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Soil recovery and water management research findings were shared at a seminar co-hosted by FAPESP and the Bunge Foundation.

Sea and tide levels in São Paulo State's most important port city are expected to rise 18-30 cm by 2050, according to an international study.

Study suggests arrival of felids in North America may have caused disappearance of up to 40 species of the family to which modern dogs, wolves and coyotes belong.

In an article published in Scientific Reports, researchers from Brazil, the UK and Sweden report alterations in sleep patterns and melatonin production in workers in Xapuri, Acre State, northern Brazil.

The contribution of renewable energy sources will need to increase if Brazil is to fulfill its pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 43% in 2030 compared with 2005.

Progress achieved in recent decades, such as the improvement in life expectancy, could be reversed by continuous rapid biodiversity and ecosystem losses, warn two landmark global reports.

Estimate comes from a study conducted by researchers in Brazil, England and the United States, published in Nature Geoscience.

Destruction of red blood cells, which is common in patients with sickle cell anemia, causes systemic inflammation and impairs blood circulation.

Because of its high rotation rate, a Be star is oblate and ejects matter to form a plasma disk around it. The physics that describes these disks can be used to explain the genesis of our planetary system.

The finding comes from studies with mice and was presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Federation of Experimental Biology Societies.

International conference highlights Brazilian contributions to research on microstructure and magnetic properties.

The expression of genes that code for pluripotency factors is associated with shorter survival and higher risk of metastasis in medulloblastoma patients.

Collaboration between Brazilian and Danish researchers developed innovative strategies for the production of animal protein and bread.

Understanding the chemical composition of foods and how it influences their sensory quality and biological effects is one of the goals of the Food Research Center, supported by FAPESP.

The results, published in Scientific Reports, could pave way to development of new antitumoral compounds.

Workshop held by Transatlantic Platform for the Social Sciences & Humanities discussed methodologies to integrate researchers and promote cooperation among countries.

Brazilian researchers have identified gene alterations that could help predict outcomes for patients with pilocytic astrocytoma, one of the most frequent brain tumors in children.

The capital of São Paulo State in Brazil was 12th in the 2015 ranking of the world's top 20 ecosystems for technology startups.

Research performed with funding from FAPESP uses computer models to improve broiler chicken production.

This view was expressed by José Goldemberg, FAPESP's incoming President, in his inaugural address.

Celso Lafer, whose eight years as President have ended, highlights FAPESP's contribution to the consolidation of research conducted in São Paulo State in the global science, technology and innovation arena.

Results of experiment performed at the Large Hadron Collider were published in Nature Physics. The investigators include researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo and the University of Campinas.

Protocol reduces snoring frequency and intensity by reducing flaccidity of throat muscles.

Research shows that rises in temperature reduce the metabolic rate of hummingbirds, which fly less as a result.

Collaboration between Brazilian and British researchers involves the simultaneous use of EEG and fMRI to study brain activity.

Open-source software is driving growth in online information repositories that can be used free of charge, according to experts who attended an event held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of FAPESP's Virtual Library.

Frank Kirchhoff, winner of Germany's Leibniz Prize, talked to Agência FAPESP about promising strategies to combat the virus responsible for the AIDS pandemic.

The hepato-nephrocitic system can combat toxic substances depending on the concentration and length of exposure, researchers show.

Treatment with human stem cells increased the survival rate by 50%, according to a paper published by Stem Cells International.

A remotely operated vehicle uses thrusters to move underwater and crawls over a ship's hull on motorized tracks to detect structural flaws with ultrasonic transducers.

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow in Scotland and former FAPESP scholarship holder is Brazil's only representative in a research consortium comprising seven European institutions.

A group of researchers in Brazil has joined the collaboration that operates a particle detector installed on the International Space Station.

Whereas conventional drugs require prolonged treatment to be effective, compounds that inhibit an enzyme involved in DNA methylation have been shown to have antidepressant effects in animals.

Research performed at the University of São Paulo's Mathematics & Computer Science Institute in Brazil won a prize at an international conference.

Estradiol treatment improved the performance of rats with induced menopause in memory tests as well as mitigating symptoms of depression.

Chemical, physical and biological processes occurring in different soil regions are studied at the atomic scale.

Understanding how these substances act in blood vessels is the aim of a group of scientists affiliated with Redoxome, a research center supported by FAPESP.

Researchers in Brazil and the United States are investigating how the human brain perceives time and uses this information to plan actions.

Driverless vehicle can be called using smartphone app, which allows user to use voice commands to say where to go.

Research strategies and global database on glass properties presented at Advanced School on Glasses and Glass-Ceramics.

Technique developed at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine also helps determine efficacy of anti-Chagas drugs.

Identifying the neural circuits involved in the organization of defensive responses to different dangerous situations is the goal pursued by a group of Brazilian researchers.

New computational tools for medical practice were presented at an international symposium in Brazil.

The power conversion efficiency is the highest ever recorded for this type of equipment and was achieved without additional expensive components or complex procedures.

Research group is only Brazil's second to publish in world's most important endocrinology journal.

Researchers have explained why there are relatively few asteroids at the edge of the main belt even though the region has remained stable since planetary migration.

Studies presented at a worldwide congress on brain research suggest that caffeine may prevent depression in adults but could be a risk factor for epilepsy during fetal development.

Developed at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, model correlates statistical distribution of microfissures with local plastic strain in structural components.

A method described in Nature Communications offers improved insight into reactions of enzymes that play key roles in biological processes.

In 2014, the São Paulo Research Foundation invested $ PPP 390.08 million in scientific and technological research, according to its annual report.