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The electronic library funded by Bireme and FAPESP continues in first place in the visibility ranking for scientific repositories on the main internet search engines.

New statistical analysis methods and software facilitate understanding of the complex sugarcane genome.

A study conducted at USP reveals that two-thirds of people infected with malaria at an agricultural settlement in the Amazon did not have symptoms but could spread the disease.

Fast Company magazine names Bug Agentes Biológicos, funded by FAPESP, as one of the world’s 50 most innovative companies on a list headed by Apple, Facebook and Google.

An international study indicates that 30% of the Greater Metropolitan Region’s inhabitants have mental disorders, the highest recorded prevalence of 24 studied countries.

Substituting GDP as a measure of the wealth of nations is one of the recommendations made by researchers who received one of the world’s most important environmental awards.

In a FAPESP-funded project, a company intends to develop technology for large-scale production of specialized enzymes.

Universidade de São Paulo (USP) is the university that grants the most PhDs worldwide. The finding is part of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, released by the Center for World Class Universities and Jiao Tong University’s Higher Education Institute in Shanghai, which named the São Paulo university first in the number of theses defended among 682 global institutions.

An international study with Brazilian participants identifies the domain responsible for the gating mechanism of voltage-sensisitve sodium channels.

Research at a FAPESP-funded center highlights the intense changes that have radically transformed the social and spatial characteristics of Brazil's largest city.

Scientists from the São Carlos Institute of Physics-USP win first place in an international ImageCLÉF competition using a new computer system that recognizes plant species from photos of leaves.

A FAPESP exposition covering the Brazilian biodiversity features Flora Brasiliensis, the botanical work of German Carl Philipp von Martius

According to specialists, focusing on discussions that cover sustainable development could be the only chance for the conference to achieve concrete objectives. The March workshop at FAPESP will be fundamental for the revision of the document.

A study conducted with cavies by USP scientists shows that elderly animals do not have a reduced number of neurons and that nerve cell division continues in old age.

Exposition presents the last and largest murals painted by the Brazilian artist following detailed restoration work. The works will return to the entrance hall of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2013.

Free universal access to diagnosis and treatment has resulted in falling death rates and increased prevalence within the state in recent years, says study.

A Universidade Estadual Paulista's team is conducted several studies on quitting smoking The initiative was the highlight of the European Respiratory Congress.

Researchers at the Human Genome Studies Center (CEGH) have made important steps toward uncovering the genetic mechanisms of the autism spectrum.

Instruments developed in the study are in the patenting and registry phase for sale.

A study proposes combining cellulose ethanol production with biogas production and using the residue from the process as a source of energy for plants.

Researchers achieve effective action against Leishmania by treating infected organs with a drug originally used against parasitic diseases in animals.

Promoted by FAPESP and Heidelberg University, an exposition covering Brazilian biodiversity was inaugurated in the German city.

In 2011, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) determined 10.8 gigabases of sugarcane DNA sequence, 33 times the amount sequenced by the two-year Sugarcane Genome Project, which ended in 2001 and mapped the genes expressed in the plant.

The first South American branch of the International Center for Theoretical Physics started its activities on the São Paulo Unesp campus, with FAPESP funding. The facility will conduct high-tech research and foster intense interchange among scientists.

The new computer cluster is one of the world’s largest and most powerful dedicated solely to astronomy research

The formula, developed at USP, combines photoprotective substances, Ginkgo biloba and red marine algae extracts with vitamins A, C and E

Researchers present scientific advances on the effects of physical activity

A review article published in the January 19 edition of Nature magazine synthesizes the results of the studies performed over the last 20 years in the Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) coordinated by the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA).

Researchers from many nations, including Brazil, have published an article in Science magazine calling on the international scientific community to assume a more active role in the inclusion of agriculture in the rounds of negotiations at the UN Convention on Climate Change.

A USP team participated in an international study analyzing 125 stem cell lines produced in 38 laboratories, recently published in Nature Biotechnology.

In an article published in PNAS, scientists in Brazil, Australia and the United States describe how they proved that Philcoxia is carnivorous.

The selected themes for collaboration between French researchers and São Paulo State researchers are "Global Change and Environment/Earth Sciences" and "Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectology."

In the hope of discovering molecules with the potential to be used as immunosuppressive, antibacterial or anticancer drugs, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) researchers have dedicated themselves to studying a group of soil microorganisms known as Actinobacteria.

Scientists originally believed that only ants and termites had individuals adapted exclusively for defense. A study published in PNAS showed that the sole purpose of guard jataí bees is to defend the hive.

An international study with Brazilian participation indicates that deforestation in Mato Grosso has diminished and that soy production in the state grew in the last few years through changes in land use.

A multidisciplinary network that grew from a FAPESP Thematic Project has become a world leader in Drosophila cell culture techniques. Their work was described in a recent article in Biotechnology Advances.

The result of a study conducted at UNESP: a book that offers reflections on the impact of German philosophical concepts on contemporary education.

A new methodology developed by researchers at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine’s Heart Institute (InCor/USP) makes it possible to evaluate children and adolescents with congenital heart disease and to identify those with a higher risk of death or complications as a result of corrective surgery.

The objective of this study is to use compounds as biological markers to evaluate the risk of cancer and the exposure to urban pollution.

Researchers described the transcriptomes of three important species of Eimeria, which causes the most serious illness associated with avian farming in the world.

Researchers at the Brazil Science and Technology Institute for the Biorational Control of Pest Insects have developed a method for the preservation of neem's main active ingredient.

Diamonds are formed in the planet’s deep layers, under high pressures and temperatures. However, for industrial use, the first choice is to use more accessible artificial diamonds. Developed in laboratories, artificial diamonds have many applications.

The São Paulo School of Advanced Science brought together 160 scientists and students from Brazil and abroad to debate the most recent advances in the emerging field of astrobiology

A technique applied at Unesp using mass spectrometry identifies toxic compounds directly in cyanobacterial cells and in water reservoirs

A study conducted at FMUSP and University College London showed that uncovering the cerebral mechanisms of physicians can contribute to improved diagnostic methods and techniques, resulting in fewer medical errors

Equipment measures physicochemical changes to materials in cultural objects caused by environmental conditions of museums

The circulation patterns of the Atlantic Ocean could be undergoing transformations that could potentially interfere with the global climate. To understand this phenomenon, an international group of scientists will install a series of monitoring instruments along a line that extends from South America to Africa.

Brazilian researchers participate in one of the groups involved in the search for the so-called "God particle"

The objective of the projects developed by researchers from diverse countries is to increase the scientific understanding of the origin and evolution of the Compositae.

A study published in Molecular Cancer has identified, for the first time, a correlation between highly malignant tumors and the expression of long non-coding RNAs. The study presents a gene expression profile that is correlated with the metastasis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.