Jurandyr Ross: The three Brazils
May 27, 2021 3:14 pmThe São Paulo geographer proposes an overview of the country’s different environmental, social, and economic realities
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Complex choices
May 27, 2021 3:13 pmBioethics committees have become increasingly important in solving dilemmas brought about by the pandemic, but few hospitals have them
A town turned laboratory
May 27, 2021 2:59 pmEpidemiological studies, such as the one led in the town of Serrana, São Paulo, should provide valuable information about the pandemic
New vaccines on the way
May 27, 2021 2:59 pmButantan Institute and federal government plan to start human trials of two vaccine candidates in the coming months
The evolution of a virus
May 27, 2021 2:57 pmLow vaccination rates and lack of control over SARS-CoV-2 circulation is increasing the likelihood that more transmissible and lethal variants will emerge
Death of a man; extinction of an ethnic group
May 27, 2021 2:53 pmAruká Juma, the last person to speak the language of the Juma people, died of COVID-19 on February
A mask that inactivates the virus
May 27, 2021 2:53 pmHospital Regional da Asa Norte in Brasília began clinical trials of a mask that contains a biocompatible compound capable of inactivating the novel coronavirus
High infant mortality in Sergipe
May 27, 2021 2:51 pmDespite having enough beds available in intensive care units (ICU) for adults, Sergipe has a 41% shortfall in pediatric beds
Understand the long-term effects
May 27, 2021 2:44 pmThe US NIH announced a plan to invest US$1.15 billion over the next four years into research on the long-term effects of COVID-19
Outbreak on ship confirms the main route of contagion
May 27, 2021 2:44 pmThe results of computer simulations of how COVID-19 spread on the Australian cruise ship Princess Diamond have finally been published in a scientific journal.
A powerful fertilizer
May 27, 2021 2:39 pmArchaeological records of plants and grains suggest that agriculture sustained large human settlements in northern Chile for many centuries was established in 1438
Causes of extreme drought in the Pantanal
May 27, 2021 2:39 pmAcross 2019 and 2020, the Pantanal faced the worst drought recorded in the last 50 years
Unfolding the past
May 27, 2021 2:38 pmUsing an X-ray microtomography scanner, an international team of researchers was able to read the contents of a letter from the Renaissance Period without actually opening it
More funding for science in the UK
May 27, 2021 2:38 pmThe British government has announced plans to create a new funding agency in the country, known as the Advanced Research and Invention Agency
Gimli and Nigel, two dwarf giraffes
May 27, 2021 2:38 pmGimli and Nigel are the first recorded examples of dwarfism in wild giraffes
New deans of UFSCar and UNESP
May 27, 2021 2:36 pmTwo São Paulo universities have new deans
First images from Amazonia-1
May 27, 2021 2:36 pmThe Brazilian National Institute for Space Research has released the first images taken by Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1
A planet with a renewed atmosphere
May 27, 2021 2:36 pmData obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that an exoplanet (GJ 1132 b) was able to develop a new atmosphere after its original was lost
France underestimated how many were affected by nuclear testing
May 27, 2021 2:35 pmThe inhabitants of the archipelagos of French Polynesia were exposed to 2–20 times more radiation than previously estimated
Scientific papers published by each Brazilian state
May 27, 2021 2:33 pmIn 2019, 64,368 scientific papers were published1 and indexed by the World of Science base with at least one author based in Brazil
Racial violence and scientific meetings
May 27, 2021 2:30 pmThe American Physical Society has adopted new venue selection criteria for its 12 annual scientific events
Scientific integrity training
May 27, 2021 2:29 pmThe Albert Einstein Israeli Institute for Teaching and Research has strengthened training in good research practices for its graduate students
The slow path to self-correction in science
May 27, 2021 2:29 pmPsychologists continued to cite papers whose results were not confirmed in subsequent research, study shows
Principles and decisions
May 27, 2021 2:28 pmViruses are simple but sophisticated organisms. They have no efficient mechanism for correcting genetic errors that occur during replication, meaning... View Article
Bottled color
May 27, 2021 2:26 pmUnder a blacklight, the lab-made solution shines
Research during quarantine
May 20, 2021 6:40 pmFernando Carvall“It is considered normal that of 100,000 deaths, the majority are black” I study racial inequality and the mortality... View Article
Poor performance
May 14, 2021 4:10 pmBrazil's response to the pandemic was considered the worst in the world by a survey released in January by the Lowy Institute, Australia
Stolen heritage
May 13, 2021 6:06 pmIllegal fossil extraction is poorly reported and a more common problem than you would think. Developing nations whose soils are... View Article
Cosmic dance
May 13, 2021 5:47 pmBrazilian astronomer has been collaborating with NASA for more than two decades and discovered a supernova
Another degree
May 13, 2021 5:45 pmTaking a second degree expands your knowledge and allows you to change or adjust the course of your career