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Dwarf planet Ceres was formed in coldest zone of Solar System and thrust into Asteroid Belt
The hypothesis is raised by researchers at UNESP and collaborators in the journal Icarus. Ceres is a survivor of the initial stage of the Solar System’s formation and could contain primitive life forms.

Robots on the high seas
Autonomous boat and drone used to monitor oil leaks at offshore oil platforms.
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The uncertain identity of the pigmy marmoset
Brazilian primatologist Jean Boubli (Salford University/UK) and his team solved a 19th century mistery regarding the world's smallest monkeys.

Researchers use recognition algorithms to understand humpback whale annual migrations.

Asteroid collision may have created favorable conditions to the appearance of primitive life forms on Titan, one of Saturn's moons.

Experiments suggest that crescent-shaped dunes can move and interact in five different ways.

One of the curators of the exhibition "Era uma vez o moderno (1910-1944)", featured until May 2022, goes through highlights of literature, visual arts and thought by Modernist movement champions.
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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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