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Neuroscience Molecule reverses cognitive deficits associated with aging and dementia in animal tests
Brazilian researchers observed increased connections between neurons in rodents after inducing an increase in the synthesis of hevin – a glycoprotein naturally produced by astrocytes.
Public Health Proliferation of betting sites increases household spending and risk of gambling problems
Brazilians bet R$20 billion per month online and the demand for addiction treatment is rising.
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Brazil dries up
Climate change gives rise to a region with an arid climate, previously non-existant in the country.
Supercomputers Capable of complex operations, machines enable to investigate matters such as the effects of deforestation on climate and Milky Way evolution.
Teacher blackout To improve its basic education, Brazil needs to renew undergraduate courses that prepare students to teach, as well as to create policies that make the teaching career attractive.
Field Diary – Negro River series Agência FAPESP followed the DEGy Negro River Expedition in search for I. caiana, an electric fish species whose only four specimen known to science were collected in 1968 at an inaccurately-described site.
Public Health Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of superbacteria defying science and health systems.
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FAPESP Annual Activity Report - 2023
In 2023, FAPESP approved 56 proposals to purchase large items of research
equipment resulting from three calls issued in 2022 and corresponding to an aggregate investment of $ PPP 184.4 million.
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