News from Latin America

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Oct-2026 22:17 ET (26-Oct-2026 02:17 GMT/UTC)

12-Mar-2021

 

Use of perovskite will be a key feature of the next generation of electronic appliances

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

Nanomaterials of perovskite dispersed in hexane and irradiated by laser. Light emission by these materials is intense thanks to resistance to surface defects.

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

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

11-Mar-2021

 

Deforestation favors an increase in the diversity of antibiotic-resistant soil bacteria

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

Study suggests that replacing native vegetation with pasture or crops increases competition among microorganisms, favoring those with antimicrobial resistance genes. Brazilian scientists advocate more research to find out whether bacteria can migrate to food and reach human.

Journal

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Funder

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

10-Mar-2021

 

Bacterial competition in situations of food scarcity prevents survival of mutants

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

Study compares the phenomenon observed in the species E. coli to a "tragedy of the commons", in which individual interests take precedence over the collective good. According to the authors, it masks the emergence of bacterial variants and makes the colony's mutation rate appear lower.

Journal

BMC Biology

Funder

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

9-Mar-2021

 

Molecule with potential to treat multiple sclerosis passes toxicology testing in zebrafish

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

Study conducted at a FAPESP-supported research center shows that anti-inflammatory peptide TnP could lead to drug development. Zebrafish Danio rerio is a popular aquarium species widely used as a model for in vivo trials in drug development.

Journal

Toxicology Reports

Funder

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

4-Mar-2021

Innovative cancer treatment found to be promising for the control of fungal infections

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

The use of CAR T-cells reprogrammed to 'recognize' Cryptococcus spp. proved effective to combat the infection in vitro and in mice.

Journal

Cytotherapy

Funder

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

2-Mar-2021

Open Data for Resilience -- A webinar for International Open Data Day

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

To mark International Open Data Day and reflect on how open data can build resilience in agriculture and food systems, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture will have a webinar featuring research leaders in big data and digital technologies in agriculture.

Meeting

Open Data for Resilience

2-Mar-2021

 

Model describes interactions between light and mechanical vibration in microcavities

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

Study by researchers at the University of Campinas published in Physical Review Letters discusses both light dispersion by vibrations inside the device and light dissipation to the exterior, an aspect rarely studied hitherto.

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Funder

São Paulo Research Foundation (FIESP)

1-Mar-2021

 

A research group proposes six guidelines for managing the impacts of invasive species

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

Researchers in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and the UK are participating in the initiative. Results are published in the journal BioScience.

Journal

BioScience

Funder

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

1-Mar-2021

 

Behavior of wild capuchin monkeys can be identified by marks left on their tools

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

Scientists who study capuchin monkeys on a nature reserve in Brazil found that stone tools are used for digging, seed pounding, and stone-on-stone percussion. The monkeys can serve as a model to help understand how humans evolved to use tools.

Journal

Journal of Archaeological Science

Funder

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

24-Feb-2021

 

Over 80% of Atlantic Rainforest remnants have been impacted by human activity

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

Researchers estimated biodiversity and biomass losses in the biome using data from 1,819 forest inventories. In terms of carbon storage, the losses correspond to the destruction of 70,000 km² of forest.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

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