from Natal and Ribeirão Preto conduct initial tests on antidepressant properties of ayahuasca tea made of leaves and bark from the Amazon
Battling persistent depression
June 26, 2019 4:31 pm Leave your thoughtsStudies suggest that low doses of psychedelic anesthetics may be beneficial to people who do not respond to conventional medication
Life-saving vaccines
June 26, 2019 4:30 pm Leave your thoughtsButantan produces 100 million doses of nine vaccines each year
Partnership for a dengue vaccine
June 26, 2019 4:30 pm Leave your thoughtsA Butantan vaccine in final trials leads to a US$100 million agreement with a US pharma company
The challenge of knowledge transfer
June 26, 2019 4:29 pm Leave your thoughtsWhile Paraíba is a leader in patents pending, researchers and the production sector argue about licensing technology
Long distance connections
June 26, 2019 4:26 pm Leave your thoughtsInitiatives that promote networking and knowledge exchange among Brazilian researchers in the United States are on the rise
Cristina Russo: Science diplomacy
June 26, 2019 4:14 pm Leave your thoughtsEuropean Commission director discusses challenges in expanding open access to publicly funded research
Changing trend
June 26, 2019 4:13 pm Leave your thoughtsScience and technology indicators show how the recession affected research and development investment in Brazil in 2016
Nei Lopes: The unorthodox lexicographer
June 26, 2019 4:11 pm Leave your thoughtsThe samba historian, composer of popular music, and specialist in African languages and cultures has written over 30,000 dictionary entries
David Cox : The power to transform the world
June 26, 2019 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsAmerican neuroscientist says health and cybersecurity are just some of the areas that stand to benefit from advances in artificial intelligence
Mimicking the brain
June 26, 2019 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsArtificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s
Fertile ground for artificial intelligence
June 26, 2019 3:43 pm Leave your thoughtsAs the use of AI continues to grow, a consortium of researchers has created an institute designed to help establish partnerships between universities and businesses
Thousands of solar panels on the Sobradinho dam
June 26, 2019 3:41 pm Leave your thoughtsThe solar farm is capable of generating 1 megawatt peak (MWp)
Viruses in monkeys and sloths
June 26, 2019 3:41 pm Leave your thoughtsPrimates and sloths in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia carry an unexpected range of insect-borne viruses
Guaraní still influenced by missionaries
June 26, 2019 3:41 pm Leave your thoughtsPeople living in areas closer to the mission sites earn about 10% more than residents of neighboring regions where the Jesuit missions were abandoned
New Nature Museum in Piauí
June 26, 2019 3:40 pm Leave your thoughtsThe new institution is located in an area that borders the Serra da Capivara National Park
National Museum rescues 1,500 pieces
June 26, 2019 3:40 pm Leave your thoughtsThey include exhibit pieces and others that were stored in the museum's archives, as well as equipment, personal objects, and architectural fragments
France must return African objects
June 26, 2019 3:40 pm Leave your thoughtsTens of thousands of African artifacts kept in French museums should be permanently returned if requested by the country of origin
Solar radiation set off sea mines during the Vietnam War
June 26, 2019 3:40 pm Leave your thoughtsA strong solar storm in 1972 is now believed the most likely cause of the sudden detonation of dozens of naval mines during the Vietnam War
Bacteria hungry for works of art
June 26, 2019 3:39 pm Leave your thoughtsSome microorganisms destroy works of art while others protect them
Telescope measures almost all the starlight ever produced in the universe
June 26, 2019 3:39 pm Leave your thoughtsBased on data collected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, an international group of astrophysicists has been able to measure almost all of the starlight produced since the universe was formed about 13.7 billion years ago
The long life of parrots
June 26, 2019 3:39 pm Leave your thoughtsGenetic mutations help the turquoise-fronted Amazon parrot live for up to 80 years
R&D expenditure in the state of São Paulo
June 26, 2019 3:38 pm Leave your thoughtsResearch and development (R&D) expenditure in the state of São Paulo totaled R$25.8 billion in 2017, slightly lower than the previous year
Transparency on the rise
June 26, 2019 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsA study published in the journal PLOS Biology suggests biomedical research is becoming more open and transparent
Systematic violations in peer-review process
June 26, 2019 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsTwenty-six scientific articles by electrical engineer Antonio Orlandi have been retracted
No blame, no policing
June 26, 2019 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsDutch code of conduct proposes ongoing discussion on scientific integrity without fear of reprisals, highlighting the duties of care of research institutions