Broad and equitable research access
July 20, 2021 12:53 pmCAPES’s Portal de Periódicos has connected Brazilian researchers to state-of-the-art research in their fields, but is now faced with uncertainties
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A compass for science
July 20, 2021 12:49 pmCAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil
The American strategy
July 20, 2021 12:42 pmThe United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership
Science on the ropes
July 20, 2021 12:30 pmSuccessive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research
Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement
July 20, 2021 12:20 pmThe physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients
Limited use
July 20, 2021 12:20 pmANVISA authorizes the use of three COVID-19 drugs, but they are expensive and designed only for specific situations
Severe illness in children
July 20, 2021 12:19 pmA rare syndrome linked to the novel coronavirus causes lesions in multiple organs
Focus on the genome
July 20, 2021 12:14 pmBrazil is still behind in monitoring Sars-CoV-2 genetics, but an injection of funding for research networks and the acquisition of materials could improve the situation
Risk of death is higher among the poor in Chile
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmPeople under 40 living in poorer municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, are 3.1 times more likely to die from complications associated with COVID-19 than those who live in more affluent regions
Lasting consequences
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmPeople who survive SARS-CoV-2, even those not hospitalized, can suffer the effects of the infection for months after the most intense symptoms subside
The virus and the loss of smell
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmThe loss of smell that affects up to two-thirds of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 is a consequence of both the direct action of the virus and the inflammation it triggers in the olfactory system, according to a team of researchers
Dengue increases risk of COVID-19 symptoms
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmThe risk of developing COVID-19 symptoms when infected with the novel coronavirus is twice as high among individuals who have had dengue in the past
Mask effectiveness tests
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmResearchers compared the quality of 227 types of face masks sold in Brazil, measuring their ability to block the novel coronavirus
Toads in the mist
July 20, 2021 12:09 pmIn well-preserved remnants of the Atlantic Forest, a team of zoologists identified a peculiar new species of toad
78,000-year-old human burial
July 20, 2021 12:09 pmThe oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago
More inclusive universities
July 20, 2021 12:09 pmAccess to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil
New UNIFESP dean sworn in
July 20, 2021 12:09 pmOn May 7, obstetrician Nelson Sass and sociologist Raiane Patrícia Severino Assumpção officially took over as dean and vice dean of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) for 2021–2025
Direct funding to Africa
July 20, 2021 12:08 pmIn April, African health experts published an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, addressed to international funders of studies on health problems in Africa
In the depths of a geyser
July 20, 2021 12:07 pmFor the first time, geoscientists from the University of Utah and Yellowstone National Park, USA, have mapped the interior of the world's most powerful geyser
Writing with the mind
July 20, 2021 12:07 pmA brain-to-computer interface has allowed a 65-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down to quickly write text on a computer screen by imagining himself writing the letters by hand
Chinese rover on Mars
July 20, 2021 12:02 pmWithout a fanfare, China’s National Space Administration successfully landed its first rover on Mars
A very informative gesture
July 20, 2021 12:02 pmMountain gorillas may be communicating with other members of their troop when they rise up on their hind legs and beat their chests with their hands to produce a loud, hollow sound
Population decline in pre-colonial Amazonia
July 20, 2021 12:02 pmIn response to environmental changes, epidemics, or wars, the populational decline of the Amazon region may have started 300 to 600 years before contact with European settlers
Invention patents filed by universities in São Paulo
July 20, 2021 12:01 pmPercentage of all invention patent applications filed with the Brazilian Patent Office by legal entities in São Paulo that were submitted by higher education institutions, per quadrennium
Misconduct in the scientific literature
July 20, 2021 11:59 amA group of researchers searched scientific journal databases for the terms “research ethics” and “research integrity.” The survey aimed to reveal the perspectives of academic literature on cases of misconduct
University ranking fraud goes to court
July 20, 2021 11:59 amMoshe Porat has been indicted by a federal court for submitting fraudulent information to the U.S. News & World Report
Supervising the gatekeepers of quality
July 20, 2021 11:59 amA database of 500,000 editors is helping to identify whether people are truly deserving of their places on editorial boards
A bleak outlook
July 20, 2021 11:58 amOn January 15, 1951, Brazilian President Eurico Dutra passed Law 1310, establishing what was at the time called the National... View Article
Vital swamp
July 20, 2021 11:58 amAlthough the Amazon is known as a rainforest, it is also home to the largest mangrove in the world
The poetry of science
July 19, 2021 7:02 pmResearcher from Rio Grande do Sul who specializes in brain and heart disease risk factors named on IARC's list of scientists of the year