From his childhood in hinterland Bahia state to global recognition, Milton Santos’s life reveals a mindset forged through academic rigor and defiance in the face of racism and the transformative experience of exile.
Organ transplants
2026-05-06
Brazilians obtain Latin America’s first cloned pig for xenotransplantation
Project conducted at the University of São Paulo with support from FAPESP aims to ensure that the country has its own technology and does not depend on imports to perform xenotransplants in the public healthcare system.
Ecology
2026-04-29
Decline in prey increases risk of jaguar extinction in Atlantic Forest
A study indicates that the availability of food for the largest cat in the Americas is a key factor in its presence in conservation areas of the biome, which covers approximately 15% of Brazil.
Mental health
2026-05-11
Genes linked to neuronal communication appear altered in immune cells of patients with depression
Genetic mapping reinforces the systemic nature of the disease and paves the way for developing blood tests that can detect it.
Paleontology
2026-05-11
Microfossils interpreted as animal traces were actually algae and bacteria
New evidence and a reanalysis of 540-million-year-old material using advanced imaging techniques rule out the idea they were from worms or small oceanic animals.
Interview with Jaime Tadeu Oliva
2026-05-08
‘Milton Santos helped transform geography into a social science’
The coordinator of the Milton Santos Archive at USP’s Institute of Brazilian Studies analyzes the geographer’s life’s work and explains how Santos turned territory into a key element of social dynamics.
Toward an Other Globalization
2026-05-08
The dismantling of a false narrative of inevitable progress
In his most celebrated work, Milton Santos deconstructs the myth of universal integration and reveals, in the cracks of the system, the foundations for a globalization grounded in solidarity.
The Divided Space
2026-05-08
A key for understanding underdevelopment
By breaking with European models of urbanization, Milton Santos’s classic work reveals how selectivity and fragmentation shape the territories of countries in the Global South.
Interview with María Laura Silveira
2026-05-08
A body of work that remains fundamental to understanding societies
The Argentine geographer who was a close collaborator of Milton Santos explains how the theory of the two circuits of the urban economy helps interpret current phenomena, such as financialization, digitalization, and the platform economy.
Virology
2026-05-06
Scientists use ultrasound to destroy influenza A and COVID-19 viruses without damaging human cells
The use of high-frequency waves paves the way for new treatments against other viral infections such as dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya.
Paleontology
2026-05-06
New long-necked dinosaur found in Northeast Brazil was a close relative of a European species
Dasosaurus tocantinensis was about 20 meters long and lived approximately 120 million years ago. Its closest relative lived in present-day Spain.
