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Researchers say the flea toad measures just 6.95 millimeters in length and can fit on the tip of a finger. The name of the new species, B. dacnis, pays tribute to Project Dacnis, a conservation, research and education NGO that maintains private areas of the Atlantic Rainforest, including the one where the animal was found, in Ubatuba, on the coast of São Paulo state. Luís Felipe Toledo, corresponding author of the article and a professor in the Institute of Biology [...]

Microplastics have been found throughout the human body -- including inside lungs, blood and brains -- and while it is not yet clear how harmful they are to our health, some researchers are sounding the alarm. These tiny pieces of plastic have been detected almost everywhere on Earth, from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains, as well as in the air, water, soil and food chain. Every day humans ingest, inhale or otherwise come in contact with microplastics, which are less than five [...]

THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face more than triple the odds of bruxism, otherwise known as teeth grinding, a new study finds. The small study of 76 Brazilian adults (38 diagnosed with PTSD and 38 without the condition) found much higher incidence of daytime teeth grinding. “Our study showed that PTSD can be manifested orally, in bruxism and a higher level of pain after a clinical dental examination. This requires joint [...]

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – In Brazil, where about 16 wild animals become roadkill every second, a computer scientist has come up with a futuristic solution to this everyday problem: using AI to alert drivers to their presence. Direct strikes on the vast South American country's extensive road network are the top threat to numerous species, forced to live in ever-closer proximity with humans. According to the Brazilian Center for Road Ecology (CBEE), some 475 million vertebrate [...]

That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests and climate change, found that the species emerged around 600,000 years ago through natural crossbreeding of two [...]

Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world's most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests and climate change, found that the species emerged around 600,000 years ago through natural crossbreeding of two other coffee species. “In other words, prior to any [...]

（中央社記者唐雅陵聖保羅20日專電）一個國際研究小組16日開始在巴西北部阿克里州內陸鑽探一口兩公里深的井，這口井將是一種「時間隧道」，揭示亞馬遜地區在距今6500萬年前、恐龍滅絕後的生態環境。 據參與研究的巴西機構之一聖保羅大學（USP）稱，這項名為「跨亞馬遜鑽探專案」（TADP），是國際科學鑽探計畫（ICSDP）的一項倡議，涉及來自12個國家的約60名研究人員� [...]

一个国际研究小组16日开始在 巴西 北部阿克里州内陆钻探一口两公里深的井，这口井将是一种「时间隧道」，揭示 亚马逊 地区在距今6500万年前、 恐龙 [...]

TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most cases of type 2 diabetes can be linked to making poor food choices, a new study finds. Researchers from Tufts University in Boston linked poor diet to 14 million cases of type 2 diabetes — about 70% of new diagnoses globally — in 2018. The biggest impact came from insufficient intake of whole grains, too much refined rice and wheat, and overconsumption of processed meat. “Our study suggests poor carbohydrate quality is [...]