Physiology

New materials

The value of impurities

A new family of materials that conduct electricity

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Higgs boson

An expanding jigsaw puzzle

Boson might reveal first clues to new elementary particle physics

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Eduardo Moacyr Krieger

Eduardo Moacyr Krieger: The master of high blood pressure

Physiologist created a national team for blood pressure research

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Complex networks

The order of scarcity

Reservoir pattern in Ceará may help to face drought and floods

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Ask the researchers

Ask the researchers

How do skin moisturizers work?

Capa

In the vicinity of other worlds

How to observe the moons and rings of planets outside the solar system

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Insulin resistance

Visceral connections

Change in the intestinal microbiota profile favors diabetes and obesity

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Ask the researchers

Ask the researchers

Why don’t ants die when they are placed in a microwave oven?

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Well-being in the air

Embraer teams up with universities to improve comfort within its airplanes

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Numbers under review

Recounting neurons puts ideas about neuroscience in check

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Neuron maker

Compound guides brain cell development

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Neurophysiology

Unexpected effect

Corticoids activate inflammation mechanisms in some areas of the brain

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Biology

Mutant venoms

Animals of the same species have different venoms

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Physiology

Memories of origin

Cells of the endothelium store information about its previous state

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Physiology

Reinterpreting the brain

Interview with Fred Gage, who discovered neurogenesis in adults

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Biochemistry

Well-regulated insulin and glucose

Fatty acids revert inflammation that unleashes obesity and diabetes

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Gerhard Malnic

Gerhard Malnic: The handyman in the laboratory

The professor from USP talks about the evolution of renal physiology in Brazil

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Out of control

Inflammation unleashed by sepsis damages the heart

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Physiology

Fear in the air

Biologists identify proteins that indicate the presence of predators to mice

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Neurophysiology

The paths of fear

Fear due to different reasons activates different parts of the brain

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Uncertain boundaries

23 organic disorders of sexual development are characterized

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Zoology

In the dry downpour

Caatinga savanna toads physiologically adapt to survive months of drought

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Nobel Prize

Female power

Record of women laureates illustrates the presence of women in science

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Neurophysiology

Effects of Aversion

Repulsive situation increases attention and visual perception

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Physiology

Tropical solution

Lizards and squirrels deal with oxygen variations in different ways

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Physiology

The brain and infections

Drugs used to treat mental disturbances can affect immunity

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Immunology

Unexpected allies

Mammals do not produce the inflammatory reaction to deal with injuries

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Pharmacology

Sugar, but no arthritis

Guar gum alleviates pain and prevents damage in the joints progressing

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Medical genetics

Tormented bodies

The mutation that stiffens muscles and changes posture has been identified

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An essential protein

Team explains the functioning of the healthy form of prion

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