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An experimental drug that stimulates a specific type of nicotinic receptor in immune cells reversed chronic and acute lung inflammation in mice.

Researchers find that different types of inflammasomes – protein complexes responsible for initiating an inflammatory response in macrophages – can regulate each other to amplify signals of infection.

Applications range from logos on consumer goods to barcodes for quality control in high-volume production lines.

To engage the Brazilian scientific community in this major challenge, the founder of the Earth BioGenome Project participated in a Biodiversity & Biobank Workshop held at FAPESP.

Taking into account the performance of every piece of equipment involved in producing sugar, ethanol and power, a simulator predicts final output and helps the industry calculate product mix.

Portfolio of startup XMobots includes unmanned aerial vehicles capable of flying for up to ten hours nonstop and monitoring planted areas of less than 1,000 hectares.

Virus is mutating very fast in Brazilian patients. Appearance of new serotypes could hinder development of vaccines and efficacy of diagnostic tests, according to virologist Edison Durigon at the University of São Paulo.

Study led by scientists at Brazil’s National Space Research Institute and published in PLOS ONE shows that increased insolation is the key driver of Amazon forest greening.

Article published in Scientific Reports shows parasite's penetration of host cells increases expression of certain microRNAs capable of inhibiting action of immune system.

Study shows patients with chronic migraine are three times as likely to suffer from severe temporomandibular disorder.

EnterUp develops recommender engine that personalizes online search by suggesting items aligned with customers' interests.

The map produced by the Dark Energy Survey covers about 1/30th of the sky and shows the distribution of dark matter in this region.

Researchers at São Paulo State University have completed the first mtDNA sequencing of one of Brazil’s more than 120 species of carnivorous plants.

Using GPS data from smartphones, new tool promises to identify disease hotspots and help stop transmission.

Methodology developed in Brazil combines low-intensity electric current with a formulation containing nanoencapsulated chemotherapy.

Research group is investigating alternatives for addressing problems such as acidosis, a serious disease that affects feedlot cattle.

Representatives from Texas Tech University and FAPESP highlight the importance of mechanisms such as SPRINT in the globalization of science.

Nilson Dias Vieira Junior talks about the role the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute had in developing and popularizing the use of lasers in a wide variety of fields in Brazil.

Researchers are investigating how to improve the quality of beef produced in Brazil, which could increase industry revenue without expanding breeding area.

Projects conducted by researchers from Brazil and the United States were presented during FAPESP Week Nebraska-Texas, held on September 18-22.

Research funded by FAPESP and Texas Tech is studying high energy physics and structural defects in systems that use graphene and attempting to discover new pathways in quantum mechanics.

Collaborations between scientists from the State of São Paulo and Texas Tech University are advancing knowledge in fields such as health, the environment and engineering.

The results of a study conducted in Brazil were presented in the city of Lubbock, United States, during FAPESP Week Nebraska-Texas.

At Texas Tech University, FAPESP scientific director talks about the Foundation's funding lines to promote collaborative research between universities and companies.

Scientists from the University of Nebraska and the State of São Paulo kick-off the symposium, emphasizing the importance of international collaboration for the worldwide development of science.

On the first day of FAPESP Week Nebraska-Texas, researchers from Brazil and the United States presented studies focused on making agricultural production more sustainable.

Developed at the University of Nebraska with the aid of researchers from dozens of countries, the Global Yield Gap and Water Productivity Atlas is a platform to help farmers and governments improve agricultural yield.

In experiments with mice, a Brazilian research group showed that a diet rich in saturated fats damages the system of the brain that controls hunger well before it alters the profile of intestinal bacteria.

According to Helen Raikes, a researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recurrent bacterial infections early in life may permanently alter the intestines’ ability to absorb nutrients.

The method that allows observation of the chemical bonds between atoms on a scale of one millionth of one billionth of a second has applications in a wide variety of fields.