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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Study suggests emergence of male bees with both paternal and maternal genetic material unbalances workforce in colonies of Scaptotrigona depilis.

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

International symposium focusing on technology- and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship brought together specialists from Brazil, the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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

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.

São Paulo School of Advanced Science assembled students from 14 countries to develop solutions and improve quality of life in developing regions.

Study by researchers at University of São Paulo Medical School’s Psychiatry Institute warns that health system should take comorbidity into account.

Vector is no longer confined to villages in the Amazon but is spreading to major cities throughout Brazil, researcher warns.

Researchers have identified the lipid accumulation mechanism in oocytes. Their results may help improve production in the market led worldwide by Brazil.

Survey under way seeks to help ensure earthquake-resistant construction becomes more widespread.

Genetic marker to identify yeast strains is already used by 30 ethanol plants in five states.

Through experiments with rats and cells, a study shows that aerobic training reactivates system that helps rid heart cells of dysfunctional mitochondria.

Research performed at the University of São Paulo may contribute to the refinement of climate models used to project future scenarios.

Article published in The Journal of Neuroscience shows role of cytokine TNF in genesis of herpetic neuralgia. Discovery could lead to novel therapeutic approaches.

Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, one of the developers of molecular machines, visited Brazil to take part in IUPAC 2017.

A project focusing on the use of non-toxic materials and sustainable production has already created fiber cement panels and biomass particleboard for multiple uses.

The study involved a control group and a third group of people who learned to play video games. The average age was 65.

Researchers at the University of São Paulo prove that increased levels of chemerin observed in patients with diseases involving chronic inflammation can cause damage to bone tissue.

Startup will represent Brazil alongside Dutch and German teams at final of Global Biobased Business Competition during Brazilian BioEnergy Science & Technology Conference in October.

Brazilian biochemist Margaret Magdesian founded a startup in Canada to make organ-on-a-chip devices that enhance the efficiency of experiments using cell cultures.

Study also helped to set more realistic national and international ceilings on toxic substances produced by fungi in Brazil nuts.

Theoretical study published in Physical Review Letters could have future applications in nanodevices and computation, and in quantum encryption and communication.

Research highlighting differences between human and murine microglia used in studies of Alzheimer’s and other diseases is published in Nature Neuroscience.

Discovery by startup with support from FAPESP’s Small Business Innovative Research Program, in partnership with scientists at University of São Paulo, results in product that enhances animal reproductive efficiency.

Device performs physical and chemical analyses of fruit, grains, olive oil, milk and meat, among other products.

Structuring of layered double hydroxides by groups from Brazil and Belgium extends surface area and enhances the capacity to adsorb different elements and chemical compounds.

During the São Paulo School of Advanced Science in Arbovirology, researchers presented findings showing that infection of mosquitoes by pathogens can be blocked, interrupting transmission to humans.

Researchers endeavoring to identify genetic markers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis verify the importance of analyzing the spinal cord more carefully in cases of the disease.

Studies suggest that in addition to affording topical protection the polymer has anti-inflammatory effects on the esophageal mucus.

Virtual.Pyxis has already been licensed to advanced research departments of major multinationals and MIT.