Hormones produced during gestation induce chromatin remodeling and the reprogramming of the genes in mammary cells, according to a study conducted by scientists in Brazil and the United States.
Nature highlights a project conceived by Thomas Lovejoy, a cooperative effort by Inpa and the Smithsonian to study the influence of deforestation on fauna and flora in the Amazon Forest.
The formula for the cement allows the cement industry to reduce CO2 emissions, increase efficiency and reduce the concentration of cement in the composition of concrete and mortar.
FAPESP announced the 17 new Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers selected for funding for a period of up to eleven years. Total funding will be more than US$ 680 million.
The results indicate major genetic variation and simultaneous circulation of different strains, which increases the risk of epidemics and makes the creation of vaccines more difficult.
A groundbreaking course aims to create an internationally competitive program for professional training for companies, the government and universities.
The discovery of the action mechanism of ARHGAP21 in cellular adhesion and migration processes could contribute to the development of techniques that halt the propagation of carcinogenic cells.
Fossil vestiges collected in the states of Maranhão, Paraná, and Rio Grande do Sul expand the knowledge regarding the species that inhabited these regions more than 200 million years ago.
Study revisits the contributions of French anthropologists Pierre and Hélène Clastres on the Tupi-Guarani tribe, "a challenge for the dominant model of development".
Equipment focused on detecting emissions with frequencies over 1 trillion Hertz will be placed 40 kilometers from the Earth’s surface using stratospheric balloons.
Company obtains registration to commercialize a bactericidal material applied to plastic packaging in the United States. MIT consulting firm prepares entry of Nanox’s product into the U.S. market.
Researchers are developing a method that integrates advances in genetics, neurosciences and behavioral sciences to increase the understanding of the causes of disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Researchers use a new strategy to study the brains of people with a type of drug-resistant epilepsy and are also using the method to understand the development of the thymus.
Eucalyptus and pine cultivation for the pulp and paper industry already occupies 25% of the biome, which is also impacted by the expansion of agriculture and inadequate cattle management.
Group from Universidade de São Paulo's Physics Institute initiates projects to forecast phenomena that should be observed in LHC experiments starting in 2015.
The building on the Universidade de São Paulo campus houses a collection of more than 32,000 titles by Brazilian authors or about Brazil, assembled by Guita and José Mindlin.
Operating on a supercomputer, the Coastal Forecasting and Monitoring System (SIMCos) forecasts the movement and height of waves at 61 points on the coast; the system performs real-time simulations.
Moshe Szyf, of McGill University, participates in an international symposium organized by FAPESP and Natura. Discussions from the event will inform the calls for proposals to create research centers.
James Wallbank, founder of Access Space, talks about the British initiative of social transformation through technology that ranges from the reutilization of computers to the production of digital innovation.
Scientists will seek to reconstruct the distribution of species over the last thousand years. The study is part of project funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation, NSF and NASA.
Journal of Natural Products highlights database that includes information on the potential of these secondary metabolites for use in medicinal chemistry, ecological chemistry, and metabolomics.
Problems such as low wages for workers are closely linked to education in China, says economist Lingxu Zhang, coordinator of a rural education program.
While studies of Plasmodium falciparum have been conducted in recent years, researchers warn that there is still little known about Plasmodium vivax, which is responsible for 85% of malaria cases in Brazil
Gradual changes by young people in recent years to the Japanese traditional diet pattern means that the country is beginning to exhibit increased childhood-adolescent obesity rates, according to Unicamp researcher.
The expansion of sugarcane and soybean cultivation and the replacement of forests by pastureland affect the chemical composition and biodiversity of rivers and lakes, notes USP professor.