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Brazilian university researchers develop artificial chlorophyll molecules capable of using solar energy and water to generate hydrogen and oxygen; the study was presented at an event in England.

This assessment was made by Jan-Michael Rost, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute, in a roundtable discussion about complex systems and sustainability.

Study compares the divergent policies of Brazilian and Argentine organizations during the crisis of the 1990s and early 2000s.

Emilio Moran, from Michigan State University, will coordinate a FAPESP funded research about the effects of the construction of the dam on urban life, on agriculture and on the local population to be resettled.

The GOAmazon project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, FAPESP and FAPEAM, will attempt to reveal how the process of urbanization in the capital affects the Amazon ecosystem.

Researchers estimate that up to 12% of the biome’s 431 amphibian species may become extinct in the coming decades.

Researchers will meet to discuss the viability of sustainable energy production in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa.

The radio telescope in Chile receives the last of its 66 high-precision radio antennas. The antennas are expected to operate in synchronized fashion as if they were a single telescope 16 kilometers in diameter.

Findings from a study conducted in France were presented at the Dimensions US-BIOTA São Paulo workshop.

Just as a vaccine against the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes is about to be tested, a Brazilian hospital team demonstrates that the compound may also have therapeutic potential.

Brazilian university research compared the genetically modified variety most produced in Brazil with a natural equivalent and found higher levels of iron, copper and cobalt.

Research shows that analysis of the levels of the renal protein angiotensinogen in urine can provide an earlier indication of the appearance of kidney damage in diabetics.

Researchers from Brazil and the US try to understand the evolutionary, geological, climatic and genetic processes behind current patterns of biodiversity.

In experiments using mice, silencing the E2F2 gene significantly inhibited the formation of teratomas without diminishing pluripotency.

The event will bring together plant biotechnology researchers, the pharmaceutical industry and editors of the journals Nature Chemical Biology and Nature Biotechnology.

Institutional conservatism makes it difficult to change undergraduate course offerings in Brazil, say experts.

Shown in the image is a simulation of mathematical calculations with a metamaterial; the results of this international study were published in Science.

Institutions face challenges due to the absence of a culture of educational philanthropy and a lack of laws that provide tax incentives for donations, says the president of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics.

At the opening session of the FAPESP event held to discuss the directions of higher education, speakers say that Brazil needs a plan to support and encourage certain universities to achieve international excellence in research.

The equipment will serve as a scientific research tool for a variety of fields such as agriculture, petroleum, materials science and medicine.

Study recently published in the online edition of Nature included significant input by Brazilians.

Plants and Bioenergy is the fruit of an eponymous event that was held in São Pedro, São Paulo, in 2010.

In an article published in Molecular Cancer magazine, researchers show that altered expression of non-coding genes could be related to tumor aggressiveness.

As the technology available on the market was developed for the conventional model of agriculture, organic producers try to adapt tools and equipment to increase the productivity of their labor.

Researchers develop methods to make product suggestions by e-commerce stores more precise and efficient.

According to research, when the capybara reaches sexual maturity, one of the main arteries that vascularize its brain closes.

Research uncovers the mechanism that made it possible for the Santo Oficio Court to establish vast networks of agents in the territory.

The meat, shown here prepared for analysis, was enriched with vitamin E, canola oil and selenium and contains less cholesterol.

Study evaluates inflammatory markers in blood samples obtained from pregnant women and reveals changes in the levels of peptides secreted through adipose tissue associated with body mass index.

Technology could contribute to genetic improvement and the development of new, more productive varieties of the plant.

Brazilian researchers warn that the biome only has 250 adult animals distributed across eight isolated populations, and only 50 are reproducing.

Extract of Pfaffia glomerata, Brazilian ginseng (photo). The research group seeks to utilize the plant as a source of biofuel and bioelectricity.

Study shows lasting benefits for systemic arterial pressure reduction.

The new professional is young, writes for multiple platforms, and has a market-based view of journalism.

New scale evaluates pain profiles and identifies which athletes are likely to put their bodies to the test.

Study published in the cover of Nature calculates the carbon balance in the Amazon Basin from 2010 to 2011.

At book launch, a Brazilian researcher presents the parameters and methodologies to establish standard expiration dates for chemical products for the industrial sector.

“They changed the center of gravity in the revolutionary process,” says the researcher.

Method will be tested in strawberry fields – one of the 30 crops that benefit from pollination by these insects.

USP and UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have been studying the autoimmune condition for more than 25 years.

Larger volumes of saltier and warmer water from the Indian Ocean could alter the composition of the South Atlantic Ocean and eventually have an impact on the North Atlantic, according to new study.

Country’s astronomy community ponders participation in two megatelescope projects with construction beginning in 2014.

Results from a USP and North Carolina State University study could help treat genetic diseases, such as muscular dystrophy.

Global climate change and the need for clear rules regarding price formation in the global market are stumbling blocks, say specialists.

Industries adopt predictive microbiology tool to avoid the contamination of products.

Brazilian researcher spotlights the variety of animal species and the high proportion of the remaining São Paulo forests occurring on farmland.

Oswaldo Alves (pictured), of the Chemistry Institute at Universidade Estadual de Campinas, is one of the authors of the book written by 54 researchers.

A model that combines orientation with didactic material, doctor visits and telephone follow-ups is being tested by Brazilian researchers.

The results of this study were presented during FAPESP Week in North Carolina and published in Science.

Brazilian experiments show that consumption of five times the recommended dosage of iodine is sufficient to reprogram gene expression in offspring.