Physiology
Physics
Storms in a vacuum
Energy in empty space could destroy stars and reveal the nature of dark matter
Medicine
No breath to catch
Respiratory tract alterations thwart improvement in cases of severe asthma
Zoology
Why are the whales dying?
Study identifies bone abnormalities commonly found in humpback whales
By Redação
COVER
The subverted skull
Research that links male facial width to aggressive behavior is challenged
What is it?
What is it?
The spleen
Higgs boson
An expanding jigsaw puzzle
Boson might reveal first clues to new elementary particle physics
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Igor Zolnerkevic
Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
Eduardo Moacyr Krieger: The master of high blood pressure
Physiologist created a national team for blood pressure research
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Mariluce Moura
Complex networks
The order of scarcity
Reservoir pattern in Ceará may help to face drought and floods
Ask the researchers
Ask the researchers
How do skin moisturizers work?
Insulin resistance
Visceral connections
Change in the intestinal microbiota profile favors diabetes and obesity
Ask the researchers
Ask the researchers
Why don’t ants die when they are placed in a microwave oven?
Cover
Well-being in the air
Embraer teams up with universities to improve comfort within its airplanes
Neurophysiology
Unexpected effect
Corticoids activate inflammation mechanisms in some areas of the brain
By Redacción
Biochemistry
Well-regulated insulin and glucose
Fatty acids revert inflammation that unleashes obesity and diabetes