News from Latin America

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 5-Nov-2025 15:11 ET (5-Nov-2025 20:11 GMT/UTC)

18-Apr-2024

DNA vaccine against zika performs well in tests on mice

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The vaccine is being developed by researchers in Brazil. The results of preclinical trials are published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.

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Frontiers in Immunology

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18-Apr-2024

Heifer International and Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT agree to strengthen collaboration, empower smallholder farmers

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Business Announcement

Heifer International and the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) have agreed to further their shared goals of empowering rural communities, alleviating hunger and poverty, and promoting sustainable agriculture.

17-Apr-2024

International group runs simulations capable of describing South America's climate with unprecedented accuracy

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Meeting Announcement

A consortium made up of researchers from more than ten countries, including Brazil, the United States and some European nations, is running simulations of the past and future climate in South America with unprecedented resolution.

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17-Apr-2024

Arboviruses, mosquitoes and potential hosts tracked in real time in São Paulo city

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The technology used to sequence the first infections by SARS-CoV-2 at record speed has been successfully tested as a technique to monitor viruses transmitted by mosquitoes, such as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.

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Microbial Genomics

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17-Apr-2024

Consortium including Brazilians sequences the reference genome of Arabica coffee

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The work makes it possible to tell the story of the fusion of genomes that gave rise to the world’s most consumed species, as well as identifying genes responsible for resistance to rust and other diseases.

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Nature Genetics

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15-Apr-2024

Study uses thermodynamics to describe expansion of the Universe

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The shift from a decelerating expansion regime (in the radiation- and matter-dominated era) to an accelerating expansion regime (in the dark energy-dominated era) resembles a thermodynamic phase transition, according to an article in Results in Physics by scientists affiliated with São Paulo State University.

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Results in Physics

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15-Apr-2024

Hydrogen recombination found to be most plausible explanation for high levels of energy in stellar superflares

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study investigated 42 superflares and concluded that this model is more consistent from the physical standpoint. Despite differences between stellar and solar flares, studies of the latter provide a foundation for analysis of superflares in stars.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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12-Apr-2024

Theories that explain the crisis in democracy are inadequate for Latin America, experts say

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Meeting Announcement

Countries in the region are experiencing a different phenomenon from that observed in the United States and Europe, where increased social inequality may have been the cause of the advance of political polarization. The assessment was made by participants in FAPESP Week Illinois.

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11-Apr-2024

Researchers test new behavioral health interventions

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Meeting Announcement

One of the panelists was Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, a professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He talked about behavioral interventions that have been tested to promote physical activity and healthy eating – practices that, according to the researcher, Americans still do not adhere to, despite the obvious benefits.

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11-Apr-2024

Most patients treated by public psychiatric outpatient clinics are women aged 45 on average

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

In Brazil, researchers analyzed data for 8,384 clinical appointments that took place in a two-year period at Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto (São Paulo state) and found the situation to be similar to those in publicly-funded psychiatric outpatient clinics elsewhere in the country. The results, reported in Frontiers in Psychiatry, list the most common mental health problems and most frequently prescribed drugs.

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Frontiers in Psychiatry

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