Lighting the way
April 30, 2019 3:15 pm Leave your thoughtsIn certain fields, innovative scientific discoveries are increasingly reliant on large and often multinational facilities. These projects are frequently the... View Article
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Fasting induces growth hormone to stimulate hunger
April 29, 2019 6:28 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers comment on their discovery that fasting makes growth hormone activate neurones which stimulate hunger
Read the internacional issue
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A different type of DNA
April 16, 2019 3:56 pm Leave your thoughtsSome parts of the DNA may actually be formed of three spiraled strands
The uncertain fate of police museum collections
April 16, 2019 3:53 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers defend the preservation of collections, while social movements and relatives demand the removal of objects and bodily remains
Elza Salvatori Berquó: A pioneering spirit in demography
April 16, 2019 3:47 pm Leave your thoughtsResearcher who revealed the changes in Brazilian reproductive behavior wants to know more about youth
Occupation of primordial “Brazil”
April 16, 2019 3:42 pm Leave your thoughtsEvidence suggests that hunter-gatherers inhabited all major regions of Brazil roughly 10,000 years ago
Fossils on the move
April 16, 2019 3:32 pm Leave your thoughts3D reconstructions highlight new characteristics of crocodiles and dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago in Brazil
More productive fields
April 16, 2019 3:31 pm Leave your thoughtsTo boost the efficiency of Brazilian sugarcane, the Sugarcane Technology Center invests in biotechnology, genetic improvement, and a new form of planting
Paper from cane fiber and leaves
April 16, 2019 3:31 pm Leave your thoughtsCompanies use sugarcane waste to produce printer paper and packaging
China and Brazil may once have been neighbors
April 16, 2019 3:24 pm Leave your thoughtsGraphite-rich rocks suggest that areas of both countries, as well as Africa, were joined together nearly 2 billion years ago
Heated up by the cold
April 16, 2019 3:21 pm Leave your thoughtsCold particles transfer heat to hotter ones in a quantum experiment, thereby reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time
The effects of quantum turbulence
April 16, 2019 3:20 pm Leave your thoughtsDisturbing a cloud of cold rubidium atoms produces a wave phenomenon similar to light
Devouring stars
April 16, 2019 3:20 pm Leave your thoughtsAccording to a survey, the Milky Way cannibalized eleven neighboring galaxies
The rocks that remained
April 16, 2019 3:20 pm Leave your thoughtsAn alternative model suggests that the asteroid belt originated from leftovers from the formation of the planets in the solar system
The chemical language of insects
April 16, 2019 3:18 pm Leave your thoughtsWithin colonies, bees and ants recognize each other and organize themselves through compounds that cover their bodies
Primate culture
April 16, 2019 3:13 pm Leave your thoughtsTransmission of tool-use practices among capuchin monkeys helps redefine the role of traditions in evolution
The metropolis and science
April 16, 2019 3:11 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy analyzes papers by authors from 2,000 cities around the world and ranks São Paulo among the 20 with the highest scientific output
New doorways to college
April 16, 2019 3:05 pm Leave your thoughtsDevelopments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways
José Roberto Postali Parra: The insect farmer
April 16, 2019 3:04 pm Leave your thoughtsEntomologist defends the use of biological control to combat crop pests
From monkeys to people
April 16, 2019 3:03 pm Leave your thoughtsA Fiocruz team suggests a sixth form of malaria that is transmitted by mosquitoes infected after biting wild primates in the Atlantic Forest
Tracking primates against yellow fever
April 16, 2019 3:03 pm Leave your thoughtsFrom December 2016 to August 2017, nearly 800 people contracted yellow fever in Brazil, of whom 262 died, according to... View Article
The monkey alarm
April 16, 2019 2:53 pm Leave your thoughtsEven in cities where yellow fever is controlled by vaccination, the infection is decimating populations of wild primates whose deaths indicate areas where the virus is transmitted
Analyses show how Portinari produced his work
April 15, 2019 2:05 pm Leave your thoughtsThe findings can help confirm authorship of a painting found in what used to be his home and now is the Portinari House Museum
Intestinal bacteria can be used to predict occurrence of colorectal cancer
April 1, 2019 4:39 pm Leave your thoughtsInternational study may contribute to develop predictive tests valid for different dietary cultures
Sirius, the largest and most complex Brazilian laboratory
March 20, 2019 5:01 pm Leave your thoughtsLast generation source of synchrotron light may improve the quality of Brazilian research
Options on the table
February 26, 2019 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsAgriculture 4.0 can help to reduce pesticide use on farms in Brazil
Finding refuge in knowledge
February 25, 2019 7:27 pm Leave your thoughtsAs a victim of persecution, a Malian man transforms a personal experience into a focus of study for his doctorate at USP
Challenges beyond graduation
February 25, 2019 7:27 pm Leave your thoughtsPhD graduates face struggle to find work
One hundred years of Reform in Córdoba
February 25, 2019 7:26 pm Leave your thoughtsHow a rebellion against the rigid hierarchy in an inland university of Argentina inspired change throughout Latin America