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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Software installed in electromechanical device sorts cuttings according to growth potential

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The GMT project has institutional partners in Australia, Brazil (represented by FAPESP), South Korea, the US and Chile.

In vitro trials point to antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory actions of a substance isolated from Nectandra leucantha, a tree species common to the Atlantic rainforest biome.

Remnants of the universe's infancy that are concentrated in the galaxy's bulge are estimated to be more than 13 billion years old.

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

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

Australian water management experts attending an event in São Paulo shared solutions developed to address 1997-2009 drought.

SciELO integrates the Biodiversity Heritage Library, a consortium that is digitizing the collections of leading research institutions around the world for online open access.

Gut microbiota in obese individuals and type 2 diabetics induces the production of higher bacterial membrane lipid levels and lower levels of fatty acids that are involved in insulin intolerance, studies show.

Data analyzed by CMS and LHCb collaborations show B meson decay that has never been seen before. Three Brazilian research groups participated in the research, published by Nature.

Treatment conducted at a Brazilian university reduces apoptosis in pancreatic islets, where insulin-producing cells are located.

Vice-president of European Research Council speaks about objectives of first pan-European research funding organisation.

Leandro Medrano from the University of São Paulo's School of Architecture and Urbanism speaks about the challenges of reinventing the city and "compacting" São Paulo, Brazil.

Many new materials are emerging to revolutionise technology and Brazil is on the front line of this research, says Antonio Castro Neto, who heads Singapore's Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre.