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Family income and educational level of parents influence the diets of adolescents, limiting intake of important nutrients in the combat against chronic illnesses says FSP-USP study.

In her new book, Mayana Zatz, coordinator of the Human Genome Studies Center, calls attention to the dilemmas and ethical questions generated by advances in genetics.

USP researchers develop application to facilitate and accelerate licensing of new undertakings and operations in the coastal area due to exploration of the Pre-Salt fields and duplication of cargo capacity at the Port of Santos.

With a theoretical and practical approach, the school funded by ESPCA-FAPESP discusses advanced computational methods to resolve problems related to new materials with applications in the areas of energy and the environment.

In comparison to all other Latin American and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries, Brazilian scientists have the highest impact rates with publications in national magazines.

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.

Technology-based company develops electronic magnifying glass which allows the visually impaired to adjust focus and write or draw.

The youth of Brazilian science, bureaucracy and the deficiencies of the educational system are all factors that can help explain why the country has not yet had a Nobel Prize winner.

Studies performed at the Heart Institute, InCor, show that treatment of sleep apnea can reduce blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension as well as prevent evolution of the disease.

The appearance of metastasis contributes fundamentally to vascular endothelial growth factor A, produced by positive stromal cells for the S100A4 marker according to a new study carried out by Brazilian and North Americans.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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”

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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.