News from Latin America

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 1-Jun-2025 20:09 ET (2-Jun-2025 00:09 GMT/UTC)

4-Apr-2025

Method uses drone and low-cost camera to select drought-tolerant plants

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Images taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle, processed with free software, help assess water stress parameters in corn experiments and select varieties that are better adapted to water shortages.

Journal

The Plant Phenome Journal

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3-Apr-2025

Firefly light gives rise to sensor that detects cellular alterations

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

An enzyme cloned from an insect found by Brazilian researchers – and genetically modified – makes it possible to monitor intracellular acidity and could be used to study diseases and drugs.

Journal

Biosensors

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1-Apr-2025

Weight training protects older people’s brains against dementia, study suggests

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study involved 44 people with mild cognitive impairment. After six months, the volunteers who practiced strength training showed improvements in memory and brain anatomy, while the others showed a decline in the parameters evaluated.

Journal

GeroScience

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1-Apr-2025

Edible biofilm based on pomegranate peel extract extends the shelf life of strawberries

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fruit coated with the material developed by researchers at the University of São Paulo showed 11% less weight loss during storage and took longer to start becoming contaminated by fungi.

Journal

Food Chemistry

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31-Mar-2025

Brazilian companies begin to explore quantum computing applications

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Meeting Announcement

The Albert Einstein Jewish Brazilian Hospital, in São Paulo, creates research group to evaluate potential uses of the technology; the project was presented during FAPESP Week Germany.

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28-Mar-2025

Studies evaluate the health effects of bioactive compounds obtained from plants

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Meeting Announcement

Researchers from Brazil and Germany study the mechanism of action of phytochemicals from papaya, passion fruit and medicinal plant extracts; results were presented at FAPESP Week Germany.

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28-Mar-2025

Call for Proposals: FAPESP Grant for International Researchers

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Grant and Award Announcement

Applicants are expected to propose innovative, outstanding, and high impact research projects that also promote the development of highly qualified human resources, including undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows pursuing high quality and impactful research.

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27-Mar-2025

New geospatial intelligence methodology makes land use management more accurate and faster

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A technique developed by researchers was tested in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso and more accurately delineated areas of natural vegetation and agricultural production by crop type; the results showed 95% accuracy in mapping.

Journal

AgriEngineering

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27-Mar-2025

By 2100, more than 80% of amphibian species in and around the Pantanal will lose suitable habitat

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study by Brazilian and Swiss researchers predicts that even in an optimistic greenhouse gas emissions scenario, 99% of the area of the Upper Paraguay River Basin will be lost.

Journal

Journal of Applied Ecology

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27-Mar-2025

Scientific freedom faces a number of threats and challenges, says researcher

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Meeting Announcement

Illiberal and authoritarian governments, economic power and digital media are some of the problems facing scientists, says São Paulo State University professor Murilo Gaspardo in a lecture during FAPESP Week Germany.

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