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18-Feb-2019

 

'Arapuca,' a device developed in Brazil for international neutrino experiment, is enhanced

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

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.

Funder

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

Meeting

FAPESP WEEK LONDON

15-Feb-2019

 

Lithium-air batteries can store energy for cars, houses and industry

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

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.

Funder

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

Meeting

FAPESP Week London

14-Feb-2019

 

Animal venoms are sources in the search for new medicines

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

The study of natural toxins and their derivatives may help in the development of medicines to treat diseases like cancer and osteoarthritis, says coordinator of the Center of Excellence in New Target Discovery.

Funder

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

Meeting

FAPESPWEEK LONDON

13-Feb-2019

 

Carbon gas storage cavern is the best way to obtain clean energy from a fossil fuel

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

The Research Center for Gas Innovation is developing technology to separate CO2 and methane in oil and gas exploration and store it in offshore salt caverns.

Funder

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

Meeting

FAPESPWEEK LONDON

12-Feb-2019

 

Diets consisting of fewer calories improve cell performance

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

Animal experiments have shown that caloric restriction causes cellular changes that can prevent diseases, the subject of a session at FAPESP Week London.

Funder

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

Meeting

FAPESPWEEK LONDON

11-Feb-2019

 

Brazil will have the technology to transplant pig organs into humans

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Business Announcement

Gene-edited pigs may reduce Brazil's transplant waiting list. Still in its initial stages and presented at FAPESP Week London, a project will assess how patients awaiting kidney transplants react to porcine blood.

Funder

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

Meeting

FAPESP Week London

11-Feb-2019

 

It is all about electrons, not names

Universidad de Concepción
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Redox traits characterize the microbial communities of the biosphere.

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Funder

Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research, Millennium Science Initiative

6-Feb-2019

   

When does noise become a meaningful message?

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Background noise is usually regarded as a nuisance that masks important sounds. But noise can convey information about important environmental conditions and allow animals to make informed decisions. When bat researchers played rain sounds for two different species of bats, both species chose to delay emergence from their roosts.

Journal

Journal of Experimental Biology

6-Feb-2019

   

Female manakins use male mating call when implanted with male hormones

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Among golden-collared manakins, a bird found only in Panama and western Colombia, males emit a particular mating call, the 'chee-poo', to attract females. Smithsonian researchers explore the role of androgens -- male hormones -- in the expression of this vocal behavior, by administering testosterone to females and juvenile males.

Journal

Animal Behaviour

Funder

National Science Foundation

6-Feb-2019

Research explains how snakes lost their limbs

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

The study is part of an effort to understand how changes in the genome lead to changes in phenotypes.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

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