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Researchers from five countries analyze remnants trapped in crater sediment to determine how vegetation in a biome responded to climate change.

A study using the city of Santos, in Brazil, as an example, considered only the damage to buildings. Researchers predict far higher losses in other areas, including health and education, if nothing is done.

Study collected five years of data on 3,000 men in Brazil, Mexico and the United States. Precancerous lesions took two years to appear in some cases.

In a presentation to the 8th Workshop on Melanoma Models, British scientist Colin Goding spoke about how a lack of nutrients can make tumor cells stop proliferating and acquire an invasive phenotype.

A new method for analyzing chemical compositions is tested in Andean plants and shows how they became geographically distributed, leading to an understanding of their evolutionary history.

Tests will identify genetic alterations that can be used to measure meat quality, characteristics of seedlings and plants, or pesticide resistance of disease-transmitting mosquitoes.

The latest activity report shows that in 2016, FAPESP increased investment in Thematic Projects and invested more in support for small business innovation research than at any time in the past 20 years.

Study advocates fire-management policy to conserve the world’s richest savanna, a wonder of biodiversity and perennial source of many major Brazilian rivers.

Study contradicting the view that worker bees are forcibly castrated by the queen was carried out at the University of São Paulo and published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

In addition to estrus synchronization, the hormone is also used to hasten puberty and induce superovulation in females.

Research focusing on glioblastomas contributes to prognosis and helps find therapeutic targets. The results of the study were published in the journal Tumor Biology.

Greenhouse gas emissions from closed tanks and pipes are 620 times lower than those from traditional systems according to a study by Brazilian researchers.

The differential expression of hnRNPs may lead to dysfunction of oligodendrocytes, glial cells that produce myelin and are important for neuronal activity.

Researchers concluded that medicinal therapy was more than twice as effective as low-intensity brain stimulation, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Mischa Dohler, director of the Center for Telecommunications Research at King’s College London, highlights the challenges of making smart cities become a reality.

Scientists raise important hypotheses about the evolutionary history of one of the most abundant groups of termites in Brazil.

Sensors are designed to detect medium-to-large animals weighing upwards of 3 kg.

On comparing samples of tumors and healthy tissue, researchers found differences in the most abundant bacterial genera.

São Paulo School of Advanced Science assembled students from 14 countries to develop solutions and improve quality of life in developing regions.

With support from FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business program, a company extends the use of a solid-state neodymium-doped laser to raise power levels and processing speed.

Studies suggest that combining radiotherapy with drugs that block a protein called PAF-R may increase the treatment success rate and reduce relapses.

International symposium focusing on technology- and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship brought together specialists from Brazil, the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Levels of ultrafine particulate matter in São Paulo City, Brazil, increased by up to 30% at times when ethanol prices rose and consumption fell.

Study suggests emergence of male bees with both paternal and maternal genetic material unbalances workforce in colonies of Scaptotrigona depilis.

Through experiments with rats and cells, a study shows that aerobic training reactivates system that helps rid heart cells of dysfunctional mitochondria.

Genetic marker to identify yeast strains is already used by 30 ethanol plants in five states.

Survey under way seeks to help ensure earthquake-resistant construction becomes more widespread.

Researchers have identified the lipid accumulation mechanism in oocytes. Their results may help improve production in the market led worldwide by Brazil.

Vector is no longer confined to villages in the Amazon but is spreading to major cities throughout Brazil, researcher warns.

Study by researchers at University of São Paulo Medical School’s Psychiatry Institute warns that health system should take comorbidity into account.