Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux, has been selected as the winner of the ALBERT EINSTEIN World Award of Science and Professor Malik Mâaza, will be awarded with the JOSÉ VASCONCELOS World Award of Education. The World Cultural Council's (WCC) 35th Award Ceremony will take place on 8 November 2018 for the first time in Hong Kong at City University of Hong Kong (CityU). During this event, the WCC will also grant special acknowledgements to nine promising young research leaders from CityU.

p53, known as the guardian of the genome, is a protein that blocks cancer development and progression. But mutated p53 adopts new roles and conformations that are catastrophic for the cell. A new study reports on innovative technique that traps p53 short-lived conformers.

Brazilian researchers found that the root spittlebug nymph produces bubbles by feeding on sap, to form a thermal insulator foam that maintains an optimal body temperatures during development. Knowledge of the foam's physical and chemical properties can pave the way for research on compounds that could destabilize the bubbles and eliminate the pests' nymphs in the process.

Brazilians participate in international project to boost capacity of PETase of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used in bottles and responsible for producing millions of tons of waste.

In an experiment described in Physical Review Letters, a single photon aligned the spins of 6,000 electrons in only 50 picoseconds. The result offers prospects for technological applications in the electronic component industry.

The object is revolving around the sun in the vicinity of Jupiter but in the opposite direction from most other celestial bodies, according to a study featuring a Brazilian scientist as co-author. Through a computer simulation, the study shows that the orbit has been stable since the giant planets were formed.