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Vaccine tests advance

January 26, 2021 3:28 pm Published by

One of the best-known COVID-19 vaccine candidates achieved good results in the first phase of clinical trials

Logging on the rise in Europe

January 26, 2021 3:26 pm Published by

The growing timber industry in the European Union may prevent the region from reaching its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050

Rescuing UFMG’s museum collection

January 26, 2021 3:26 pm Published by

The quick response of the Collection Preservation Management Commission of the Federal University of Minas Gerais has proven fundamental to rescuing technical reserve collection 1 of the university’s Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, struck by a fire on June 16

Lasting action against HIV

January 26, 2021 3:26 pm Published by

Researchers at American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences have published the results of clinical trials of a new long-acting antiretroviral against HIV

Dinosaur or lizard?

January 26, 2021 3:26 pm Published by

In March, paleontologists announced an incredible discovery. The research team, led by Jingmai O’Connor of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology... View Article

Lead in the Paris air

January 26, 2021 3:25 pm Published by

A ton of lead may have been deposited over a 1 kilometer radius around Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris as a result of the April 2019 fire

Nanocellulose sensors

January 26, 2021 3:25 pm Published by

Microbial nanocellulose could be used to make electrochemical sensors that attach to the skin to monitor health conditions or physical performance

Heading for Mars

January 26, 2021 3:25 pm Published by

The United Arab Emirates launched its first interplanetary space probe from a space center in Japan

Venomous amphibians

January 26, 2021 3:24 pm Published by

Caecilians are venomous animals, capable of injecting venom into their prey, say researchers from the Butantan Institute

South American megaflashes

January 26, 2021 3:24 pm Published by

The longest lightning bolt ever recorded stretched 709 kilometers across southern Brazil on October 31, 2018, the World Meteorological Organization reported in June

Appointment canceled after scandal

January 26, 2021 3:19 pm Published by

The Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine in Padua, Italy, revoked geneticist Pier Paolo Pandolfi’s appointment as scientific director after members of its scientific advisory board resigned en masse in protest

The limits of text recycling

January 26, 2021 3:19 pm Published by

A group of researchers is analyzing the extent to which an author can reuse excerpts of their own academic work in new papers without being accused of plagiarism

A look through the lens

January 26, 2021 3:18 pm Published by

Iny: o brilho dos espíritos, which captures a ritual of the Karajá people from the state of Mato Grosso, placed first in the Images Produced by Cameras category of the Science & Art Photography Prize

Digitizing monuments

January 26, 2021 1:48 pm Published by

Although expensive, laser scanning technology can be a valuable tool for documenting and preserving historical and cultural heritage

Protecting the turtles

January 26, 2021 1:40 pm Published by

Combined use of sound recordings, aerial images, and environmental data improves monitoring of endangered Amazon species