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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.

Photographic reproductions of works by Italian-born artist who came to São Paulo almost 70 years ago illustrate FAPESP's latest annual report.

Technology developed by Recepta Biopharma with FAPESP's support has been licensed to US-based company Mersana Therapeutics.

The phenomenon is not confined to drought but includes hydrological extremes such as the floods that are occurring more frequently in Brazil's South region.

Amount of rain falling on reservoirs and other runoff collection systems is declining in all regions, according to studies.

Book analyzes the work of Alfredo Andersen, a landscape artist known as the "father of painting" in Paraná, Brazil.

Heads of main research funding agencies meet to discuss strategies for bolstering innovation in Brazil.

A paper in Nature's Scientific Reports describes experiment involving light source that emits 25-femtosecond pulses

Euler high-performance science data processing system is the fastest-ever computer installed in a university in São Paulo State

Casa da Ciência, the education arm of a research center supported by FAPESP, brings together researchers, schoolteachers and students

Government publishes findings of fourth survey conducted to gauge public awareness of science, technology and innovation in Brazil

São Paulo-Netherlands joint research projects in "Advanced Instrumentation for Astronomy" will be received until September 1st, 2015

Franco-Brazilian research team identified and corrected flaws in mathematical models used to simulate cloud and rain formation.

Software installed in electromechanical device sorts cuttings according to growth potential

Research shows that interaction between civil organizations and state actors has extended immigrants' rights and enabled Brazil to admit more foreigners despite restrictive national legislation.

Circa 1962 has been launched to commemorate FAPESP’s 50th anniversary, telling the story of São Paulo’s scientists in the decades leading up to its creation.

Institutions will provide up to £4 million for joint UK-Brazil applications selected in call for proposals

Vaccine antigen will be inserted into the genomes of attenuated smallpox virus and chimpanzee adenovirus to boost immune response.

Some 60% of the 74 largest terrestrial mammals with a body mass of 100 kg or more are threatened with extinction, and the ecological consequences of their decline will be dramatic, scientists warn in a review.

Quark-gluon plasma is believed to have predominated in the primordial universe and can be recreated in the largest particle colliders in operation today.

Researchers from Brazil and the UK will use underwater robotic vehicles to discover how polymetallic deposits formed on the ocean floor millions of years ago. The project is supported by FAPESP.

The many applications of satellite data include investigating climate change, monitoring deforestation and estimating crop yields.

The Sampa chip will be used in an experiment that simulates a state of matter thought to have formed in the first microseconds after the Big Bang.

The Center for Research on Inflammatory Diseases, supported by FAPESP, is investigating a novel pharmacological target to combat immunosuppression due to generalized infection.

Experiment shows that cryopreservation alters rate of apoptosis and lymphocyte proliferation in patients with this autoimmune disease.

In tests with mice, epiisopiloturine was effective against juvenile and adult forms of Schistosoma mansoni. Researchers are investigating its mechanism of action to try to boost its therapeutic effect.

Researchers attending event say Brazil does high-level basic science in this field but lacks qualified professionals and experimental infrastructure.

Inclusion of silver-based microparticles in bottle plastic extends shelf life from seven to 15 days. Company aims to increase US market share.

Objects consisting of four quarks display different configurations from those consisting of protons, neutrons and mesons. The possibility of their existence had been predicted by quantum chromodynamics.

Brazil's largest metropolitan area has become more heterogeneous in social and spatial terms but remains strongly unequal, studies show.

Following recent passage of Brazil's new biodiversity law, the scientific community expects Brazil to confirm commitment to international agreement.

A nanobiosensor developed at a Brazilian university is being tested for use in detecting target molecules typical of nervous system diseases.

Droughts and floods are becoming more severe in the region, leaving the inhabitants of remote areas more vulnerable to water and food shortages and without access to transportation, health care or schools.

Biosilicate is also being tested in ocular implants and artificial middle ear ossicles.

The two endangered species studied are important pollinators of food crops such as nuts, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, squash and kiwi.

The result, obtained in collaboration with Chinese researchers, was published in Scientific Reports. The study could contribute to the development of quantum computing.

This discovery was made by an international research consortium, including FAPESP-funded researcher, based on data from Tara Oceans circumglobal scientific expedition.

Application horizon includes more efficient catalysts and devices capable of storing more data per unit area.