Issue # 314 _ April 2022

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Pasture management and dietary changes make livestock more sustainable
Strategies with the potential to reduce the sector’s impact on Earth’s climate are already available to farmers By and
Brazil making efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of livestock
With more head of commercial cattle than any other country in the world, Brazil is striving to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle farming By and

 

Research during quarantine

“To keep from going crazy, I focused my energies on research and on the classes I teach at public schools”

João Augusto Neves Pires, a doctoral student in history, divided his time between studying the punk movement in São Paulo and the classes he taught using Pesquisa FAPESP as pedagogical material

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COVID-19

Diplomacy against COVID-19

Countries are battling the pandemic independently, but inequalities in access to inputs has reignited the debate on the importance of multilateralism

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PUBLIC POLICY

Rewarding Conservation

New study sheds light on impacts from bonus tax transfers to incentivize expansion of municipal protected areas in Brazil

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INTERVIEW

Karen Strier: Four decades with the muriquis

American anthropologist has contributed to primate conservation in the Atlantic Forest and trained almost 80 Brazilian researchers

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PHYSICS

Formation of matter is seven times greater than the formation of antimatter in a study by Brazilians at CERN

The study is part of the LHCb experiment and analyzed disintegration of a rare type of particles and antiparticles

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GEOLOGY

Computer simulations attempt to explain the origin of the Serra do Mar and Mantiqueira mountain ranges

A study by geophysicists from UNESP suggests the mountain ranges were formed by local processes, not influenced by the Andes

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ZOOLOGY

Hibernation delays aging in marmots and encourages sexual maturation in ground squirrels

Studies on the effects of hibernation were carried out by Brazilian researchers in the USA

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ECOLOGY

Transgenic zebrafish found in streams in the Paraíba do Sul basin, Minas Gerais

More than a hundred specimens of the fluorescent zebrafish were captured by researchers

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A long-sought cure may be closer

Experimental treatment able to control HIV for six months after stopping antiretrovirals

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ENGINEERING

A robot guide dog for the blind

Startup from Espírito Santo pre-launches autonomous machine to help visually impaired people navigate closed spaces

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ENERGY

Brazil prepares to start producing green hydrogen

Businesses and academia aim to put Brazil on the sustainable gas map by backing the fuel of the future

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LITERATURE

Stories without end

Marked by a character of incompleteness, early Western translations of the book One Thousand and One Nights show attempts at turning it into a historical document

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Brazil 200 years

Database provides bibliography on the Independence of Brazil

Researchers gather 15,000 references from texts published since 1832

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ECONOMICS

Tax burden reinforces gender inequality

From greater consumption of essential goods to income tax, the burden is heavier for women

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