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A study supported by FAPESP and published in the journal Scientific Reports showed a strong correlation between the concentration of particulate matter in the air of São Paulo, Brazil – primarily emitted by vehicle fuel combustion – and kidney disease. The study estimated the risk of hospitalization for three kidney conditions based on the levels of this type of air pollution from 2011 to 2021. Men across different age groups were found to be at the highest risk of [...]

A study supported by FAPESP and published in the journal Scientific Reports showed a strong correlation between the concentration of particulate matter in the air of São Paulo, Brazil – primarily emitted by vehicle fuel combustion – and kidney disease. The study estimated the risk of hospitalization for three kidney conditions based on the levels of this type of air pollution from 2011 to 2021. Men across different age groups were found to be at the highest risk of [...]

Researchers at the São Carlos Institute of Physics at the University of São Paulo (IFSC-USP) in Brazil, led by Paulo Augusto Raymundo-Pereira , have created biodegradable, "wearable" sensors for plants to monitor their health, including the presence of pesticides. The sensors are made from carbon ink and are screen-printed onto transparent cellulose acetate bioplastics. The study was published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X. The World Economic Forum selected wearable sensor [...]

The Breakthrough in Antiviral Technology from Brazilian Academia Brazilian researchers have made headlines with a novel approach to combating respiratory viruses. High-frequency ultrasound waves have been shown to rupture the envelopes of influenza A and SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, rendering them noninfectious while sparing human cells. This innovation stems from collaborative efforts at leading institutions, highlighting the pivotal role of higher education in addressing public [...]

For years, scientists believed strange microscopic patterns preserved in ancient Brazilian rocks were the evidence that tiny animals had already started moving across the seafloor over half a billion years ago. But a new fossil reanalysis is currently overturning that interpretation and focusing on to a very different comprehension: the structures were likely created by microbial life, not animals. The study, published in Gondwana Research, analyzed fossils dating back roughly 540 million [...]

Neurons and white blood cells differ greatly in shape, function, and location within the body. However, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil discovered that certain genes are equally dysregulated in both cell types in people with depression. This finding not only reinforces the systemic nature of depression, which has repercussions that extend beyond mental health, but also paves the way for future blood tests that can identify the type and severity of depression. [...]

A reexamination of microfossils found in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul shows that the marks previously interpreted as traces of worms or other small oceanic animals are actually communities of fossilized microscopic bacteria and algae. These findings imply that during the Ediacaran period, approximately 540 million years ago, there may not have been enough oxygen for the evolution of invertebrates that left traces in the substrate, as previously thought. The study [...]

Construction workers breaking ground on a road-rail terminal in Davinópolis, Maranhão, in northeastern Brazil, did not expect to make history. Nearly 26 feet underground, they hit something that hadn't seen the light of day in 120 million years: the fossilized bones of a dinosaur so large that researchers are still wrapping their heads around it. Now known as Dasosaurus tocantinensis, the creature is shaping up to be one of the most significant dinosaur discoveries in recent memory, [...]

Neurons and white blood cells differ greatly in shape, function, and location within the body. However, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil discovered that certain genes are equally dysregulated in both cell types in people with depression. This finding not only reinforces the systemic nature of depression, which has repercussions that extend beyond mental health, but also paves the way for future blood tests that can identify the type and severity of depression. The [...]