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Researcher evaluates patients with tumors in their mouth and throats and finds that HPV cases have increased but have lower mortality.

Study presents models that can be used to evaluate the appropriate drugs for pathologies of the nervous system.

USP historian makes the above assertion in a study on the first stage of Japanese immigration to Brazil, which covers the process of cultural integration.

Doing research is not enough, being a good scientist means knowing how to write scientific articles, says Carl Webster, editor of World Aquaculture Magazine

Over 16% of the researchers and employees that work in vivariums and laboratories develop allergies to the proteins that are shed in the urine, saliva or fur of the laboratory animals. Although their constant exposure to these allergens places these workers at risk of developing illnesses such as asthma, only 19.4% of workers routinely use protective masks.

Study will make it possible to identify areas with more microorganisms that help sugarcane develop better or resist disease

Tool developed by computer engineers facilitates tactical preparation, simulations and play analysis through video imagery

Study points to a 75% increase in the concentration of pollution and a 14% increase in deaths due to cardiorespiratory problems if Brazil’s largest city had no metro for a year

Articles by researchers address the experiences and demands of oppressed groups like women and homosexuals

The final result of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20), which ended on June 22 in Rio de Janeiro, is a document lacking focus that does not attend to the urgency of the problems the world is facing. Such is the analysis of Celso Lafer, FAPESP president.

A study led by Brazilians maps out the Abrolhos Shelf and reveals that the region has the largest known stretch of calcareous algae reefs, which are highly vulnerable to marine acidification

The walking aid reduces pain by approximately 30%, lowers the consumption of anti-inflammatory drugs and increases functional capacity by 20%, according to a new study

Marcelo Finger’s group at IME-USP is developing algorithms to improve the efficiency of search engines and automatic translators and thereby facilitate disease diagnosis.

The program, undertaken in cooperation with the Natural Environment Research Council, will fund studies on biodiversity and ecosystem processes in human-modified tropical forests.

A global research platform in sustainability was launched during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20) by an alliance made up of the leading international science institutions, research foundations and organizations linked to the United Nations.

In a new paradigm of science for global sustainability, scientists will tend to be more multidisciplinary and participative in society, according to Lidia Brito, director of UNESCO’s Scientific Policy Division.

Tim Benton from the University of Leeds argues that sustainable agriculture is a more complex concept than it appears and that, if misunderstood, it can worsen environmental impacts.

A North American environmentalist, a BIOTA-FAPESP coordinator and the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science will receive recognition for their environmental actions.

A study conducted at the Universidade de São Paulo looks at one of Brazil’s greatest physicist’s work as an art critic.

Nineteen years ago, a group of researchers took on the challenge of mapping and classifying the taxonomy of over 7,000 species of flowering plants—or phanerogams—found in the state of São Paulo. Their work led to the publication of six books. The seventh volume of the Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo is available.

Arizona State University publishes a list of the most beautiful and strange animals discovered in 2011, including the Caribbean medusa and blue tarantula, which were described in part by Brazilian scientists.

Members of the scientific community, politicians and business people attend a ceremony held at Sala São Paulo. Watch the FAPESP’s Golden Jubilee commemoration video.

A study conducted by University of São Paulo shows that the problems of water scarcity and flash flooding have similar historical roots.

Study focuses on the formation of a network established to recruit workers from Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.

A study conducted by an international group of scientists, including Brazilian researchers, has identified the gene that causes IMAGe syndrome, an acronym for intrauterine growth restriction, metaphyseal dysplasia, congenital adrenal hypoplasia, and genital anomalies. The study was published in the journal Nature Genetics.

"This inauguration is the most important moment for Brazilian oceanography in the past 45 years," affirms the director of USP’s oceanography institute. USP will manage the ship acquired by FAPESP

A system being installed at the Human Genome Studies Center will store genomic information and molecular test results from patients served by the center

The Atlas of Slave Labor, produced by geographers at Unesp and USP, describes the distribution and movement of Brazilian slave labor and presents tools to locate the most susceptible sectors and the most vulnerable populations

Tactile cartography, focused on the creation of maps, globes and mock-ups to teach geography to the blind or people with local visual acuity, is still little used in Brazil, according to a study

The majority of women who use anxiolytics incorrectly buy them with a prescription but, despite being under a doctor’s care, are not given appropriate information on the risks of prolonged use of this type of drug.