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Researchers identify and classify priority conservation areas in the Amazon and Atlantic Rainforests based on ecological niche modeling and by comparing current conditions with those from thousands of years ago.

Study published in Cell shows that a drop in levels of a phospholipid in the human host’s blood signals to Plasmodium that it is time to change into the sexual form capable of infecting the vector mosquito.

Goal is to ensure that engine components and fuselages of many small and medium aircraft produced worldwide after 2030 use materials developed by Japanese firms.

Researchers at University of São Paulo have applied for patent on pharmaceutical kit and plan to move on to clinical trial phase in near future.

Researchers affiliated with the Center for Development of Functional Materials (CDMF) in São Paulo have developed a new method to obtain nanometric silver particles, currently used in various products.

Brazilian firms are developing equipment for the new synchrotron and acquiring the capabilities to be global suppliers. In total, FAPESP and FINEP have selected 23 proposals from 18 firms.

In an article published in PLOS ONE, Brazilian researchers describe the first retrospective dosimetric study by electron spin resonance spectroscopy using human tissue from nuclear attack victims.

Deployed to consolidate democracy, public policies to combat inequality have ended the relatively privileged socio-economic status of the lower middle class, says political scientist heading one of FAPESP’s RIDCs.

Insect moves droplet of saliva in and out of mouth to promote evaporation and lower body temperature, according to study by researchers in Brazil.

Study by Brazilian scientists describes action of galectin-3 in modulating immune response to cryptococcosis. Results were published in Nature Communications.

Researchers investigate link between deforestation and chytridiomycosis, a disease that has devastated frog populations in several countries.

Warning comes from four regional biodiversity and ecosystem service assessments produced by hundreds of experts and approved at IPBES plenary in Colombia – 30 Brazilian scientists contributed to the Americas assessment.

Jordi Quintana, head of the drug discovery platform at Barcelona’s Science Park, attends São Paulo School of Advanced Science and stresses need to join forces to combine the best of academia and industry.

Agrosmart and Stattus4 were selected to join a digital economy acceleration program during the World Economic Forum for Latin America.

Research conducted with mice in Brazil used different combinations of tumor cell lines genetically modified to secrete substances that stimulate the immune system to combat cancer.

Study shows anti-hypertensive drugs improving heart rate more in patients who listen to music after taking medication.

Researchers in Brazil have identified seven biomarkers that could be used at the time of the primary diagnosis to show which glioma patients will tend to progress to a more aggressive form of the disease.

The Large Hadron Collider will be entirely upgraded, and ALICE, one of its four major experiments, will be equipped with a new particle detection system comprising 88,000 units of the SAMPA chip.

Scientists linked to a FAPESP-funded research center author six of the 25 most downloaded papers from the website of Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, a prestigious publication on amorphous and glassy materials.

Participants expressed this view in debates on the impact of the fourth industrial revolution at the World Economic Forum on Latin America.

According to the authors of a paper published in a special issue of the journal Cell, the methodology measures tumor aggressiveness and the risk of relapse, helping doctors plan treatment.

The exotic behaviors displayed by organic compounds subjected to low temperatures are explored in a paper published in Physical Review B.

Proportion is set to reach 90% by 2050, according to Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report launched by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

Understanding how microorganisms regulate the control and production of these enzymes is considered fundamental to the production of second-generation ethanol.

Researchers and students from several countries discuss issues such as a faster transition from molecule discovery to clinical trials and drug manufacturing.

Event on water security co-hosted by FAPESP featured experts in several areas, such as chemical engineering, geoscience, environmental management, economics and agronomy.

A multicenter study involving BRAINN, a research center funded by FAPESP, analyzed the brains of over 3,800 volunteers in search of anatomical alterations specific to each epilepsy subtype.

Brazilian researchers show how certain leafcutter ant and stingless bee species depend on microorganisms for food, communication, defense against pathogens, and the completion of their development cycle.

A study conducted by Brazilian scientists shows that better management practices can help reduce GHG emissions in the early stages of the switch from degraded pasture to sugarcane.

A particle that is its own anti-particle is the subject of a theoretical study by Brazilian researchers with results published in Scientific Reports.

Study shows that the integrated neural respiratory control system makes expiration cease to be passive when ambient carbon dioxide increases.

The technology is called Fluid and uses mobile sensors that record vibrations in water pipes, comparing them with a cloud database.

Set to come to market this year, the test identifies antibodies that remain in the organism for years after the acute phase and provide immunity.

Research conducted in Brazil could help develop tests to estimate progression of the disease, which is the leading cause of hospitalization in the first year of life.

Researchers from Brazil and France identify cadmium and mercury contamination in invertebrates inhabiting the Kerguelen Islands, one of the most isolated places on Earth.

Research warns of possible jeopardy for forest regeneration and plant species balance if large mammals existing today become extinct.

Laboratory experiment performed in Brazil elucidates how outermost layers of radioactive elements known as actinides are ordered and represents new step in search for room-temperature superconductors.

MacPath system permits automated planning of tractors, harvesters and sprayers based on logistics, cost, and surface of areas for planting.

Study originating in international collaboration reveals that triclosan inhibits enzymes essential to survival of malaria parasite in two key stages of its lifecycle in humans.

Researchers in Brazil and US used 3D printing to produce structures with high mechanical strength based on mathematical models created by Karl Schwarz in 1880.

Over half the study population of postmenopausal women with vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency had metabolic syndrome.

Scientists use mathematical models to predict distribution areas by 2100 of four arboviruses: Oropouche, Mayaro, Rocio, and St Louis encephalitis.

Technology developed by Brazilian firm i-Healthsys can be used to control hand hygiene and medical procedures

With climate change and indiscriminate use of fire, the tropical rainforest biome’s hydrological cycle will be badly affected if deforestation reaches 20%-25%, scientists warn.

Brazilian researchers find molecules in patients’ blood indicating which cases are likely to progress to metastasis or develop local relapse after treatment. Study also points to a novel therapeutic target.

As published in Scientific Reports, research conducted in Brazil using magnetic resonance imaging points to variations in the volume of the insula, a brain region associated with body image.

An analysis of nine toothpastes found that none of them protects enamel or prevents erosive wear. Scientists stress the importance of diet and treatment by a dentist.

Abandoned areas of Brazilian savanna converted into pasture become closed forest with poor biodiversity, according to Brazilian researchers.

Resembling an eel but phylogenetically close to the wolf fish, Tarumania walkerae spends its life buried in leaf-litter pools. The specimen used for the description was found during the dry season in the Amazon.

Unless the clearing of tropical forests is halted, the mean global temperature could rise an extra 0.8 °C, even with cuts in emissions from fossil fuels, scientists warn in an article in Nature Communications.