Measuring handgrip strength is one of the main ways of detecting sarcopenia, a syndrome characterized by loss of muscle mass, force and function. Researchers in Brazil and the UK recommended raising the minimum value considered normal, after analyzing data for more than 6,000 men and women aged 60 and over.

Analysis of skin tumor samples showed correlations between changes in proteins that regulate the organism and prognosis. The results, published in Nature Communications, were obtained by researchers in Brazil and France.

Indigenous leaders from the Ngäbe-Buglé y Campesino Comarca, joined scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) to sign an agreement celebrating the Rohr Reforestation Initiative: in which residents will be paid to lease land that will be reforested. Mark Rohr, who sponsored the initiative believes in "the creation of project ownership by Indigenous people, for this we must provide a means for them to gain economically through this effort for years to come.”