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Researchers' optimism is supported by sophisticated mathematical model and Health Ministry statistics.

Experiments with mice described in Nature confirm that Zika virus crosses the placental barrier to infect and kill brain cells.

Analysis suggests the species migrated from the Red Sea to the Americas during the age of discovery some 500 years ago.

Study of triathletes investigated the mechanisms that explain why neutrophils die sooner than they should.

Postdoctoral student will represent Brazil at the international final of FameLab, one of the world's foremost scientific communication contests.

A project supported by FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business program aims to make experimental technology more affordable and bring it to market.

Brazilian researchers have identified genes associated with cell wall metabolism for production of cellulosic ethanol in a study featured on the cover of Plant Molecular Biology.

Based on a skull collected in the 1970s, scientists have published a description of Brasinorhynchus mariantensis, an herbivorous reptile thought to be an ancestor of today's crocodiles and birds.

A toxic mudslide released by the collapse of an iron ore tailings dam in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, may have caused the disappearance of species such as a rare sea jelly, researchers warn.

Researchers are upgrading the online collaborative encyclopedia and contributing new entries in their knowledge area.

An inexpensive portable biosensor has been developed by researchers at Brazil's National Nanotechnology Laboratory with FAPESP's support.

Considered one of Brazilian oceanographers' greatest discoveries, the reef stretches at least 900 km from the coast and is teeming with species such as sponges weighing more than 100 kg.

Large-scale mitogenomics data suggest that this group of insects, called Schizophora, emerged 22 million years ago, at the same time as browsing and grazing mammals.

Computational platform sets rules for rationing water supply during periods of drought.

Michael Merzenich, professor emeritus at UCSF and a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research, talks about how mental gymnastics can help retrieve abilities lost to aging.

Software that classifies data from functional MRI already diagnoses the disease with an 80% success rate. Now, it is being used to detect alterations in brain regions associated with schizophrenia.

Brazilian and US researchers observe greater complexity in forms of predator avoidance, opening up new prospects for studies on evolution of mimicry.

Project involving three Brazilians wins prize for Most Implementable Solution at Zika Innovation Hack-a-thon in Boston.

Study uses IPCC's projections to simulate the future distribution of Anopheles darlingi and the protozoans Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax.

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development assesses Brazilian global potential in this sector.

Paleoclimate research shows that a collapse of this process in the past caused long periods of torrential rain in northeastern Brazil and increased CO2 emissions in the vicinity of Antarctica, among other consequences.

Model developed for research into neuropsychiatric disorders is being used to investigate effects of Zika virus on the brain and to pursue therapies.

The material looks like a mosaic of intersecting ellipses, parabolas or hyperbolas. Its structure, which has intrigued physicists for a century, has been revealed by means of Weyl-Poincaré invariance.

Brazilian researchers, in collaboration with French colleagues, analyzed more than 1,000 specimens of Hevea brasiliensis available in South American public germplasm banks.

Researchers have found 156 potential fragments of the largest body in the solar system's main asteroid belt.

Findings published in Cell show that in the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria, the neurons that innervate the intestine modulate the immune response to avoid excessive inflammation and tissue damage.

Projections also suggest the amount of rainfall in the Pantanal could diminish by 30%-40% during the southern hemisphere's winter.

A new species of fungus discovered in the Brazil nut tree ecosystem in the Amazon belongs to the genus Penicillium, from which Fleming obtained the first antibiotic.

A new book investigates how the political experience of Spain's colonies in the Americas was elaborated by the leaders of the Brazilian independence process, inspiring concrete action.

A training program offered in collaboration with George Washington University aims to promote the commercial development of innovative products, processes and services.