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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Jun-2025 10:09 ET (15-Jun-2025 14:09 GMT/UTC)

5-Jun-2025

USP and FAPESP bring innovative technologies to international startup fair in France

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Meeting Announcement

VivaTech is one of Europe's leading technology and startup events; USP and FAPESP will take researchers and disruptive technologies to the event in the areas of health, agriculture, sustainability, and artificial intelligence.

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5-Jun-2025

Ocellott: Solutions for aircraft electrification and ‘flying cars’

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The FAPESP-supported company is developing critical equipment to make electric and hybrid aircraft models and eVTOLs viable; these technologies will be presented at VivaTech in France. The company’s line of emergency batteries can be used in Embraer aircraft as well as in jets produced by other manufacturers.

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5-Jun-2025

Wearable device helps blind people detect obstacles

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

System integrated into a backpack is equipped with a camera and tactile signals that vibrate to warn of the presence of objects above the waist.

Journal

Disability and Rehabilitation

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4-Jun-2025

Biotech develops technology to produce milk proteins without cows

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Future Cow uses precision fermentation to create dairy ingredients in a sustainable way; the startup, supported by FAPESP, was selected to participate in VivaTech, one of Europe’s largest innovation.

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4-Jun-2025

Self-harm in adolescence: young people report on strategies to alleviate mental suffering in a booklet

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The publication, which resulted from a project conducted at the Federal University of São Carlos, is available in Portuguese and English and has the potential to be an important, low-cost therapeutic and educational tool.

Journal

New Trends in Qualitative Research

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3-Jun-2025

Study identifies proteins involved in the effectiveness of immunotherapy against blood cancer

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at a FAPESP-supported research center have discovered 14 proteins that could be targets for improving CAR-T cell-based therapies.

Journal

Journal of Proteome Research

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30-May-2025

Green technology uses corn stover to produce high-value bioderivatives and generate savings

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The optimized extraction of sugars, organic acids, and phenolic compounds with antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties uses only water, making it promising for applications in the biofuels, pharmaceutical, and food industries.

Journal

Biofuel Research Journal

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29-May-2025

Greenhouse gas could lead to the development of sustainable fuels

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international consortium of scientists presents an overview of the subject in an article published in the journal Science.The hydrogenation of carbon dioxide allows the greenhouse gas to be transformed into products such as methane and methanol.

Journal

Science

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28-May-2025

More than 70% of young women suffer from itching, irritation, pain, and other symptoms in the genital area

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The finding was based on questionnaires applied to 313 Brazilian women in their 30s. The results indicate that, although the reported discomforts negatively affect the participants’ quality of life and sexual health, they tend to normalize them.

Journal

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy

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28-May-2025

Women with low muscle mass have a worse prognosis in breast cancer treatment

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study conducted at the University of São Paulo evaluated data from 54 women who were newly diagnosed with early-stage disease. Accurately assessing a patient’s body composition is essential for monitoring metabolic changes related to breast cancer and identifying the need for earlier intervention, such as nutritional support and physical exercise.

Journal

Discover Oncology

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