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Despite having been mentioned and illustrated countless times since the nineteenth century, only now has Potamotrygon wallacei been officially named.

Researchers show that the sweetener sucralose tends to degrade at 98°C, releasing organochlorine compounds with potentially irritant and carcinogenic effects.

Article published in PNAS presents the results of research derived from the Green Ocean Amazon field campaign.

The vast reservation is well preserved but surrounded by deforested areas and suffers pressure from ranching, logging, mining, and expanding soybean plantations.

USP is number one and UNICAMP number eight in a ranking of the world's most prolific scientific research institutions in cosmetics published by Thomson Reuters.

Report concludes that more than enough land is available worldwide for bioenergy and food production, highlighting science-based recommendations to bolster the bioeconomy.

Proteome and transcriptome analyses unveil the molecular mechanisms triggered by viral infection in neural progenitor cells, the precursors of brain cells.

Inclusion of canola oil in the diet of dairy cattle reduces saturated fatty acids and increases the proportion of omega-3.

Brazilian study published in PLoS One shows benefits of administering anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone before surgery.

Researchers are developing algorithms capable of monitoring images from security cameras and identifying the occurrence of incidents in urban environments.

Training program offered in partnership with the George Washington University encourages startups to reformulate initial projects after coming into closer contact with the market.

Letter sent to The Lancet by researchers at the University of São Paulo and Singapore's Lee Kong School of Medicine contests call to postpone or move 2016 Summer Olympics addressed to WHO by 150 scientists.

In an article published by Scientific Reports, researchers characterize a subgroup of neurons in the olfactory epithelium that express CD36, a lipid metabolism regulator.

Innovative use of advanced technology assisted research on the anatomy of Rhacolepis buccalis, an extinct fish that lived over 100 million years ago in waters covering Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil.

Discoveries contribute to a deeper understanding of how temperature influences the coupling of different time scales in electrochemical reactions.

Researchers analyze potential effects of climate change on distribution of four species occurring in most of South America expected for 2050.

A combination of network science and text analytics was used to construct a taxonomy of science fields, identify relevant articles in each knowledge area, and organize maps, communities and connections.

Researchers' optimism is supported by sophisticated mathematical model and Health Ministry statistics.

Experiments with mice described in Nature confirm that Zika virus crosses the placental barrier to infect and kill brain cells.

Analysis suggests the species migrated from the Red Sea to the Americas during the age of discovery some 500 years ago.

Study of triathletes investigated the mechanisms that explain why neutrophils die sooner than they should.

Postdoctoral student will represent Brazil at the international final of FameLab, one of the world's foremost scientific communication contests.

A project supported by FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business program aims to make experimental technology more affordable and bring it to market.

Brazilian researchers have identified genes associated with cell wall metabolism for production of cellulosic ethanol in a study featured on the cover of Plant Molecular Biology.

Based on a skull collected in the 1970s, scientists have published a description of Brasinorhynchus mariantensis, an herbivorous reptile thought to be an ancestor of today's crocodiles and birds.

A toxic mudslide released by the collapse of an iron ore tailings dam in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, may have caused the disappearance of species such as a rare sea jelly, researchers warn.

Researchers are upgrading the online collaborative encyclopedia and contributing new entries in their knowledge area.

An inexpensive portable biosensor has been developed by researchers at Brazil's National Nanotechnology Laboratory with FAPESP's support.

Considered one of Brazilian oceanographers' greatest discoveries, the reef stretches at least 900 km from the coast and is teeming with species such as sponges weighing more than 100 kg.

Large-scale mitogenomics data suggest that this group of insects, called Schizophora, emerged 22 million years ago, at the same time as browsing and grazing mammals.

Computational platform sets rules for rationing water supply during periods of drought.

Michael Merzenich, professor emeritus at UCSF and a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research, talks about how mental gymnastics can help retrieve abilities lost to aging.

Software that classifies data from functional MRI already diagnoses the disease with an 80% success rate. Now, it is being used to detect alterations in brain regions associated with schizophrenia.

Brazilian and US researchers observe greater complexity in forms of predator avoidance, opening up new prospects for studies on evolution of mimicry.

Project involving three Brazilians wins prize for Most Implementable Solution at Zika Innovation Hack-a-thon in Boston.

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development assesses Brazilian global potential in this sector.

Study uses IPCC's projections to simulate the future distribution of Anopheles darlingi and the protozoans Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax.

Paleoclimate research shows that a collapse of this process in the past caused long periods of torrential rain in northeastern Brazil and increased CO2 emissions in the vicinity of Antarctica, among other consequences.

Model developed for research into neuropsychiatric disorders is being used to investigate effects of Zika virus on the brain and to pursue therapies.

The material looks like a mosaic of intersecting ellipses, parabolas or hyperbolas. Its structure, which has intrigued physicists for a century, has been revealed by means of Weyl-Poincaré invariance.

Brazilian researchers, in collaboration with French colleagues, analyzed more than 1,000 specimens of Hevea brasiliensis available in South American public germplasm banks.

Researchers have found 156 potential fragments of the largest body in the solar system's main asteroid belt.

Findings published in Cell show that in the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria, the neurons that innervate the intestine modulate the immune response to avoid excessive inflammation and tissue damage.

Projections also suggest the amount of rainfall in the Pantanal could diminish by 30%-40% during the southern hemisphere's winter.

A new species of fungus discovered in the Brazil nut tree ecosystem in the Amazon belongs to the genus Penicillium, from which Fleming obtained the first antibiotic.

A new book investigates how the political experience of Spain's colonies in the Americas was elaborated by the leaders of the Brazilian independence process, inspiring concrete action.

A training program offered in collaboration with George Washington University aims to promote the commercial development of innovative products, processes and services.

A methodology developed at the University of São Paulo will help clarify the link between zika infection and microcephaly and measure the real extent of the epidemic.

Mollusks known as tentaculitoids lived 400 million years ago in the icy seas that then covered part of what is now Brazil.

Researchers have developed a system that measures inflorescence traits in rice subpopulations as an aid to breed plants with higher quality and yield.