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Using the book O Mulato (The Mulatto) as a starting point, sociologist evaluates the trajectory of the Maranhão-born writer.

Daniel Kleppner, of MIT, is honored at an event that brought together five Nobel Laureates and other leaders in the area.

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.

A study published in Science shows that cells transfer many more mitochondria than necessary to other cells, even at the expense of their own lives.

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.

The insect is one of the most feared plagues of the tomato, bean, melon and potato.

The idea is to facilitate the exchange of ideas among the country’s leading resource centers and to conduct human resources training.

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.

Problems such as low wages for workers are closely linked to education in China, says economist Lingxu Zhang, coordinator of a rural education program.

Philip Campbell participates in conference at FAPESP to speak about access to scientific information and research data today and in the future.

Report on sustainability should support governments and United Nations-affiliated institutions to make decisions on bioenergy.

Results published in PLoS ONE journal pave the way for treatments that stimulate the metabolism of skin cells and other tissues containing collagen.

Dudley Herschbach, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, uses parables to illustrate what chemistry can do.

Infrastructure problems, low value-added products, exclusion of poor rural works, issues involving food safety, and threats to the environment are obstacles highlighted by scientists.

Presentations on research projects underway in the two countries, exchanges of scientists and support opportunities offered by the organizers are highlights of the event held by FAPESP and JSPS in Tokyo.

Foundation directors meet with directors of the JSPS, JST, Riken, Miraikan, Rikkyo University and the University of Tokyo to expand scientific exchange between researchers from the two countries.

The presidents of FAPESP and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) stress the importance of increasing science and technology collaboration between the two countries.

The Shuji Aihara Group, at the University of Tokyo, works with Brazilian scientists to develop structures that are safer for the shipment of oil and gas, and in the future, hydrogen and CO2.

There’s been renewed activity in recent years in the Japanese government’s relationship to dekasseguis, Japanese descendants who settled in Japan in large numbers beginning in 1990, claims Masashi University researcher.

Tsutomu Takeuchi, Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine at Nagasaki University warns public health authorities of the importance of improved treatment of those infected and the adoption of preventive measures.

Increased knowledge about genes that may increase sugarcane biomass and resistance to hydric stress includes complementary use of other crops established in Brazil.

Lecture about challenges to researchers highlights the little known wealth of the biodiversity of Brazil’s marine environments.

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.

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.

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

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz was awarded the Armando de Salles Oliveira Medal by USP President João Grandino Rodas. It is the highest honor awarded by the Paulista institution

A recurring and mysterious concept in Japanese culture, the “space between things” is the topic of a book by Michiko Okano, professor at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Researchers from the Universidade de São Paulo begin project to study the types and amounts of metals present in the gases surrounding groups of galaxies

Brazilian Earth System Model addresses climate questions from Brazil and other South American countries

At the kickoff of the 2013 BIOTA-FAPESP Conference Series, Thomas Lewinsohn from the Universidade de Campinas spoke on the estimated time and cost necessary to describe all the planet’s species

Researcher chooses the careeer of Jacques Pilon as the thread to study the construction of the city.

Sherry Turkle, a specialist in relations between technology and society at MIT, warns about the risk of hoping that robots and artificial intelligence products will resolve relationship problems or cure loneliness.

Explosions of giant stars accelerate energy particles powerfully enough to spread them across the entire galaxy, striking the Earth constantly, say scientists

Study helps to uncover the mechanism that leads to X-linked hypophosphatemia, a genetic disease that affects bone mineralization and causes osteomalacia.

A new device could be used in the defense and aerospace industries. The study was featured on the cover of Nature Materials.

Brazilian researchers hope improvements to the Mario Schenberg detector and creative participation by North America’s aLIGO will launch Brazil into the age of gravitational astronomy

FAPESP symposium brings together specialists in several fields who will spend the next five years researching what happened in the Amazon in the last 20 million years. One of the objectives is to provide a complete overview of the origin of the region’s biodiversity

Unesp Professor José Arana Varela is honored with the American Ceramic Society’s 2013 Global Star Award.

The International Journal of Astrobiology has dedicated an edition to articles based on the conferences held at the São Paulo Advanced School of Sciences on Astrobiology, sponsored by FAPESP.

Patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplants should first undergo rigorous cardiac screening, say scientists from USP and Northwestern University.

Micromechanical oscillators created by a Brazilian researcher in partnership with U.S. scientists pave the way for the use of light in computer microchips to carry information.

New work offers a collection of articles and reports published by Julio Abramczyk in the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper and portrays scientific coverage in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Carlos Joly is one of five representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean at the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

Scientists describe the role of immune system cells in chronic inflammation in a study published in the PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases journal.

Program developed by Brazilian researcher for the iPhone and iPad processes and converts numerical data on solar explosions and particle emissions into graphs.

A study on the intestinal function of insects enhances researchers’ understanding of these animals and could lead to innovative methods for combatting disease and controlling agricultural pests.

Former University of São Paulo president receives a US$ 500,000 Lifetime Achievement award as the winner of the Zayed Future Energy Prize in the United Arab Emirates.

FAPESP-funded studies coordinated by Marise Lazaretti Castro (Unifesp) reveal that the incidence of vitamin deficiency in the population of São Paulo is high, especially among older individuals.

Sirius Project has an estimated cost of R$ 650 million and is slated for conclusion in 2016. The laboratory is expected to attract prominent international researchers.

Audio archive is named after Jacques Vielliard (see photo), the ornithologist responsible for most of the recordings, who died in 2010.