News from Latin America
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-May-2025 03:10 ET (22-May-2025 07:10 GMT/UTC)
Tourism planning as a social practice in times of change and uncertainty: views from a troubled Latin American country
Escuela Superior Politecnica del LitoralPeer-Reviewed Publication
Given the limited capabilities within the public sector, tourism planning consultants play a crucial role in public policy efforts in Ecuador. Based on social practice theory, this study examined the planning practices of 46 consultants hired by public institutions in the country between 2017 and 2021.
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- Current Issues in Tourism
Study reveals evidence of violence at a time of crisis in ancient Peru
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
Analysis of skeletons exhumed at a burial ground dating from the period 500-400 BCE, shortly after the collapse of the Chavín culture, revealed lethal injuries inflicted on men, women and children, as well as signs of material poverty. The period of violence investigated in the study may have seen the fall of the Chavín culture and a shift from theocracy to secular government.
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- Latin American Antiquity
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
A new São Paulo School of Advanced Science at the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials is receiving applications
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloMeeting Announcement
SyncLight 2024 will discuss the recent opportunities offered by advanced experimental synchrotron techniques available at Sirius, the Brazilian 4th generation light source.
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Researchers obtain promising results for control of pollutants in water
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
Brazilian scientists tested a simple and sustainable method for monitoring and degrading a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, compounds present in fossil fuels and industrial waste. The mixture of pollutants was degraded by means of a photochemical system in which a light source is activated by microwave radiation
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- Catalysis Communications
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Study with rodents identifies key genes for control of blood pressure and heart rate
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
After inducing mutations in the genotypes of mice and analyzing their effects on several generations of descendants, Brazilian and American researchers mapped the genetic determinants essential to an understanding of cardiovascular disease. Their findings are published in the journal Science Advances.
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- Science Advances
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Scientists develop catalyst designed to make ammonia production more sustainable
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
Created at a FAPESP-supported research center, the material helps produce ammonia by electrochemical reduction of nitrogen gas, dispensing with the high temperature and pressure required by the conventional method.
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- Electrochimica Acta
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Study maps main genes involved in immune response to infection by dengue virus
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil compared data for the immune response induced by natural infection and vaccines. They identified the key factors in the development of long-lasting immunity. Their findings can be used to develop novel vaccines and antiviral therapies.
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- Frontiers in Immunology
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Study shows how to improve management of municipal solid waste
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers analyzed solutions implemented in four very different Brazilian cities. Based on the results, they propose creation of a national carbon credit fund to support sustainable waste management initiatives.
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- Habitat International
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Study clarifies a key question in particle physics
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
The researchers identified the origin of discrepancies in recent predictions of the muon’s magnetic moment. Their findings could contribute to the investigation of dark matter and other aspects of the new physics.
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo