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Health
Research shows link between pollution and heart risks in residents of the city of São Paulo
A study by USP, published in the journal Environmental Research, analyzed the results of the autopsies of 238 people and epidemiological data; the risk is greater for hypertensive patients.
Environment
Urban heat islands make even small and midsized towns warmer
Temperatures can vary by as much as 10 degrees Celsius between areas covered by concrete and neighborhoods with more vegetation.
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Videos
The danger of superbacteria
Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of resistant bacteria, defying science and health systems.
Climatology
Animation explains why the El-Niño-borne warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean can cause increasingly frequent extreme events.
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.
Biotechnology
Tilapia skin offers innovative treatment for corneal ulcers in dogs, preventing eye loss.
History
Documents reveal the social and political context in which a Punk scene developed in Brazil.
PublicationS
FAPESP Annual Activity Report
FAPESP allocated $ PPP 400.5 million to the funding of 19,692 research projects in 2021, for growth of
3.5% compared with 2020.
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