The metropolis and science
June 7, 2018 6:21 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
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High-quality information
June 7, 2018 6:20 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers propose strategies to improve the reliability of online biodiversity databases
New doorways to college
June 7, 2018 6:20 pm Leave your thoughtsDevelopments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways
Olival Freire Junior: A teller of controversial stories
June 7, 2018 6:19 pm Leave your thoughtsA historian discusses the important role of dissent for the advancement of scientific knowledge
The monkey alarm
June 7, 2018 6:19 pm Leave your thoughtsYellow fever is decimating populations of wild primates, whose deaths indicate areas where the virus is transmitted
World’s largest library to begin collecting tweets on a selective basis
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsThe US Library of Congress will begin selecting specific content to be stored
New Brazilian Food Composition Database
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsThe online tool provides data on the chemical composition and energy value of 1,900 foods consumed by the Brazilian population
Nobel laureate to leave Salk Institute amid controversy
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsElizabeth Blackburn has announced that she plans to retire and leave her post in mid-2018
Gene therapy reverses genetic deafness in mice
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsA DNA editing experiment has enabled mice with a genetic alteration that causes progressive deafness to maintain their hearing
Black hole activity determines star formation
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsThe formation and number of stars in a galaxy depend on the characteristics of the supermassive black hole at its center
Genomics applied to climate change
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Center for Research in Genomics Applied to Climate Change, based at the University of Campinas, was formally constituted
Enzyme transforms plants into a source of light
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsChemical Engineers at the MIT have created a watercress plant capable of emitting light for up to four hours
The baby girl from ancient Beringia
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsAccording to analyses, the baby was part of a population that probably comprised a few thousand individuals
Fetal mortality is higher than neonatal mortality in 42% of municipalities in São Paulo State
June 7, 2018 6:15 pm Leave your thoughtsA study analyzed fetal and neonatal mortality rates in the state of São Paulo between 2010 and 2014
Fewer foreign students in the United States
June 7, 2018 6:14 pm Leave your thoughtsA study highlighted a 7% drop in the number of foreign students starting at US universities in the 2016–2017 school year
Amazonian bird originated as a hybrid of two other species
June 7, 2018 6:14 pm Leave your thoughtsA study confirmed the suspicion that the golden-crowned manakin originated as a natural hybrid
PhD enrollments and graduations in Brazil
June 7, 2018 6:14 pm Leave your thoughtsMass resignation from editorial board
June 7, 2018 6:13 pm Leave your thoughtsNineteen researchers stepped down from the editorial board of Scientific Reports, in November
The career effects of scandal
June 7, 2018 6:13 pm Leave your thoughtsA group of researchers from the MIT and Harvard University measured the damage that an article retraction causes to the reputation of its authors
Software detects errors in cancer genetics articles
June 7, 2018 6:13 pm Leave your thoughtsOnline tool available for testing identifies mistakes in gene sequences
Monkeys and models
June 7, 2018 6:13 pm Leave your thoughtsFour people have died from yellow fever in the metropolitan region of São Paulo since December, with the current outbreak... View Article
Lethal bouquets
June 7, 2018 6:12 pm Leave your thoughtsThese images of Cryptococcus gattii fungus cells (above) and zinc oxide nanoparticles are part of the third Brazilian Scientific Art Exhibition,... View Article
A more efficient jet
May 2, 2018 4:52 pm Leave your thoughtsEmbraer's new aircraft delivers better-than-expected performance in certification tests
Scars of a cataclysm in Central Brazil
April 27, 2018 6:02 pm Leave your thoughtsMeteorite impact 250 million years ago caused earthquake and tsunami
Marcelo Viana: A mathematician 30 hours a day
April 2, 2018 5:13 pm Leave your thoughtsImpa's director talks about Brazil's entry in the elite group in mathematics
The source of inspiration
March 16, 2018 2:06 pm Leave your thoughtsAmerican SBIR program was used as a model for PIPE and similar initiatives in other countries
Precursor of change
March 16, 2018 1:58 pm Leave your thoughtsThe PIPE program paved the way for innovation support tools in Brazil
Brazil’s leading innovation support program
March 16, 2018 1:53 pm Leave your thoughtsPIPE has funded nearly 2,000 R&D projects in São Paulo
Celebrating 20 years of the FAPESP Technological Innovation in Small Businesses (PIPE) program
March 16, 2018 1:15 pm Leave your thoughtsCelebrating 20 years of the FAPESP Technological Innovation in Small Businesses (PIPE) program
Reversing the arrow of time
March 5, 2018 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsA cold particle can transfer heat to a hotter one, reversing the arrow of time