Four shades of academic plagiarism
February 25, 2019 5:06 pm Leave your thoughtsIndia releases new guidelines on how to punish plagiarism in scientific papers and proposes a scale for assessing the severity of the problem
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Developments
February 25, 2019 5:06 pm Leave your thoughtsIt is not news that Brazil has a much higher number of cesarean sections than recommended by the WHO. In... View Article
Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista
February 25, 2019 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro September 3, 2018
Lady of the water
February 19, 2019 4:02 pm Leave your thoughtsConcern about the quality of water resources leads a young woman from the state of Santa Catarina to work for the UN
Creative leisure
February 19, 2019 4:01 pm Leave your thoughtsHobbies can increase productivity and improve the ability to innovate
Development theories
February 19, 2019 4:01 pm Leave your thoughtsSeventy years ago, ECLAC created strategies for the industrialization of Latin American countries
A Swedish filmmaker in Copacabana
February 19, 2019 3:59 pm Leave your thoughtsResearch reveals the Brazilian dimension of the work of Arne Sucksdorff, best known for documentaries about nature
Science and video games
February 19, 2019 3:57 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers discover new uses for computer games
Printing heritage
February 19, 2019 3:49 pm Leave your thoughtsThe first printing shops in São Paulo were established by lawyers and politicians
Andrew Simpson: Ready for take-off
February 19, 2019 3:39 pm Leave your thoughtsA biochemist talks about Orygen Biotecnologia's projects and the importance of biologic medicines
Seeds of knowledge
February 19, 2019 3:32 pm Leave your thoughtsThe lectures, debates, and publications of the organization that promotes Brazilian science
Primordial origin
February 19, 2019 3:31 pm Leave your thoughtsDistant galaxies 13 billion light-years from Earth are home to the first black holes created in the Universe, with masses as much as a billion times greater than the Sun
Cosmic accelerator
February 19, 2019 3:30 pm Leave your thoughtsSupermassive black hole outside the Milky Way is first confirmed source of high-energy neutrinos
Robert Shelton: A partnership between giants
February 19, 2019 3:24 pm Leave your thoughtsPresident of the GMT telescope explains why he joined together with competitor TMT to secure funding from the National Science Foundation
Receding seas on Trindade intrigue researchers
February 19, 2019 3:23 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Atlantic has receded by 3 meters over the last 6,000 years on the shores of Brazil’s eastern-most island
Fields Medal winners
February 19, 2019 3:22 pm Leave your thoughtsFour researchers are awarded the most prestigious prize in mathematics at a congress in Rio de Janeiro
Monkeys under threat
February 19, 2019 3:14 pm Leave your thoughtsAround 60% of primate species may disappear by the end of the century, study finds
How snakes arrived in the Galápagos
February 19, 2019 3:13 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian and Ecuadorian researchers trace the routes the reptiles used to colonize the archipelago and identify three new species
Responsible metrics
February 19, 2019 3:12 pm Leave your thoughtsCompany that determines the impact factor of scientific journals shares the data behind the results
A patient’s perspective
February 19, 2019 3:11 pm Leave your thoughtsMedical journals invite patients to help review scientific articles about their conditions
A rising platform
February 19, 2019 3:10 pm Leave your thoughtsModernization of the Lattes CV database looks to increase confidence in its data and stimulate debate on the platform's potential
Tullo Vigevani: In pursuit of autonomy
February 19, 2019 3:08 pm Leave your thoughtsThe first researcher to head the National Institute for United States Studies discusses current challenges in international relations
Unequal treatment
February 19, 2019 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThere have been improvements in the accessibility and quality of healthcare services around the world over the last 25 years, but there are still pronounced regional disparities
The reasons for the decline in vaccinations
February 19, 2019 3:05 pm Leave your thoughtsAt least nine factors contribute to a reduction in childhood immunization and increase the risk of the reappearance of serious illnesses
Ronaldo Pilli named new FAPESP board member
February 19, 2019 3:03 pm Leave your thoughtsRonaldo Aloise Pilli has been appointed to the FAPESP Board of Trustees by the governor of São Paulo
Immigrants stimulate the economy in European countries
February 19, 2019 3:03 pm Leave your thoughtsA study assessing immigration to Europe between 1985 and 2015 has concluded that immigrants have a positive effect on the continent's economy
Salmonella in medieval Europe
February 19, 2019 3:02 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers found DNA evidence of Salmonella enterica Paratyphi C in the teeth and bones of an 800-year-old skeleton from the city of Trondheim, Norway
FAPESP numbers in 2017
February 19, 2019 3:02 pm Leave your thoughtsFAPESP's 2017 Activities Report is available
The slave trade in the United Kingdom
February 19, 2019 3:01 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have identified more than 800 articles about fugitive slaves published in British newspapers
New frontiers of the Milky Way
February 19, 2019 3:01 pm Leave your thoughtsThe disc of the Milky Way may be twice as large as previously estimated, at up to 200,000 light-years in diameter