Native to Brazil
January 19, 2022 12:54 pmIn the last two decades, Brazil has created 88 geographical indications for products such as coffee, cheese, and wine
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Marilda Sotomayor: A game thinker
January 19, 2022 12:51 pmBrazilian mathematician who worked with Nobel Prize-winning economists became a leading specialist in the highly applicable theory of matching markets
On the trail of misinformation
January 19, 2022 12:49 pmUsers aligned with the conservative right were more engaged in disseminating false news and inaccurate information on Twitter, according to a survey by FGV
Confidence in vaccines
January 19, 2022 12:40 pmVaccination rate in Brazil greater than in developed countries
Vaccination in decline
January 19, 2022 12:38 pmThe COVID-19 vaccination pace has been decreasing worldwide
A promising antiviral
January 19, 2022 12:38 pmMolnupiravir reduced COVID-19’s hospitalization and death rate by nearly half in a phase 3 clinical trial of people with mild to moderate infections
Preventing new waves without lockdowns
January 19, 2022 12:38 pmA group of researchers decided to study how the virus could be kept under control without the need for repeated lockdowns
Everything as before
January 19, 2022 12:35 pmThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided not to award this year’s Nobel Prize to the development of mRNA-based vaccines
Protozoan fossil in Brazilian amber
January 19, 2022 12:34 pmResearchers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) have described a new extinct species of protozoan: Palaeohypothrix bahiensis
South America’s Endangered Oases
January 19, 2022 12:34 pmWith only 4% of their area protected, fog oases are threatened by urbanization, mining, increased air pollution, and off-road trails
Recognition for Indigenous Scholar
January 19, 2022 12:34 pmMaria Manuela Ligeti Carneiro da Cunha was awarded the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Prize for Science and Technology in the Human and Social Sciences, Languages, and Arts category
New crop of CNPq researchers emeriti
January 19, 2022 12:33 pmTen researchers were awarded the title of researcher emeritus by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
The Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100
January 19, 2022 12:33 pmThe Amazon could be an inhospitable savanna by 2100
The Lavoisiers, transformed
January 19, 2022 12:33 pmResearchers discovered important differences in the original composition of the iconic portrait of Antoine Lavoisier and his wife
Humans in the Americas 23,000 years ago
January 19, 2022 12:33 pmFossilized footprints offer some of the most important evidence that humans first occupied North America much longer ago than has long been believed
Specialization Index
January 19, 2022 12:29 pmSpecialization Index of scientific publications in selected fields
A collection of retracted articles
January 19, 2022 12:25 pmAn article about the health benefits of broccoli was recently retracted, 12 years after it was published
Race to report clinical trial results
January 19, 2022 12:25 pmNew rules on disclosing the results of clinical trials in the European Union come into force on January 31, 2022
War on Photoshop
January 19, 2022 12:25 pmScientific publishers write a manual on identifying articles containing doctored or duplicated images and how to combat this type of misconduct
Coffee, wine, açaí
January 19, 2022 12:24 pmIt has long been known that local soil and climate characteristics, combined with cultivation and manufacturing techniques, result in unique... View Article
Fertility clock
January 19, 2022 12:23 pmGenetic alterations to the biological clock could be linked to fertility disorders
The search for life on one of Saturn’s moons
January 17, 2022 2:00 pmAsteroid collision may have created favorable conditions to the appearance of primitive life forms on Titan | 4'10
Surfing with dolphins
January 10, 2022 4:41 pmBiologist from Rio Grande do Sul recognized with international award for marine conservation in Lagoa dos Patos
The first impression
January 10, 2022 4:40 pmMuch more than a mere formality, cover letters are often decisive in the selection processes
Tales from Antiquity
January 10, 2022 4:37 pmA book of important historical texts translated into Portuguese is about to turn 50
A multifaceted author
January 10, 2022 4:35 pmNew research and an exhibition about Carolina de Jesus demonstrate the writer's versatility beyond her celebrated work Child of the Dark
Invisible subjects
January 10, 2022 4:31 pmResearchers investigate the challenges faced by immigrant and refugee children and adolescents, a topic still widely underexplored by Brazilian universities
The archaeology of the mind
January 10, 2022 4:24 pmSupported by mathematical models, study investigates the development of human thought over thousands of years
3D favelas
January 10, 2022 4:11 pmHow researchers are using laser scanning technology to digitally map informal settlements in Brazil
Bees for hire
January 10, 2022 4:10 pmStartup rents out bees to improve agricultural productivity