Plant raw materials and agro-industrial residues generate alternatives to plastic and include other uses for packaging, such as preserving food...
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Rainforests quickly recover deforested coverage, but there are lost species
Researchers from around the world report partial recovery of tree species in a few decades, but biodiversity may be compromised...
Microchip comes in handy for health and energy production
Sensors and transmitters allow the use of microchip in photovoltaic panels and in disease diagnosis...
Mega alligators inhabited Amazonian giant swamp millions of years ago
Unprecedented chemical analysis of minerals in the region made it possible to discover the precise age of the fossilized fauna...
Light might recover patients with severe traumatic brain injury
The therapy is based on the application of laser, emitted by diodes integrated into a helmet, to stimulate the recovery of injured brain tissue...
Pollution in Manaus alters Amazonian ecosystem functioning
Pollutants generate particles that alter the incidence of solar radiation, photosynthesis, and the process of rain formation ...
Early weaning of babies affects maternal brain chemistry
During lactation, there is increase in protein levels that regulate eating behavior, sleep and stress, and early weaning may cause imbalances...
Growth hormone blockade stimulates weight loss
Discovery of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences sets a precedent for studies on new treatments for obesity...
International Committee approves of Brazilian chip for the LHC accelerator
Totally developed in Brazil, chip will be in particle detectors in the Alice experiment of the Large Hadron Collider...
Research center at USP moves towards the development of a mathematical theory of the brain
The Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (RIDC NeuroMat) has worked to develop the new mathematics needed to construct a Theory of the Brain accounting for the experimental data gathered by neuroscience research...