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Brazil needs to develop its own biological pest control technology for agriculture that is adapted to the country's agricultural profile, says José Roberto Postalli Parra of Esalq, one of the 56th Bunge Foundation Award winners.

FAPESP’s financial outlays to support scientific and technological research increased 14.8% in 2010, compared to the previous year. With outlays of R$ 780.03 million in 2010 alone, the São Paulo Research Foundation maintained the upward curve in support to research, which grew 69% in the last decade.

São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences brings together 440 scientists and students from Brazil and abroad to debate the latest advances in knowledge in the area of redox processes in biomedicine.

The objective is to stimulate the establishment of collaborative activities between researchers in the United States and in the State of São Paulo.

British ranking of universities shows ascension of Latin America. USP climbed 84 spots and is the 169th best in the world. Unicamp leapt to 235th place.

Unesp researchers in Presidente Prudente discover a molecule capable of capturing the atmospheric gas and converting it to compounds that may be used in the future by chemical industries.

People suffering from depression oftentimes also present psychotic manifestations. But until now, the medical community had no objective methods to differentiate between these cases and cases of common depression, making the administration of specific treatment difficult.

For Simon Campbell, the British scientist who created Viagra, the pharmaceutical industry has grown too much to be able to bring together the fundamental elements for discovering new drugs: “high-level science, art and personal focus”

The São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences looked at the use of advanced computing to solve problems related to new materials with applications in the fields of energy and the environment

There are no technical barriers to biofuel production, but there are many opportunities to improve manufacturing processes and diversify them, says Chris Somerville of the University of California at Berkeley

Researchers uncover the mechanism by which cytokine controls replication of bacteria in the Mycobacterium avium complex inside host cells

A series of research projects begun in 1994, which received FAPESP funding, has managed significant advances against Chagas Disease, culminating in an unprecedented cure in highly susceptible mice through a technology of DNA vaccines.

A study published in Science magazine with Brazilian participation refutes research indicating a decline in the capacity of forests to sequester carbon and attributes the phenomenon to increasing droughts

For Lee Lynd of Dartmouth College, Brazil is a good example of how it is possible to combine agricultural production for food and energy.

The objective is to stimulate the establishment of collaborative activities between researchers in the United States and in the State of São Paulo.

Study performed at USP’s Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences shows that the Universe’s rate of expansion may be diminishing.

Winners of the Nobel Prize participating in the Unicamp school, Ei-ichi Negishi and Kurt Wüthrich speak about the importance of FAPESP’s program for the development of Chemistry in Brazil.

Specialists affirm that Brazilian ethanol is an example of how industrialized nations can substitute part of their energy grids with renewable energy.

Less polluting alternatives for aircraft fuel need to maintain thermal stability and good fluidity at high altitudes, says Guilherme Freire, from Embraer.

Matthias Kleiner, president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (left) and Celso Lafer, president of FAPESP, signed the renewal of a collaboration agreement between the two foundations.

The Universidade de São Paulo promotes a cycle of annual conferences covering many areas of knowledge.

The São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences in Chemistry was held from August 14-18, 2011 at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), under the auspices of the FAPESP’s São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences (ESPCA) funding line.

São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Anisotropic Conductors and Semiconductors brings together more than 60 post-graduate and post-doctoral students to dialogue with some of the top specialists in the area.

José Goldemberg opens International Bioenergy Conference, which gathers more than 200 researchers from Brazil and abroad in Campos do Jordão to debate sector perspectives

Proposals in synthetic biology for biofuels and bio-derived chemicals and sustainability are welcome until October 17, 2011. The total amount of resources available for the selected proposals is US$ 2 million

Two projects involving laser therapy developed in the USP Dentistry Department’s Basic Research Laboratory with FAPESP funding win prizes at international congresses

Early attempts at deliberate clinical application of mesenchymal stem cells without a full understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms of these cells has resulted in a certain degree of disillusionment regarding the efficacy of their use for treatment of autoimmune illnesses.

Scientists discuss construction of a radio telescope that would enable Brazilian and Argentine researchers to gain access to the largest astronomical project in existence.

Book asserts that technological innovation is key for the sector to become sustainable.

Brazilian researchers perform studies on Pluto system that may contribute to the voyage of NASA’s New Horizons space probe to the planet in 2015.

Scientists dialogue with education and extension, producing new approaches to university teaching and orienting high school students for chemistry Olympics.

The result of coupling optics and medicine, photonic therapies have become a reality in Brazil thanks to research conducted in the past decade by the São Carlos Optics and Photonics Research Center (Cepof).

Ricardo Renzo Brentani, FAPESP’s executive president, receives Octavio Frias de Oliveira Award for "Outstanding Personality".

Scientists develop minimally invasive method to gauge intercranial pressure. System receives the support of World Health Organization for dissemination in Latin America.

Museum collects works of Latin American and Eastern European artists through postal network established when countries faced dictatorships.

Annual edition of JCR has 1,075 scientific publications that received a impact factor rating for the first time, 35 of which are Brazilian.

Formed by the epidermis and the exoskeleton, the integument of insects is largely responsible for the evolutionary success and mega-diversity of this group of organisms.

Biodiversity is still an endless source of new molecular architecture for the development of medicines, cosmetics and agrichemicals, say researchers.

WHO report on depression brings together population studies in 18 countries and shows a relationship between the disorder and social conditions.

Software makes analysis of matrimonial practices among indigenous South American peoples possible.

Study with 1,116 subjects shows that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is over 35% and is directly associated with educational level.

Over the 250 years of taxonomic science, researchers have discovered some 1.7 million species of living beings. But according to Professor Cláudio Oliveira of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) in Botucatu’s Institute of Biosciences, it is estimated that around 87% of all existing species are still completely unknown.

FAPESP and Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario will support the exchange of researchers.

Scientists discuss recent advances and the challenges of molecular mechanisms related to pain and analgesia.

A group of researchers is concentrating its efforts, until 2015, on explaining the main causes of metabolic diversity of angiosperms.

Researchers and scholars on the life and works of Lina Bo and Pietro Maria Bardi will soon have easier access to the archives of the architects.

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), one of the Research Councils UK (RCUK), released a new call for proposals for international research funding for NERC researchers in partnership with scientists from other countries.

The 7th Evaluation Meeting of the BIOTA-FAPESP Program and the Evaluation Meeting of BIOprospecTA were concluded on July 11, 2011 at FAPESP’s headquarters in São Paulo.

Another potential alternative could lie in genetic improvement of the microorganisms utilized in the conventional industrial production process for the biofuel through fermentation.

The São Paulo Research Foundation and the Danish Council for Strategic Research will provide up to US$ 4 million for research in food science.