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
CAPES’s Portal de Periódicos has connected Brazilian researchers to state-of-the-art research in their fields, but is now faced with uncertainties
CAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil
The United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership
Successive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research
The physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients
ANVISA authorizes the use of three COVID-19 drugs, but they are expensive and designed only for specific situations
A rare syndrome linked to the novel coronavirus causes lesions in multiple organs
Brazil 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
People 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
People 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 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
The 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
Researchers compared the quality of 227 types of face masks sold in Brazil, measuring their ability to block the novel coronavirus
In well-preserved remnants of the Atlantic Forest, a team of zoologists identified a peculiar new species of toad
The oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago
Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil
On 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
In April, African health experts published an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, addressed to international funders of studies on health problems in Africa
For 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
A 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
Without a fanfare, China’s National Space Administration successfully landed its first rover on Mars
Mountain 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
In 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
Percentage 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
A 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
Moshe Porat has been indicted by a federal court for submitting fraudulent information to the U.S. News & World Report
A database of 500,000 editors is helping to identify whether people are truly deserving of their places on editorial boards
On January 15, 1951, Brazilian President Eurico Dutra passed Law 1310, establishing what was at the time called the National... View Article
Although the Amazon is known as a rainforest, it is also home to the largest mangrove in the world
Researcher from Rio Grande do Sul who specializes in brain and heart disease risk factors named on IARC's list of scientists of the year