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Research Highlights
Physics Study proposes that proteins can compartmentalize and form droplets inside cells
Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) used concepts of condensed matter physics to describe phase separation. Their findings can have applications in the treatment of diseases.
Public Policies New census and housing program for the homeless population
A federal plan supported by scientific evidence is being launched to reduce the homeless population, a global problem.
Innovation FAPESP helps set up ten research centers that will focus on applications of artificial intelligence in Brazil
Spread across the country, the centers will conduct research in ST&I addressing problems that can be solved by AI in such areas as health, agriculture, manufacturing, and smart cities.
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Brazil dries up
Climate change gives rise to a region with an arid climate, previously non-existant in the country.
Supercomputers Capable of complex operations, machines enable to investigate matters such as the effects of deforestation on climate and Milky Way evolution.
Teacher blackout To improve its basic education, Brazil needs to renew undergraduate courses that prepare students to teach, as well as to create policies that make the teaching career attractive.
Field Diary – Negro River series Agência FAPESP followed the DEGy Negro River Expedition in search for I. caiana, an electric fish species whose only four specimen known to science were collected in 1968 at an inaccurately-described site.
Public Health Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of superbacteria defying science and health systems.
PublicationS
FAPESP Annual Activity Report - 2023
In 2023, FAPESP approved 56 proposals to purchase large items of research
equipment resulting from three calls issued in 2022 and corresponding to an aggregate investment of $ PPP 184.4 million.
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