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The equipment will serve as a scientific research tool for a variety of fields such as agriculture, petroleum, materials science and medicine.

At the opening session of the FAPESP event held to discuss the directions of higher education, speakers say that Brazil needs a plan to support and encourage certain universities to achieve international excellence in research.

Institutions face challenges due to the absence of a culture of educational philanthropy and a lack of laws that provide tax incentives for donations, says the president of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics.

Shown in the image is a simulation of mathematical calculations with a metamaterial; the results of this international study were published in Science.

According to research, when the capybara reaches sexual maturity, one of the main arteries that vascularize its brain closes.

Researchers develop methods to make product suggestions by e-commerce stores more precise and efficient.

As the technology available on the market was developed for the conventional model of agriculture, organic producers try to adapt tools and equipment to increase the productivity of their labor.

In an article published in Molecular Cancer magazine, researchers show that altered expression of non-coding genes could be related to tumor aggressiveness.

Plants and Bioenergy is the fruit of an eponymous event that was held in São Pedro, São Paulo, in 2010.

Brazilian researchers warn that the biome only has 250 adult animals distributed across eight isolated populations, and only 50 are reproducing.

Technology could contribute to genetic improvement and the development of new, more productive varieties of the plant.

Study evaluates inflammatory markers in blood samples obtained from pregnant women and reveals changes in the levels of peptides secreted through adipose tissue associated with body mass index.

The meat, shown here prepared for analysis, was enriched with vitamin E, canola oil and selenium and contains less cholesterol.

Research uncovers the mechanism that made it possible for the Santo Oficio Court to establish vast networks of agents in the territory.

Study published in the cover of Nature calculates the carbon balance in the Amazon Basin from 2010 to 2011.

New scale evaluates pain profiles and identifies which athletes are likely to put their bodies to the test.

The new professional is young, writes for multiple platforms, and has a market-based view of journalism.

Study shows lasting benefits for systemic arterial pressure reduction.

Extract of Pfaffia glomerata, Brazilian ginseng (photo). The research group seeks to utilize the plant as a source of biofuel and bioelectricity.

Larger volumes of saltier and warmer water from the Indian Ocean could alter the composition of the South Atlantic Ocean and eventually have an impact on the North Atlantic, according to new study.

USP and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have been studying the autoimmune condition for more than 25 years.

Method will be tested in strawberry fields – one of the 30 crops that benefit from pollination by these insects.

“They changed the center of gravity in the revolutionary process,” says the researcher.

At book launch, a Brazilian researcher presents the parameters and methodologies to establish standard expiration dates for chemical products for the industrial sector.

Brazilian researcher spotlights the variety of animal species and the high proportion of the remaining São Paulo forests occurring on farmland.

Industries adopt predictive microbiology tool to avoid the contamination of products.

Global climate change and the need for clear rules regarding price formation in the global market are stumbling blocks, say specialists.

Results from a USP and North Carolina State University study could help treat genetic diseases, such as muscular dystrophy.

Country’s astronomy community ponders participation in two megatelescope projects with construction beginning in 2014.

Sossina Haile, of Caltech, has developed a solar reactor supplied by cerium oxide plus zirconium.