Low-level laser therapy reduces the occurrence of oral mucositis, known as the common canker sore, and improves quality of life in head and neck squamous cell cancer patients.

A new study done in Brazil and Canada shows for the first time that insects modify their mating behavior in anticipation of storms, an adaptation that may have favored their survival throughout evolution.

By providing a detailed description of the mechanisms by which ABL, a protein associated with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, undergoes cell death, this new study offers fresh perspectives on how cells carrying the Philadelphia Chromosome escape apoptosis and become immortal.

The World Cultural Council will present the 2013 ALBERT EINSTEIN World Award of Science to Paul Nurse for his outstanding and continuing career as a scientific leader, as well as his accomplishments as one of the world's leading biochemists and geneticists. The 2013 LEONARDO DA VINCI World Award of Arts will be granted to Petteri Nisunen, and Tommi Grönlund for their contributions to contemporary arts, their interdisciplinary approach, inspiring innovation, creativity and their particular view of synthesis.

The Brazilian funding agency for scientific and technological research São Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP, based in the state of São Paulo, announced an investment estimated in US$680 million to support 17 Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers for a period of up to eleven years. Each selected RIDC must develop opportunities to have its research results contribute to commercially and/or socially relevant high-impact applications, as well as contributing to education and dissemination of knowledge.

A high abortion rate is correlated with increases in intimate partner violence, and women's homicide and suicide, according to scientific studies discussed in the context of the sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.