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“Water for All: A study that shows which watersheds we must protect today to live tomorrow”

Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral

Galápagos is a living laboratory where every environmental decision matters. On Santa Cruz, the most populated island of the archipelago, freshwater is a limited and increasingly vulnerable resource due to urban growth, agricultural pressure, saltwater intrusion, and climate change. In this context, understanding how water behaves across the landscape becomes essential for water security.

Our study proposes a geomorphological approach to identify which watersheds offer the best conditions for water conservation, which require immediate intervention due to their susceptibility to erosion, and which could be suitable for sustainable agricultural activities.

Journal: Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Funder: Proyecto IsVolc (VRIDI-001-2024), Desarrollo Resiliente al Clima: Estrategias Innovadoras en Sistemas Socioecológicos Priorizados de las Islas Galápagos (ClimReD Galápagos), CIPRRD-1-2023

Parasitic fungus may have emerged 18 million years before the ants with which it lives today

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

Analysis of 309 strains collected in eight countries indicates that the genus Escovopsis emerged 56.9 million years ago, but only began interacting with today’s mutualistic ants 38 million years ago, challenging the theory that they all emerged at the same time.

Journal: Communications Biology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Hormonal fluctuations affect women’s immunity, but a lack of rigor in studies still prevents a consensus

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

Researchers at São Paulo State University are investigating how hormonal fluctuations throughout a woman’s life influence the immune system and how physical exercise can mitigate these effects.Inconsistency in the methods used to control sex hormones makes for diverse and inconclusive results, says the researcher.

Journal: Maturitas
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

The presence of a gun in the home increases the risk of suicide by three to five times

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

A review of 467 studies also points out that, instead of alleviating feelings of fear and anxiety, weapons increase them, as well as exacerbating controlling behaviors and causing domestic violence.

Journal: Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Lemon shark caught preying on invasive freshwater fish in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

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

Unprecedented footage of jaguar cichlid being preyed upon was captured after heavy rains caused the overflow of freshwater into Sueste Bay, the species’ feeding ground.

Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Technology boosts hop production in Brazil and paves the way for new bioproducts

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

Project developed in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, allows for the highly efficient extraction of aromatic and bioactive compounds, reducing logistics costs and increasing beer quality.

Journal: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Non-timber products have the potential to finance reforestation projects

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

Study identifies 167 native species of the Atlantic Forest with bioeconomic applications: 58% in the medical field, 12% in cosmetics, and 5% in the food sector; 78 species (46.7%) have patents registered in 61 countries, only 8% of them in Brazil.

Journal: AMBIO
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Why are more researchers now screened out of citations leaders' list? A highly cited Alliance scientist's view

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Clarivate's annual list of highly cited researchers hit a new record for excluded scientists in 2025. Christophe Béné, a scientist who has been on the list for four consecutive years, discusses some of the challenges facing the incessantly expanding science publishing industry that underpin many of the issues related to citation integrity.

Discovery of new species of sugarcane pest may facilitate management and reduce losses

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

Analyses show that a sugarcane spittlebug, found in the Southeast and South of Brazil since the 1960s, was mistaken for other species that are similar to the naked eye.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Researchers develop sustainable technology to extract isoflavones from soybean meal

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

Work carried out at the State University of Campinas used environmentally friendly solvents and ultrasonic waves to remove the substance and increase its absorption by the body. Some of the researchers who worked on this study dedicated themselves also to finding a new way to add value to an interesting cocoa byproduct: the almond shells of the fruit. The shells resemble cocoa nibs and have a similar smell, but they are very fibrous, so they are usually discarded.

Journal: Food Chemistry
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

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