Issue # 354 _ August 2025

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Cover

Center in São Paulo will test modified immune cells to treat blood cancer in 81 patients
Goal is to fight leukemia and lymphoma resistant to chemo and radiotherapy By
Scientists develop anti-tumor immune cell that reduces rejection risk
CAR-NK lymphocytes could be produced in advance for use in numerous patients By

 

Public policies

Brazil’s National Education Plan improves access to schooling but fails to meet most of its targets

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning, followed by successive budget cuts, have hindered the program

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Funding

Budget amendments used as a complementary source of funding for public universities

Although they help fill budget gaps, researchers are concerned about growing dependence on the mechanism

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Interview

Cape Verdean researcher warns of the dangers of inequality in research networks

Sociologist and political scientist Eurídice Monteiro highlights Africa’s role in the global scientific dialogue

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Botany

Trees that protect other trees

Capororoca and pixirica in the Atlantic Forest, and catingueira and faveleiro in the Caatinga, create favorable environments for dozens of other species

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Ecology

Multicolored birds avoid urban areas

Large cities attract voracious, dull-colored birds and repel small, more colorful ones, impoverishing metropolitan fauna

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Biochemistry

Marine organism has unknown green photoprotein

Deep-sea discoveries open new biotechnological paths and deepen understanding of forms of bioluminescence

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Epidemiology

Survey records high use of vapes among young people

Most teens continue to use e-cigarettes after trying them for the first time

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Public health

New criteria for healthy eating

Recent studies suggest that what we eat can add or subtract years of healthy life, offering guidelines for an environmentally friendly diet

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Green energy

Brazilian scientists transform CO2 into fuel for ships, cars, and trucks

Ongoing projects seek to establish industrial production of renewable methanol, gasoline, and diesel

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Chemical engineering

New technique for recycling lithium-ion batteries

Pilot plant will test unique process for recovering chemicals from the main types of devices on the market

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Naval engineering

Brazil takes another step towards building a nuclear-powered submarine

Assembly of the prototype reactor that will propel the vessel is underway; project is set to be completed in the next decade

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History

Spanish Inquisition's second visit to Bahia resulted in five times more accusations than previously known

Recently found documents about the visit and others by the Tribunal of the Holy Office reveal details of life in the colony

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Linguistics

What our ways of speaking say about us and others

Researchers investigate how language variation influences social perception and shapes identities

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