Artists on an Expedition, Biologists in the Museum
November 27, 2018 4:17 pm Leave your thoughtsAmazonia: Os novos viajantes exhibition in São Paulo brings together art and science
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History in conflict
November 27, 2018 4:17 pm Leave your thoughtsA new book gathers images of revolts, revolutions, and civil wars, and composes a historical narrative about Brazil
Life in the political parties
November 27, 2018 4:16 pm Leave your thoughtsAn unprecedented study in Brazil reveals who party activists are and what they think
The land of the unicorns
November 27, 2018 4:15 pm Leave your thoughtsFirst billion-dollar startups begin to emerge in Brazil
Genes in silence
November 27, 2018 4:14 pm Leave your thoughtsMolecular tool based on the interfering RNA technique may aid in combating agricultural pests
Obstacles in the way
November 27, 2018 4:10 pm Leave your thoughtsDelays in achieving economic viability of second-generation ethanol keeps investors at arms’ length, but some companies are staying in the race
Scientists united
November 27, 2018 4:09 pm Leave your thoughtsPost World War II, researchers founded an association in São Paulo that started a wave of new research institutions
The age of milk
November 27, 2018 4:08 pm Leave your thoughtsHunter-fisher-gatherers who lived in the coastal regions of Santa Catarina State 3,000 years ago breastfed children until 2 years of age
Spinning Sound
November 27, 2018 4:08 pm Leave your thoughtsAcoustic atomic vibrations in solid materials may result in spin, one of the most fundamental properties of quantum physics
Polarized opinion
November 27, 2018 4:08 pm Leave your thoughtsDeclining strength of Earth's magnetic field fuels debate on the chances of the poles reversing for the first time in 780,000 years
Replacing the body’s defenses
November 27, 2018 4:06 pm Leave your thoughtsBone marrow transplant is the best long-term alternative for treating IPEX syndrome, a rare childhood immune disease
A parasite reaches the big city
November 27, 2018 4:06 pm Leave your thoughtsDifficult diagnosis and a warmer climate facilitate the advance of visceral leishmaniasis toward large urban centers
Promise of boycott
November 27, 2018 4:03 pm Leave your thoughtsComputer scientists vow to boycott new subscription-only artificial intelligence journal
Precocious entrepreneurs
November 27, 2018 4:03 pm Leave your thoughtsOECD study places Brazil among the countries with the greatest number of startups founded by students or recent graduates
Igor Pacca: In search of the secrets of inner Earth
November 27, 2018 4:03 pm Leave your thoughtsPhysicist Igor Pacca trailblazed geophysics research in Brazil and studied continental drift by investigating changes in Earth’s magnetic field
Particle-tracking challenge
November 27, 2018 4:01 pm Leave your thoughtsCERN launched a computer science challenge to stimulate the development of artificially intelligent data-analysis programs
First female leader of the journal Nature
November 27, 2018 4:01 pm Leave your thoughtsBritish geneticist is the new editor in chief of Nature
A complex relationship between insects and plants
November 27, 2018 4:01 pm Leave your thoughtsFemale beetles visit the orchids and transfer pollen from the male organ to the female organ of the same flower
Princeton revisits its history of slavery
November 27, 2018 4:01 pm Leave your thoughtsProject investigates the institution's involvement with slavery in the country
Digital diplomas now compulsory
November 27, 2018 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Brazilian Ministry of Education published an ordinance in April requiring that all diplomas and academic documents be issued in digital format
Pediatrician and Nazi collaborator
November 27, 2018 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtshistorian Herwig Czech showed that the pediatrician aided and supported the Nazi regime and was rewarded with professional opportunities
A researcher almost elected president
November 27, 2018 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsPhysics and chemistry researcher Jiří Drahoš, 68, was very nearly elected president of the Czech Republic this January
The first beaked bird
November 27, 2018 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsA bird that lived between 95 million and 84 million years ago is helping scientists learn how the beak evolved
Internal communication in plants
November 27, 2018 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsPlant cells communicate with each other by exchanging chemical compounds, similar to the role played by neurons in animal central nervous systems
Africa hit by new Ebola outbreak
November 27, 2018 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsIn May, the city of Mbandaka confirmed its first cases of Ebola, which have spread from an outbreak in nearby rural areas
Improving dairy cattle
November 27, 2018 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsA genetic test designed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation could help to more quickly improve the Girolando dairy herd
Amazonian dolphins under threat
November 27, 2018 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo species of freshwater dolphin found in the Amazon could be at serious risk of extinction
Scientific publications: Brazil, São Paulo, and other countries
November 27, 2018 3:41 pm Leave your thoughtsForged confirmation letters
November 27, 2018 3:36 pm Leave your thoughtsThe American Society of Civil Engineers has learned that its name is being fraudulently used to scam people out of money
Pitfalls of misconduct
November 27, 2018 3:35 pm Leave your thoughtsDirector of the National Center for Professional & Research Ethics at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, USA, listed the pitfalls that students and researchers often fall into that can lead to poor decisions and cases of scientific misconduct