The lightning capital
October 4, 2016 1:15 pm Leave your thoughtsLake Maracaibo, in Venezuela, is the world’s top lightning hotspot
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The human era
October 4, 2016 1:04 pm Leave your thoughtsPlastic material accumulated on ocean floors may define a new period in history
Monkeys with Zika
October 4, 2016 1:01 pm Leave your thoughtsZika virus was found in monkeys accustomed to the presence of humans
Movement for the brain
October 4, 2016 12:59 pm Leave your thoughtsExercise in childhood has long-lasting effects on intellectual performance
The silent attack of the fungi
October 4, 2016 12:45 pm Leave your thoughtsSpecies of fungi cause drug-resistant infections
A bridge between research and politics
October 4, 2016 12:40 pm Leave your thoughtsChief scientific advisor to the British government talks about his job
Youtubers in science
October 4, 2016 12:38 pm Leave your thoughtsVideo channels gain prominence in science communication via the Internet
From Trieste to São Paulo
October 4, 2016 12:36 pm Leave your thoughtsCenter at Unesp advances research and events on theoretical physics
Guido Carlos Levi: Unexpected reaction
October 4, 2016 12:32 pm Leave your thoughtsRefusing vaccinations is now common among Brazil’s upper classes
Phosphoethanolamine’s ultimate trial
October 4, 2016 12:31 pm Leave your thoughtsClinical trials on humans should determine if the drug could be treat cancer
Earth’s unknown biodiversity
October 4, 2016 12:27 pm Leave your thoughtsFor each species of known living things, there are 100,000 yet to be identified
A quantum game
October 4, 2016 12:27 pm Leave your thoughtsGame helps researchers to find solutions to a quantum computing problem
The harmful byproducts of sucralose
October 4, 2016 12:26 pm Leave your thoughtsArtificial sweetener genarete potentially toxic compounds
A planetary system from 1917
October 4, 2016 12:26 pm Leave your thoughtsDisks from 1917 is the first of a planetary system distant from the Sun
How to sleep well away from home
October 4, 2016 12:26 pm Leave your thoughtsFor those who sleep away from home, one hemisphere of the brain remains alert
The sugarcane networks
October 4, 2016 12:26 pm Leave your thoughtsGene activity patterns may help to produce new plant varieties
To observe chemical reactions
October 4, 2016 12:24 pm Leave your thoughtsStrategy makes it possible to observe chemical reactions in the organism
A spaceship bound for Alpha Centauri
October 4, 2016 12:24 pm Leave your thoughtsA spaceship expected to be propelled by laser beams to Alpha Centauri
Only diseased cells
October 4, 2016 12:24 pm Leave your thoughtsNanoparticles increase the ability to interact with tumor cells
Ants and bromeliads
October 4, 2016 12:23 pm Leave your thoughtsSome ant species contribute nutrients to their host plants
New directors at the IEA
October 3, 2016 6:02 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Institute has a new senior management team
Protection through flexible patents
October 3, 2016 6:02 pm Leave your thoughtsA pharmaceutical company will make its patents' strategy flexible
Nanosatellite mission accomplished
October 3, 2016 6:01 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian nanosatellite completed its space mission after six months
UNU has a new council
October 3, 2016 6:01 pm Leave your thoughtsFAPESP Scientific Director was appointed to the council of the UNU
Stanford offers map collection
October 3, 2016 6:00 pm Leave your thoughtsStanford University opened a map center to the public
A varied menu of fraud
October 3, 2016 5:59 pm Leave your thoughtsA varied menu of fraud
When plagiarism doesn’t appear to involve bad faith
October 3, 2016 5:57 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen plagiarism doesn’t appear to involve bad faith
Recent thematic and young investigator projects
October 3, 2016 5:52 pm Leave your thoughtsProjects contracted in March and April 2016
Tertiary graduates
October 3, 2016 5:51 pm Leave your thoughtsPercentage of age groups 25-34 years old and 55-64 years old in 2014 (or most recent year) who completed higher education – selected countries
Revisiting the scientific method
October 3, 2016 5:44 pm Leave your thoughtsRevisiting the scientific method