Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend
January 26, 2021 1:35 pmAlmost a year after being dismissed, the former director of INPE continues to warn that deforestation is out of control in the Amazon
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Trends in scientific collaboration
January 26, 2021 1:34 pmA recent study brings together indicators that enable a view of various profiles of research cooperation in 41 countries
Amplified violence
January 26, 2021 1:33 pmRates of violence against women in Brazil increase during the pandemic
A difficult return
January 26, 2021 1:32 pmBrazil seeks health and education parameters for planning the resumption of in-person classes in its school systems
The challenge of calculating R
January 26, 2021 1:31 pmPoor data makes the effective reproduction rate difficult to track and is hampering the pandemic response
Difficult exit
January 26, 2021 1:30 pmQuarantine relaxation strategies differ around the country
Each nation’s effort
January 26, 2021 1:30 pmBrazil’s government unfreezes funding for COVID-19 research, but will spend far less than developed countries
Calling all scientists
January 26, 2021 1:29 pmResearchers in São Paulo mobilize against the pandemic as FAPESP awards funding to 210 related projects
Science takes on the virus
January 26, 2021 1:29 pmFederal call for proposals attracts 2,200 applications for research grants to study COVID-19
Cristiana Toscano: An unprecedented global effort
January 26, 2021 1:28 pmAccording to the only Brazilian member of a WHO vaccine committee, we are experiencing unprecedented worldwide collaboration to develop a vaccine in record time
Standing alone
January 26, 2021 1:28 pmBrazilian vaccine projects race to begin clinical trials next year
Saving time
January 26, 2021 1:27 pmBrazilian research centers negotiate deals to import vaccine production technology
Looking for shortcuts
January 26, 2021 1:26 pmInternational teams use eight different techniques to create 150 COVID-19 vaccine candidates in six months
Risk of increase in child labor
January 26, 2021 1:23 pmThe reduced income and increased economic insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a rise in child labor rates in Latin America and the Caribbean
A SARS-CoV-2-proof fabric
January 26, 2021 1:23 pmResearchers from São Paulo–based company Nanox have developed a fabric containing silver nanoparticles that can inactivate the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2
Platform gathers data on Brazilians with COVID-19
January 26, 2021 1:23 pmThe COVID-19 Data Sharing/BR platform is a repository of clinical, laboratory and demographic data on people diagnosed with the infection in the country
More than 100 different strains of the novel coronavirus identified in Brazil
January 26, 2021 1:22 pmMore than 100 strains of SARS-CoV-2 arrived in Brazil, but only three spread across the country
3.1 million lives saved in Europe
January 26, 2021 1:22 pmThe strict social distancing and lockdown measures implemented in 11 European countries before May 4 may have prevented 3.1 million COVID-19 deaths
At risk of disappearing
January 26, 2021 1:21 pmHundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals are at risk of disappearing in the next two decades as a result of environmental degradation caused by humans
In space and the deep sea
January 26, 2021 1:21 pmAmerican geologist, oceanographer and former astronaut Kathy Sullivan, 68, is the first person to walk in space and to dive to the deepest point of the ocean
From cocoons to bones
January 26, 2021 1:20 pmA team has developed a potentially simpler, faster, and cheaper strategy for producing a biocompatible material that can be used as a scaffold for repairing long bones
Pesquisa FAPESP journalist wins José Reis award
January 26, 2021 1:20 pmCarlos Henrique Fioravanti has been named winner of the most important recognition afforded to professionals reporting on science and technology in Brazil
A historic flight
January 26, 2021 1:20 pmOn May 31, American astronauts arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month mission
Companies and researchers against racism
January 26, 2021 1:19 pmAmid the anti-racism demonstrations that took place in June after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, USA, multinational tech company IBM decided to suspend development of all facial recognition systems
A moon on the move
January 26, 2021 1:19 pmTitan, the largest of Saturn's 82 moons, is moving away from the planet almost 100 times faster than previously estimated
Archaeology without excavation
January 26, 2021 1:19 pmArchaeologists have mapped an entire Ancient Roman city without carrying out a single excavation
A colossal eruption
January 26, 2021 1:18 pmOne of the largest volcanic eruptions to have left a record on Earth occurred 8.7 million years ago
FAPESP funds COVID-19 research projects
January 26, 2021 1:16 pmNumber of projects at each institution (as of 06/18/2020)
List of retractions grows
January 26, 2021 1:10 pmIt has been 10 years since German anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt was involved in one of the largest scientific misconduct scandals in history. Even today, the scandal continues
Harvard puts anthropologist on leave amid allegations of sexual harassment
January 26, 2021 1:09 pmGary Urton has been put on paid leave while the institution investigates allegations of sexual harassment filed by former students