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Psychiatric Sciences. Prevention of mental health problems among schoolchildren could avoid grade repetition and dropout
A study by Brazilian and British scientists involved 2,511 families with children aged 6-14. The findings show that externalizing disorders such as attention deficit and hyperactivity have more adverse effects than conditions associated with anxiety and fear.
Climate Change Pollution that causes global cooling
Aerosol particles that worsen air quality and damage human health also reduce global warming by a third.
Innovation Rapid test detects emerging disease transmitted by cats to humans
Test developed by startup BiDiagnostics with FAPESP’s support promises faster and more accurate diagnosis of deep mycosis that causes sores and potentially fatal organ damage in domestic cats.
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The search for signs of life on a Saturn’s moon
Asteroid collision may have created favorable conditions to the appearance of primitive life forms on Titan.
Agronomy Understanding the plant circadian rhythms, and learning how to manipulate them, may widen cultivation options.
Ecology An international study indicated that, to survive, harpy eagles need at least 50% of preserved forest in their range, where they nest and forage. Due to deforestation, the bird is disappearing from parts of the Amazon.
Microbiology In the world’s first catalog of microbial ecosystem in urban areas, 31 species of bacteria appeared in 97% of the samples.
Fossil traficking Paleontologists speak with Federal Prosecutors and the Federal Police to bring a stop to the trafficking of fossil assets in Brazil.
PublicationS
FAPESP Annual Activity Report
The year 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the greatest challenge to science in
the last 100 years. FAPESP mobilized to deal with it, but was also affected by its impacts
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