Southeast Asia is the source of 95 percent of global cassava exports, and the detection in 2015 in Cambodia of Sri Lankan cassava mosaic virus raised alarm. By 2016, the disease had spread, showing potential to become a major threat to millions of smallholders. The virus's spread over a single growing season was documented by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. The study is the first systematic baseline evaluation of SLCMV in Southeast Asia.

Researchers swabbed more than 2300 animals representing 205 amphibian species to better understand the ecology of their skin bacteria. They asked which environmental factors influence the makeup of their microbiomes and how might the makeup of their microbiomes be important to amphibian health and survival?

Project presented at FAPESP Week London identifies genes that allow bacteria to survive in the digestive tract of poultry and thus infect humans.

Presented during FAPESP Week London, instrument created in São Paulo will be improved in collaboration with Russia and will measure solar flares; launch is scheduled for 2022.

One of the makers of the light detector to be used in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) presented a new version, X-Arapuca, that will make the capture of photons even more efficient, at FAPESP Week London.

Growth in the offer of renewable energy sources will mean increased demand for devices optimal for energy storing; São Paulo and UK researchers presented advances in new battery development at FAPESP Week London.