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Daniel Hernández Ruipérez, Rector of USAL (left) and FAPESP President Celso Lafer sign the cooperative agreement between the institutions

USP scientists participated in a study that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Professor emeritus at the Universidade de São Paulo School of Medicine, Brentani was president of the Antônio Prudente Foundation and coordinator of the Center for Cancer Research and Treatment

Researcher produces a list of the fiction censored by the Brazilian dictatorship and analyzes specific cases.

A spiral of scientific culture, proposed by a Unicamp professor, may make it possible to identify common scientific traits between Brazil and the Ibero-American nations.

Equipment reduces disease-causing microorganisms in wastewater through physical phenomenon involving sudden drops in pressure.

The Foundation kicks off a series of meetings with advisors that analyze the 19,000 research funding applications received annually.

Three projects financed under FAPESP’s Partnership for Technological Innovation Research (PITE) program, in partnership with Embraer, could make the aircraft produced by the Brazilian company more comfortable, silent and secure.

Scientists study how chemical elements change with time and with the position within galaxies. Thematic Project's focus at IAG-USP is central stars in planetary nebulae

Research reinforces the thesis that the disorder is not purely neurological

"It was in-between preparation of broth and stews that women began the practice of working in laboratories, developing a series of products that would later be used by doctors and botanists," says scientist

Researchers cultivate microalgae in a laboratory to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and develop biomolecules for application in energy and agriculture

If the lack of data limited advances in science a few years ago, the problem has reversed itself today. Development of new data-collecting technology in a plethora of areas and scales has generated a volume of information so immense that its excess has become a bottleneck to scientific advancement.

Brazilian and U.S. researchers perform study on a group of rare hereditary illnesses caused by genetic deficiencies of the innate immune system

Research analyzes the radical social and political transformation of São Paulo’s outskirts over the last few decades

Researchers uncover one of the reasons people with low birth weights that later develop obesity have a greater risk of cardiac disease

Study tells about the contribution of Galileu Galilei's father to the history of music and science and his musical divergence with his son

Opportunities to learn about cutting edge research in Brazil and conduct partnerships with scientists in the country were highlighted by participants in the Washington symposium.

FAPESP and Glaxo SmithKline Brasil signed a letter of intent for joint investment to support research on tropical diseases in São Paulo State.

A new study conducted by Brazilian scientists suggests that nocturnal workers present alterations in hormonal functions that leave them predisposed to eat more, gain weight and develop metabolic syndrome.

New book highlights intellectual production in the interdisciplinary field of socio-environmental sciences.

Seoul Science and Technology Forum brought together representatives of public research foundations from more than 35 countries to discuss how to promote sustainable growth.

Three FAPESP programs – Fellowships, BIOTA and Multiuser Equipment (EMU) – will be evaluated in a study conducted by the Foundation’s Scientific Department with the support of the Study Group on Organization of Research and Innovation (GEOPI), housed under Universidade Estadual de Campinas’ Department of Scientific and Technological Policy.

Brazilian scientists participate in international research team that cools a nano-object to the lowest possible energy state, paving the way for development of ultrasensitive detectors and quantum experiments.

Sugarcane Bioethanol – R&D for productivity and sustainability has won Brazil Jabuti award in the Natural Sciences Category.

After adding sunflower oil, selenium and vitamin E to cattle feed, USP researchers discover antioxidant effects in children that consumed milk from the animals. Enrichment also improved conservation of the product.

Carlos Humes Junior, a professor at the Universidade de São Paulo’s Mathematics and Statistics Institute and two post-graduate students will receive IBM research grants in Brazil for work in the areas of mathematics and computing.

FAPESP is launching a new fellowship program, the Foreign Research Fellowship (BEPE). The aim is to support short and medium term research abroad for current FAPESP fellows in the following programs: Scientific Initiation, Master’s, Doctorate and Post-Doctorate.

Genetic research conducted in Brazil and in the United States to discover treatment alternatives for diseases like cancer, hemophilia and muscular dystrophy is highlighted in Washington.

Research work of FAPESP Scientific Initiation fellow on platinum oxide structures is published in Physical Review B, published by American Physical Society.