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Brazilian startup develops technology for monitoring of patients with suspected COVID-19

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

Based on the Internet of Things, the system was developed in a project supported by FAPESP. Patients can be advised to seek hospital care if they detect a deterioration in clinical signs.

Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Latin America's livestock sector needs emissions reduction to meet 2030 targets

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

Reducing livestock's carbon footprint in Latin America is necessary if countries in the region are to meet emission reduction goals under the Paris Agreement, researchers argue in a new analysis published May 14 in Frontiers.

Journal: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Study identifies group of genes with altered expression in autism

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

The dysregulation appeared to affect communication among neurons in the subjects of the study, which was conducted in Brazil. The discovery could improve diagnosis, which is currently based on the clinical analysis of symptoms.

Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Humpback whales may risk collision with vessels in the Magellan Strait

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By tagging and tracking migrating humpback whales that feed in the Magellan Strait in Chile, the scientists were able to provide policy recommendations to reduce the risk of collisions.

Journal: Marine Policy

Blood cells could serve as a 'thermometer' to detect breast cancer

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

This study shows that patients develop alterations in a type of leukocyte at the initial stage of the disease. This discovery paves the way for the enhanced diagnosis and treatment of this type of tumor.

Journal: Clinical & Translational Immunology
Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Antioxidant reverses damage to fertility caused by exposure to bisphenol A

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

A study shows that administering coenzyme Q10 reverses damage done to germinative cells by BPA, a contaminant found in many kinds of plastic.

Journal: Genetics
Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Scientists observes changes in Earth's surface movement months before big earthquakes

Universidad de Concepción
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Months prior to the earthquakes in Chile 2010 and Japan 2011, oscillations of the earth's surface occurred, in extensions of about 1,000 kilometers in each country, after which the decoupling of the tectonic plates was generated, causing both major earthquakes.

Journal: Nature

Brazilian and Indian scientists produce crystal with many potential applications

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

Thanks to its magnetic properties, the material -- zinc-doped manganese chromite -- can be used in a range of products, from gas sensors to data storage devices.

Journal: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Funder: São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Brazil). Geochronologic research at the MIT Isotope Lab

Chilean scientists warn environmental costs of water roads

Universidad de Concepción
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The interdisciplinary analysis presented this in Nature Sustaintability by researchers from four Chilean universities, recommends a global analysis in the design of these projects, reconciling the growing demand for water supply with the health of freshwater and marine ecosystems.

Journal: Nature Sustainability
Funder: Millennium Science Initiative from Chile's Ministry of Economy, Development, Tourism and Digital Agenda, through both the Millennium Nucleus MUSELS (NC120086) and the Millennium Institute of Oceanography (IMO; IC120019). Additional support from the Water Research Center

Risky business: Courtship movements put katydids in danger

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Males signalling their attractiveness to females are at risk from predators that exploit mating signals to detect and locate prey. Signalling, however, is not the only risky activity in sexual interactions: mate searching can incur risk as well.

Journal: Biology Letters
Funder: Dartmouth College, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute