Chemistry
Crop science
Soil genetics
New mineral mapping technique can help farmers save on farm inputs and minimize environmental impacts
Chemistry
Signs of life on Venus fade
Venus was the center of attention in September when Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, UK, and her colleagues published a paper in Nature Astronomy on the high concentrations of phosphine gas (PH3) detected in the planet’s atmosphere
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COVID-19
Monitoring the evolution of COVID-19
Blood levels of a particular protein can indicate the severity of coronavirus infections and guide the response of the attending health care team
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Geology
Water on the near side of the moon
There is water on the Moon, and not only in the dark craters located near its poles
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Energy
Electric cars, the economy, and health
Replacing 25% of American cars with electric vehicles would save the country US$17 billion per year
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Chemistry
Impurities in psychedelics
Researchers analyzed drugs seized in Santa Catarina between 2011 and 2017 and found a change in the composition of blotters
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Photolab
Fluorescence in motion
When added to viscous alcohol using a pipette, aminoquinoline slowly rises due to differences in density between the two substances, and as they mix, a fluorescent glow is emitted, visible in black light
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Public health
Lead in the Paris air
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
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Biochemistry
Venomous amphibians
Caecilians are venomous animals, capable of injecting venom into their prey, say researchers from the Butantan Institute
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COVID-19
A SARS-CoV-2-proof fabric
Researchers from São Paulo–based company Nanox have developed a fabric containing silver nanoparticles that can inactivate the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2
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Innovation
From cocoons to bones
A 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
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Covid-19
Self-isolation and city air
Self-isolation measures have cleared city streets, leading to a decrease in air pollution
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Materials engineering
Homegrown graphene
Graphene production facilities in Brazil’s Southeast and South place the country among the global producers of the high-tech material
Chemistry
Paper and sponge made from pollen
Researchers transformed grains of sunflower pollen into a microgel with controllable properties and synthesized products with consistencies of gel, paper, and sponge
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Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
Partnerships for innovation
PESQUISA FAPESP has extensively covered developments and research in bioplastics
Good practices
Article retracted by Nobel Prize winner
Frances Arnold, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the evolution of enzymes, announced on Twitter that her group was retracting a scientific article published last year
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Video
A blue pigment from beets
How chemist Erick Bastos' team, from the Chemistry Institute of the University of São Paulo, created a natural dye with industrial potential | 2'48
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Environment
Oil spill spreads
Analysis suggests three potential sources of the oil near the Brazilian coast
