The science of aging
June 28, 2018 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsResearch on aging is always an interesting read. Most of humankind is trying to some extent to outwit destiny and... View Article
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A calling to coach
June 25, 2018 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsAt age 26, Carolina Nalon gave up biology to start a human development company
Company participation in R&D papers is still low in Brazil
June 25, 2018 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsOnly 1% of the scientific articles published by Brazilian researchers between 2011 and 2016 had one or more authors affiliated with a private company
The pursuit of versatility
June 25, 2018 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsGraduate students should develop new skills in order to be more competitive on the nonacademic job market
For a sanitized city
June 25, 2018 5:12 pm Leave your thoughtsCreated a century ago, the Laboratory of Hygiene was the precursor of the School of Public Health at USP
A rainbow of demands
June 25, 2018 5:10 pm Leave your thoughtsLGBT rights begin to gain respect through legal actions filed with the judicial branch
Occupation of primordial “Brazil”
June 25, 2018 5:10 pm Leave your thoughtsEvidence suggests that hunter-gatherers inhabited all major regions of Brazil roughly 10,000 years ago
Cancer diagnosis innovation
June 25, 2018 5:10 pm Leave your thoughtsStartups adopt new screening methods and biotechnology techniques
More productive fields
June 25, 2018 5:09 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
Contributions of Brazilian cattle
June 25, 2018 5:09 pm Leave your thoughtsBreeds developed in Brazil since the early days of colonization retain characteristics that may be useful to farmers
Devouring stars
June 25, 2018 5:07 pm Leave your thoughtsSurvey shows that Milky Way cannibalized eleven neighboring galaxies
Fireflies around Saturn
June 25, 2018 5:07 pm Leave your thoughtsA Brazilian research team proposes a model to explain the origin of a tenuous ring around the second largest planet in the Solar System
Heated up by the cold
June 25, 2018 5:07 pm Leave your thoughtsCold particles transfer heat to hotter ones in quantum experiment, reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time
A sea of fry
June 25, 2018 5:06 pm Leave your thoughtsA survey finds two-thirds of fish off Brazil’s coast are of small body size
The gears of the forest
June 25, 2018 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsThe loss of more than 60% of native vegetation within a region leads to profound changes in how it operates
Solitary sand spiders
June 25, 2018 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsIsolated Sicarius populations inhabit Brazil’s Caatinga (semi-arid scrublands) and desert areas of Argentina, Peru and Chile
Adolescent depression
June 25, 2018 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsHeightened reward-related brain activity may predict an increased risk for developing the disorder
Examining the yellow fever vaccine
June 25, 2018 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsScientific evidence indicates that the fractionated dose produces a protective effect, but there is no consensus about its duration
Renewed relationships
June 25, 2018 5:04 pm Leave your thoughtsUniversities use networking platforms to bring former students together and follow their careers in the job market
#The100Most Commented
June 25, 2018 5:04 pm Leave your thoughtsAltmetric publishes a list of the scientific articles most talked about on social media in 2017
The science of disasters
June 25, 2018 5:03 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy evaluates scientific production on natural disasters around the world and highlights Brazilian work in hydrology
Determinants of survival in industry
June 25, 2018 5:03 pm Leave your thoughtsExperts assess the risks and opportunities created by potentially disruptive technological developments
Peter Lees Pearson: From micro to macro, a finder of solutions
June 25, 2018 5:02 pm Leave your thoughtsChromosome expert proposes ways to improve Brazilian universities
Unequal improvement
June 25, 2018 5:01 pm Leave your thoughtsImproved access to basic education has been accompanied by an increase in learning gaps
All of the known plants in the Americas, for now
June 25, 2018 5:01 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazil and Colombia are top of a recently published survey on the diversity of vascular plants in the Americas
Fleas, lice, and the plague in the Middle Ages
June 25, 2018 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsSome studies suggest that fleas and lice carried by humans may have helped spread the plague during the second pandemic
A possible source of replacement cartilage
June 25, 2018 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsNew material based on aramid and polyvinyl alcohol replicate the mechanical properties of biological tissues
New members of the FAPESP Board of Trustees
June 25, 2018 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo new members have been appointed to the FAPESP Board of Trustees
Brazil among the world’s mathematical heavyweights
June 25, 2018 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsIn January, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) approved the country's promotion into group 5,
A capsule that assesses the health of your gut
June 25, 2018 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsAt about 2.5 centimeters long and 1 cm thick, the capsule is a less invasive way to investigate gastrointestinal health