Issue # 352 _ June 2025
Cover
- Brazilians are even more mixed-race than you think
- New DNA sequencing of 2,723 people reveals greater Indigenous and African ancestry and highlights violence that marked the formation of the Brazilian population By Maria Guimarães
- Genome diversity could help SUS
- Brazil’s national health system (SUS) could treat diseases more efficiently by making use of databases on ancestry and the wide variety embedded in Brazilian DNA By Maria Guimarães
Scientific production
Researchers use artificial intelligence in scientific work
AI tools support academic writing, perform calculations, and even help select reviewers
By Sarah SchmidtIntegrity
USP creates Office of Research Integrity and Protection
New office tasked with preventing conflicts of interest and supporting entrepreneurial teachers
By Fabrício MarquesVirology
Alternating circulation of dengue serotypes keeps the total number of cases high
2025 is the fourth successive year with more than one million suspected cases of the disease
By Giselle SoaresPaleoecology
The Atlantic Forest in layers
Research on microalgae in southern São Paulo reveals how an old lake transformed into a swamp
By Guilherme CostaAgriculture
Farming technique of the Wauja people in Alto Xingu increases cassava diversity
Wauja agriculture can help recover crops that have suffered from genetic erosion
By Gilberto StamAstrophysics
Simulation suggests that Mercury formed from a glancing collision with a body of similar mass
By Marcos PivettaInterview
José Roque: Physicist talks about the Sirius accelerator and Brazil’s first maximum biosafety level laboratory
By Marcos Pivetta
Sustainability
Research center and company create method for recycling LED lamps
By Yuri VasconcelosSpace engineering
Satellite designed to locate people lost at sea
Nanodevice created at a university is designed to help rescue small boats in emergency situations
By Yuri Vasconcelos
