In a survey of 3,021 people conducted in a Brazilian city, the proportion was 26% higher than for white women, 19% higher than for White men and 14% higher than for Black men. The findings are reported in PLOS ONE.

The World Cultural Council would like to make a final call for nominations to the “Albert Einstein” World Award of Science and the “José Vasconcelos” World Award of Education. Nominations must be submitted by January 27, 2023. In addition to considering the candidate’s breakthrough achievements, the jury will also take into account the service which each has made to mankind and his/her qualities as a role model who inspires future generations to contribute to a better world. The prizes will be conferred during the 38th Award Ceremony which will be hosted by the University of Helsinki, Finland on November 3, 2023.

FAPESP’s importance to oceanographic research reflects its strength in all research areas in São Paulo state and its influence on science nationally and globally, thanks to its commitment to multidisciplinary and cross-border collaboration, provision of research infrastructure, and relatively stable levels of funding. This extends knowledge of the oceans.

Although they have traditionally exemplified sustainable practices, subsistence communities are getting caught in “environmental downward spirals” as socioeconomic circumstances change. A scientific review unpacks these under-the-radar shifts, and the implications for deforestation.

Study conducted at University of São Paulo obtains light beam entanglement. The detection technique enabled researchers to observe that the entanglement structure was richer than would typically be characterized. Instead of two adjacent bands of the spectrum being entangled, what we had actually produced was a system comprising four entangled spectral bands.

By carefully planning patches of diverse vegetation, scientists say it is possible to increase biodiversity and increase yields for farmers.

The dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variant substitution in the town where a clinical trial of vaccination effectiveness was conducted matched the pattern seen elsewhere in the country, but most cases were mild. The researchers analyzed 4,375 whole genomes of the virus.

Their research is part basic science, investigating the bacterium’s resilience in a hostile environment – coffee leaves – and part biotech, seeing whether the bacterium inhibits the development of a pathogen that causes severe losses to coffee growers.