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Applications range from logos on consumer goods to barcodes for quality control in high-volume production lines.

An experimental drug that stimulates a specific type of nicotinic receptor in immune cells reversed chronic and acute lung inflammation in mice.

Portfolio of startup XMobots includes unmanned aerial vehicles capable of flying for up to ten hours nonstop and monitoring planted areas of less than 1,000 hectares.

Taking into account the performance of every piece of equipment involved in producing sugar, ethanol and power, a simulator predicts final output and helps the industry calculate product mix.

To engage the Brazilian scientific community in this major challenge, the founder of the Earth BioGenome Project participated in a Biodiversity & Biobank Workshop held at FAPESP.

Virus is mutating very fast in Brazilian patients. Appearance of new serotypes could hinder development of vaccines and efficacy of diagnostic tests, according to virologist Edison Durigon at the University of São Paulo.

Methodology developed in Brazil combines low-intensity electric current with a formulation containing nanoencapsulated chemotherapy.

The map produced by the Dark Energy Survey covers about 1/30th of the sky and shows the distribution of dark matter in this region.

Study shows patients with chronic migraine are three times as likely to suffer from severe temporomandibular disorder.

Study led by scientists at Brazil’s National Space Research Institute and published in PLOS ONE shows that increased insolation is the key driver of Amazon forest greening.

EnterUp develops recommender engine that personalizes online search by suggesting items aligned with customers' interests.

Article published in Scientific Reports shows parasite's penetration of host cells increases expression of certain microRNAs capable of inhibiting action of immune system.

Researchers at São Paulo State University have completed the first mtDNA sequencing of one of Brazil’s more than 120 species of carnivorous plants.

Using GPS data from smartphones, new tool promises to identify disease hotspots and help stop transmission.

Projects conducted by researchers from Brazil and the United States were presented during FAPESP Week Nebraska-Texas, held on September 18-22.

Collaborations between scientists from the State of São Paulo and Texas Tech University are advancing knowledge in fields such as health, the environment and engineering.

The results of a study conducted in Brazil were presented in the city of Lubbock, United States, during FAPESP Week Nebraska-Texas.

Researchers are investigating how to improve the quality of beef produced in Brazil, which could increase industry revenue without expanding breeding area.

Research funded by FAPESP and Texas Tech is studying high energy physics and structural defects in systems that use graphene and attempting to discover new pathways in quantum mechanics.

Nilson Dias Vieira Junior talks about the role the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute had in developing and popularizing the use of lasers in a wide variety of fields in Brazil.

Research group is investigating alternatives for addressing problems such as acidosis, a serious disease that affects feedlot cattle.

At Texas Tech University, FAPESP scientific director talks about the Foundation's funding lines to promote collaborative research between universities and companies.

Representatives from Texas Tech University and FAPESP highlight the importance of mechanisms such as SPRINT in the globalization of science.

In experiments with mice, a Brazilian research group showed that a diet rich in saturated fats damages the system of the brain that controls hunger well before it alters the profile of intestinal bacteria.

On the first day of FAPESP Week Nebraska-Texas, researchers from Brazil and the United States presented studies focused on making agricultural production more sustainable.

According to Helen Raikes, a researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recurrent bacterial infections early in life may permanently alter the intestines’ ability to absorb nutrients.

The method that allows observation of the chemical bonds between atoms on a scale of one millionth of one billionth of a second has applications in a wide variety of fields.

Developed at the University of Nebraska with the aid of researchers from dozens of countries, the Global Yield Gap and Water Productivity Atlas is a platform to help farmers and governments improve agricultural yield.

Scientists from the University of Nebraska and the State of São Paulo kick-off the symposium, emphasizing the importance of international collaboration for the worldwide development of science.

A study using the city of Santos, in Brazil, as an example, considered only the damage to buildings. Researchers predict far higher losses in other areas, including health and education, if nothing is done.

In a presentation to the 8th Workshop on Melanoma Models, British scientist Colin Goding spoke about how a lack of nutrients can make tumor cells stop proliferating and acquire an invasive phenotype.

Tests will identify genetic alterations that can be used to measure meat quality, characteristics of seedlings and plants, or pesticide resistance of disease-transmitting mosquitoes.

Researchers from five countries analyze remnants trapped in crater sediment to determine how vegetation in a biome responded to climate change.

A new method for analyzing chemical compositions is tested in Andean plants and shows how they became geographically distributed, leading to an understanding of their evolutionary history.

Study collected five years of data on 3,000 men in Brazil, Mexico and the United States. Precancerous lesions took two years to appear in some cases.

Research focusing on glioblastomas contributes to prognosis and helps find therapeutic targets. The results of the study were published in the journal Tumor Biology.

In addition to estrus synchronization, the hormone is also used to hasten puberty and induce superovulation in females.

The latest activity report shows that in 2016, FAPESP increased investment in Thematic Projects and invested more in support for small business innovation research than at any time in the past 20 years.

Greenhouse gas emissions from closed tanks and pipes are 620 times lower than those from traditional systems according to a study by Brazilian researchers.

Study contradicting the view that worker bees are forcibly castrated by the queen was carried out at the University of São Paulo and published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Study advocates fire-management policy to conserve the world’s richest savanna, a wonder of biodiversity and perennial source of many major Brazilian rivers.

Researchers concluded that medicinal therapy was more than twice as effective as low-intensity brain stimulation, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Sensors are designed to detect medium-to-large animals weighing upwards of 3 kg.

The differential expression of hnRNPs may lead to dysfunction of oligodendrocytes, glial cells that produce myelin and are important for neuronal activity.

On comparing samples of tumors and healthy tissue, researchers found differences in the most abundant bacterial genera.

Scientists raise important hypotheses about the evolutionary history of one of the most abundant groups of termites in Brazil.

Mischa Dohler, director of the Center for Telecommunications Research at King’s College London, highlights the challenges of making smart cities become a reality.

Studies suggest that combining radiotherapy with drugs that block a protein called PAF-R may increase the treatment success rate and reduce relapses.

Levels of ultrafine particulate matter in São Paulo City, Brazil, increased by up to 30% at times when ethanol prices rose and consumption fell.

With support from FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business program, a company extends the use of a solid-state neodymium-doped laser to raise power levels and processing speed.