A study conducted at the University of São Paulo’s Optics and Photonics Research Center in Brazil showed a change in the bacterium’s sensitivity after five applications.The research group analyzed patient samples containing Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that causes a range of diseases from skin infections to pneumonia.

Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s São Carlos Institute of Physics developed the technique, which can be used in information processing and cell marking, among many other applications.

The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Precision Livestock Farming (SPSAS-PLF) will be held on October 15-24, 2024, at the São Paulo State University’s School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences (FCAV-UNESP) in Jaboticabal, São Paulo state, Brazil. 

This research carried out at the State University of Campinas focused on the use of nanometric optomechanical cavities as bridges between superconducting circuits and optical fibers, with applications in computing and quantum communications.

New research shines a light on the way that women’s self-help groups in Odisha, India, were able to keep fresh produce flowing from farms to homes during Covid-19 lock-downs, avoiding a food security crisis.

Albeit less lethal than synthetic insecticides, this fungus-based substance is not detected by social insects and can spread spores to entire nests, threatening the survival of species that play a key role in pest control and pollination.

The device, which combines magnetic fluorescent nanoparticles, was designed at the Center for Development of Functional Materials, a research center supported by FAPESP and hosted by the Federal University of São Carlos.