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
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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
Electric vehicles powered by ethanol
January 10, 2022 4:03 pmSeveral research groups are working on technologies that would allow the sugarcane-based fuel to be used in electric vehicles
Devourers of worlds
January 10, 2022 3:52 pmAt least a quarter of Sun-like stars may have swallowed Earth-like planets
Relevant rocks
January 10, 2022 3:46 pmScientists identify 36 areas in Brazil with highly diverse geological structures and natural landscapes
Rainforest marsupials
January 10, 2022 3:43 pmStudy suggests opossums emerged in the Amazon about 40 million years ago
Greatest threat to global health
January 10, 2022 3:36 pmEditorial published in more than 200 medical journals highlights the risks of ignoring climate change
Pollution that causes global cooling
January 10, 2022 3:35 pmAerosol particles that worsen air quality and damage human health also reduce global warming by a third