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Research studies are being conducted for the purpose of building better and more efficient aircraft, using new materials and solutions based on birds.

Joint research results and opportunities will be discussed during symposia at the University of Michigan and Ohio State University.

Study by team including Brazilian scientists published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters shows that formation of the galaxy's stars began in the center and then spread outwards.

Study suggests wearing anti-pollution filter masks can lessen the impact of vehicle emissions on people with heart failure and reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Researchers used mitochondrial DNA as a marker to assess the effectiveness of biological control by wasps.

Researchers gathered to discuss how demographic and territorial disparities as well as inequality in gender, race, the labor market, access to education and political participation have changed in the last 50 years.

Strategies for using natural agents to combat crop pests must be adapted to the characteristics of tropical agriculture, experts say.

Researchers find that microRNAs undermine the control of gene expression in T-lymphocytes, leading these defense cells to attack insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

Study establishes chronology of tectonic and climate events in Bauru, Sanfranciscana and Parecis sedimentary basins, central-southern Brazil.

Researchers develop smartphone app that controls access to restricted areas using "virtual keys".

Agreement with Health Ministry calls for investment of R$100 million in final phase of testing.

Research findings were presented at the Annual Project Meeting of FAPESP's Research Program on Global Climate Change.

The University of São Paulo's Faculty of Medicine will provide free accommodation for all participating students, and is offering a schedule filled with academic, clinical and social activities.

Discoveries open up new prospects for the study of the universe. Brazilian researchers' participation in the international collaboration is supported by FAPESP.

New research explains why eating something caloric with an unpleasant taste is often preferable to more palatable food with no calories.

Research project will prospect for wild species and explore genetic variability to enrich germplasm banks.

Additional funding of R$550,000 has been approved, and other proposals are being analyzed, says FAPESP's scientific director.

Leading US particle physics lab plans to measure the properties of neutrinos, which are among the most abundant particles in the universe, and detect their interactions with matter.

Experiments with mice show that prostaglandin inhibitors such as indomethacin and celecoxib minimize the occurrence of pulmonary complications caused by yellow scorpion's venom.

The São Paulo blood bank will use a test developed with support from FAPESP to screen blood for use in pregnant women and intrauterine transfusions.

Researchers have developed a new atmospheric global circulation model adapted to climate conditions in South America.

FAPESP will fund the mobility of researchers from the State of São Paulo to seven institutions in other countries.

If the outcome is positive, we may be creating a new way to foster and promote science in Brazil by using a fast-track model for emergencies, says Paolo Zanotto, coordinator of the Zika Network.

One option would be to insert a gene that codes for a key protein in zika virus into the dengue vaccine virus. Another would be to create an attenuated zika virus.

Scientific instruments on board a stratospheric balloon is circumnavigating Antarctica to capture energy from solar flares at the highest frequencies ever measured in this kind of observation.

Article published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research shows more severe psychiatric and metabolic conditions in patients with bipolar disorder and low levels of adiponectin.

The animal's body temperature remains several degrees above burrow temperature during the reproductive season.

Study evaluated effects of aluminum and cadmium on tomato plants and used grafting to investigate how one part of a plant signals stress caused by heavy metals to the other.

The bright ultra metal-poor star is a relic of the primitive universe. It was identified by astronomers from the University of São Paulo using telescopes in the Atacama Desert.

Studies evaluate impact of different cooking techniques on levels of bioactive compounds with antioxidant action.