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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Jun-2025 16:09 ET (14-Jun-2025 20:09 GMT/UTC)

13-Jun-2025

Museomics highlights the importance of scientific museum collections

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

At a symposium in Paris, a University of São Paulo professor of zoology explains how new technologies allow for the use of degraded DNA from specimens preserved for decades, contributing to the advancement of scientific knowledge and the conservation of b

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

13-Jun-2025

What’s really in our food? A global look at food composition databases and the gaps we need to fix

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

We need better understanding of what is in our food. While many national databases exist, new research reveals large information gaps. The Periodic Table of Food Initiative is a global effort to collect and share data on food to build better food systems.

Journal

Frontiers in Nutrition

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Seerave Foundation, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

13-Jun-2025

Science and innovation for a sustainable future

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

At VivaTech in Paris, research center coordinators showcase the advances made at the University of São Paulo in agriculture, climate, energy, computing, artificial intelligence, and health.

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

13-Jun-2025

Drones can detect fires and monitor greenhouse gas emissions

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

University of São Paulo researchers are developing an aircraft equipped with sensors that can detect and measure the concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane in the environment; the project was presented at FAPESP Week France in Toulouse.

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

12-Jun-2025

Study shows ways to tackle homophobic bullying in schools

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Based on individual interviews with adolescents and focus group discussions, researchers from São Paulo State University have created a classification of the coping strategies used by young people in situations of school bullying. The study also provides recommendations for educational institutions.

Journal

Journal of School Violence

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

12-Jun-2025

Playing to learn? It works, but it has its limits

Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral

A new ESPOL study reveals that turning learning into a game can improve grades in STEM subjects, but it doesn't necessarily motivate students more. The research was based on the theory of Gamified Learning and was applied to 175 engineering students. One group was implemented with a weekly leaderboard system (like video game rankings), and the other was not

Journal

International Journal of STEM Education

12-Jun-2025

Imunotera: Therapeutic vaccine for diseases caused by HPV

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

With support from FAPESP, the São Paulo startup has developed a molecule that can stimulate the immune system to fight cancer caused by the human papillomavirus; the technology will be presented at the VivaTech fair in Paris.

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

12-Jun-2025

Vitamin D increases the likelihood that breast cancer will disappear with chemotherapy

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study conducted at São Paulo State University with 80 women over the age of 45, low-dose vitamin D supplementation nearly doubled the treatment response rate.

Journal

Nutrition and Cancer

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

11-Jun-2025

A combination of exercise and omega-3 reduces the severity of tooth root infections

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rats that exercised and took fatty acid supplements responded better to bacteria and the inflammatory process of apical periodontitis, which can occur when caries reach the root canal and cause an infection.

Journal

Scientific Reports

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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

11-Jun-2025

Cor.Sync: Brazilian device provides innovative heart attack diagnosis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

The system, developed by the FAPESP-supported startup, performs an assessment in eight minutes, drastically reducing the time needed to save lives; the technology will be presented at VivaTech in Paris.