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Article published in PNAS presents the results of research derived from the Green Ocean Amazon field campaign.

Researchers show that the sweetener sucralose tends to degrade at 98°C, releasing organochlorine compounds with potentially irritant and carcinogenic effects.

Report concludes that more than enough land is available worldwide for bioenergy and food production, highlighting science-based recommendations to bolster the bioeconomy.

Training program offered in partnership with the George Washington University encourages startups to reformulate initial projects after coming into closer contact with the market.

Researchers are developing algorithms capable of monitoring images from security cameras and identifying the occurrence of incidents in urban environments.

Brazilian study published in PLoS One shows benefits of administering anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone before surgery.

Proteome and transcriptome analyses unveil the molecular mechanisms triggered by viral infection in neural progenitor cells, the precursors of brain cells.

Inclusion of canola oil in the diet of dairy cattle reduces saturated fatty acids and increases the proportion of omega-3.

A combination of network science and text analytics was used to construct a taxonomy of science fields, identify relevant articles in each knowledge area, and organize maps, communities and connections.

Researchers analyze potential effects of climate change on distribution of four species occurring in most of South America expected for 2050.

Discoveries contribute to a deeper understanding of how temperature influences the coupling of different time scales in electrochemical reactions.

Innovative use of advanced technology assisted research on the anatomy of Rhacolepis buccalis, an extinct fish that lived over 100 million years ago in waters covering Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil.

In an article published by Scientific Reports, researchers characterize a subgroup of neurons in the olfactory epithelium that express CD36, a lipid metabolism regulator.

Letter sent to The Lancet by researchers at the University of São Paulo and Singapore's Lee Kong School of Medicine contests call to postpone or move 2016 Summer Olympics addressed to WHO by 150 scientists.

Postdoctoral student will represent Brazil at the international final of FameLab, one of the world's foremost scientific communication contests.

Study of triathletes investigated the mechanisms that explain why neutrophils die sooner than they should.

Analysis suggests the species migrated from the Red Sea to the Americas during the age of discovery some 500 years ago.

Experiments with mice described in Nature confirm that Zika virus crosses the placental barrier to infect and kill brain cells.

Researchers' optimism is supported by sophisticated mathematical model and Health Ministry statistics.

Researchers are upgrading the online collaborative encyclopedia and contributing new entries in their knowledge area.

A toxic mudslide released by the collapse of an iron ore tailings dam in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, may have caused the disappearance of species such as a rare sea jelly, researchers warn.

Based on a skull collected in the 1970s, scientists have published a description of Brasinorhynchus mariantensis, an herbivorous reptile thought to be an ancestor of today's crocodiles and birds.

Brazilian researchers have identified genes associated with cell wall metabolism for production of cellulosic ethanol in a study featured on the cover of Plant Molecular Biology.

A project supported by FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business program aims to make experimental technology more affordable and bring it to market.

Michael Merzenich, professor emeritus at UCSF and a leading pioneer in brain plasticity research, talks about how mental gymnastics can help retrieve abilities lost to aging.

Computational platform sets rules for rationing water supply during periods of drought.

Large-scale mitogenomics data suggest that this group of insects, called Schizophora, emerged 22 million years ago, at the same time as browsing and grazing mammals.

Considered one of Brazilian oceanographers' greatest discoveries, the reef stretches at least 900 km from the coast and is teeming with species such as sponges weighing more than 100 kg.

An inexpensive portable biosensor has been developed by researchers at Brazil's National Nanotechnology Laboratory with FAPESP's support.

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development assesses Brazilian global potential in this sector.

Study uses IPCC's projections to simulate the future distribution of Anopheles darlingi and the protozoans Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax.

Project involving three Brazilians wins prize for Most Implementable Solution at Zika Innovation Hack-a-thon in Boston.

Brazilian and US researchers observe greater complexity in forms of predator avoidance, opening up new prospects for studies on evolution of mimicry.

Software that classifies data from functional MRI already diagnoses the disease with an 80% success rate. Now, it is being used to detect alterations in brain regions associated with schizophrenia.

Researchers have found 156 potential fragments of the largest body in the solar system's main asteroid belt.

Brazilian researchers, in collaboration with French colleagues, analyzed more than 1,000 specimens of Hevea brasiliensis available in South American public germplasm banks.

The material looks like a mosaic of intersecting ellipses, parabolas or hyperbolas. Its structure, which has intrigued physicists for a century, has been revealed by means of Weyl-Poincaré invariance.

Model developed for research into neuropsychiatric disorders is being used to investigate effects of Zika virus on the brain and to pursue therapies.

Paleoclimate research shows that a collapse of this process in the past caused long periods of torrential rain in northeastern Brazil and increased CO2 emissions in the vicinity of Antarctica, among other consequences.

A training program offered in collaboration with George Washington University aims to promote the commercial development of innovative products, processes and services.

A new book investigates how the political experience of Spain's colonies in the Americas was elaborated by the leaders of the Brazilian independence process, inspiring concrete action.

A new species of fungus discovered in the Brazil nut tree ecosystem in the Amazon belongs to the genus Penicillium, from which Fleming obtained the first antibiotic.

Projections also suggest the amount of rainfall in the Pantanal could diminish by 30%-40% during the southern hemisphere's winter.

Findings published in Cell show that in the presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria, the neurons that innervate the intestine modulate the immune response to avoid excessive inflammation and tissue damage.

Microscopic analysis has confirmed that the Colônia Crater, near the Billings reservoir on the outskirts of Brazil's largest city, was produced by an asteroid or comet.

An array consisting of gold nanoparticles is inkjet printed on plastic and can be used to measure various biological processes associated with variations in electrical potential.

Mollusks known as tentaculitoids lived 400 million years ago in the icy seas that then covered part of what is now Brazil.

Researchers have developed a system that measures inflorescence traits in rice subpopulations as an aid to breed plants with higher quality and yield.

A methodology developed at the University of São Paulo will help clarify the link between zika infection and microcephaly and measure the real extent of the epidemic.

Research center unveiled in São Paulo aims to help surmount challenges of mass production to achieve high quality standards required for industrial applications.