At an event held in Campinas (state of São Paulo, Brazil), FAPESP, Shell, UNICAMP, USP and UFSCar announced the renewal of support for the Center for Innovation in New Energies, which will have 15 new research projects dedicated to improving technologies to make Brazil an exponent in the energy transition.
The estimate, published in the journal Nature, is that 2.24% of tree species in the Amazon, Africa and Southeast Asia account for 50% of the 800 billion trees in the tropical biome. Listing the hyperdominant species, as they are called, helps scientists more accurately measure processes such as carbon storage.
Studies conducted at the State University of Campinas have shown that physical training, combining strength training and aerobic exercise, improves lipid metabolism, reduces inflammation and reverses early immunosenescence in obese and diabetic individuals.
Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry
CeMEAI research provides a bibliometric analysis of authors, journals, research institutions, countries and keywords found in 27,750 Web of Science documents.
Center for Cell-Based Therapy
The ‘Best Oral Presentation’ award at an event promoted by the Hospital de Amor in Barretos (São Paulo state) was given to doctoral student Mariane Tirapelle, who is part of the Cell Therapy Center and the Nucleus of Cellular Therapy teams.
Food Research Center
Researchers isolated a strain of Pseudomonas alcaligenes that can withstand temperatures as high as 44 °C from a hot spring in Chile, and characterized the substances produced by the bacterium that help it survive extreme conditions.
Without having had any contact with their parents, piglets fathered by boars housed in cramped conditions for four weeks exhibited elevated levels of cortisol, among other indicators of stress. Offspring of pigs housed in roomier pens and given showers and tactile stimuli coped better with stressful situations.
Study published in PNAS by researchers from Brazil and the UK shows that primates from the Brazilian semi-arid biome are able to acquire new knowledge as long as their presence is tolerated by other members of the group.
Foundation launches program aimed at accelerating creation, training human resources and stimulating scientific and technological leadership in the state of São Paulo and Brazil in the field, with potential impacts on sectors such as health, agriculture, communications and computing.
A study published in Nature Climate Change predicts that 36% of anurans’ habitats worldwide will soon be threatened by a combination of rising temperatures and water scarcity. Brazil has the greatest diversity of anurans in the world and some of the most vulnerable anuran habitats.
A combination of wireless sensors and artificial intelligence, developed by a FAPESP-supported company, can help companies of different sizes avoid losses due to production interruptions; the startup took part in a business mission during FAPESP Week Spain.
In a ceremony at the University of São Paulo, which hosts the Center of Excellence in Ocean Innovation and Transformative Technologies, researchers and high officials celebrated a partnership set to foster research on ocean sustainability and fuel public policy.
Research carried out at the Carbon Neutral Cities CCD, launched by FAPESP and the Technological Research Institute, will develop and apply technologies inspired by nature to increase urban resilience and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
In the 10th FAPESP Lecture 2024, researcher Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira highlighted the virtues of hybrid vehicles, which combine electricity and biofuels, stressing Brazil’s strategic role in the process.
The study was conducted at the University of São Paulo. As the pregnant women were treated and their symptoms of depression improved, the proportion of “good” bacteria in their gut microbiome increased.
