Biological control against citrus greening
June 28, 2018 4:55 pm Leave your thoughtsCompanies invest in small wasps produced in the lab to combat insects that spread diseases to orange groves
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Alternative uses for a plant fiber
June 28, 2018 4:55 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian companies are investing in nanocellulose, a promising material for reinforcing plastic and cement, and the production of prostheses and sensors
Hard and lifeless
June 28, 2018 4:52 pm Leave your thoughtsEven though they resemble Earth, the crusts of some rocky exoplanets may be too rigid to be habitable
Chip for particle collisions
June 28, 2018 4:51 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian researchers develop and test a device to be installed in the Large Hadron Collider at Cern
Quantum trickster
June 28, 2018 4:51 pm Leave your thoughtsA Brazilian group controlled the heat generated by atomic nuclei
Shelter for giants
June 28, 2018 4:51 pm Leave your thoughtsExtinct for 10,000 years, ground sloths and giant armadillos may have built the largest paleoburrows ever discovered on Earth
Hunting circuits
June 28, 2018 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo neural pathways that originate in the brain’s amygdala control the aggressive behavior of predators
Weight across generations
June 28, 2018 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsAmong rats, the effects of excessive or insufficient feeding can be transmitted to children and grandchildren
The search for balance
June 28, 2018 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsA study comparing scientific output by women in a range of countries highlights Brazil’s improvement
A map of scientific competencies
June 28, 2018 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy shows where researchers are concentrated and describes the impact of their production in the 15 administrative regions of the state of São Paulo
A worrisome calm
June 28, 2018 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsThe PINTEC survey found stability in the number of Brazilian companies that innovated between 2012 and 2014 and observed increasing difficulties for industry
Industrial policy in check
June 28, 2018 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsIn response to a ruling by a WTO panel, the Brazilian government considers changes in laws and in the ways in which it encourages R&D
Regina Maria Prosperi Meyer: Studies of a city in movement
June 28, 2018 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsUrbanist who created new disciplines at FAU-USP dedicates herself to studying the São Paulo macrometropolis
The mechanisms of aging
June 28, 2018 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsStudies of living cells and organisms identify genetic and molecular phenomena associated with physical and mental decline
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
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