Planning Africa’s First Synchrotron
…Winick said, referring to facilities that became operational in the 1990s. “In the time since then … they’ve trained hundreds of Ph.D.s locally without losing them. They’ve attracted dozens of…
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE’VE PEERED INTO A PREHISTORIC CREATURE’S STONY HEART
…and used a tongue-twisting technique called “X-ray synchrotron microtomography”, which let them peek at the insides of fish fossils without damaging them. Their search paid off. They found not one,…
Electronic device detects molecules linked to cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
…fibers, depending on the application for which the paper is designed. Thus, the device can be electrically conductive, allowing current to flow without significant losses, or semiconductive, interacting with specific…
Budget cap would stifle Brazilian science, critics say
…administration’s flagship Science without Borders program, which since 2011 has sent more than 100,000 students, mostly undergrads, to study abroad. Scientists’ concerns about federal research financing are “legitimate,” Kassab says….
Brazilian scientists reeling as federal funds slashed by nearly half
…the United States. “If I hadn’t foreign money for research I’d be shutting down myself,” he adds. Fernando Peregrino, president of CONFIES, the Brazilian association of science funding…
Jupiter’s moon Europa may host life
…to Europa. It was recently discovered that the bacterium Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator survives inside the mine without sunlight by means of water radiolysis, the dissociation of water molecules by ionising…
Brazilians Create Model to Evaluate Possibility of Life on Jupiter’s Icy Moon
…to survive without sunlight by means of water radiolysis, the dissociation of water molecules by ionizing radiation. “This very deep subterranean mine has water leaking through cracks that contain radioactive…
Electronic structure of uranium compounds is revealed
…D. dos Reis, L. S. I. Veiga, C. A. Escanhoela Jr., J. C. Lang, Y. Joly, F. G. Gandra, D. Haskel and N. M. Souza-Neto can be read at: nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01524-1….
For a more sustainable future
…energy source that can be obtained from sugarcane bagasse or straw, sorghum, corn, beets, etc. 2G bioethanol is seen as an alternative for expanding alcohol production in Brazil, without the…
Call for Proposals for Electron Microscopy Facilities
…The inclusion of students (masters, doctorate, etc.) in the proposals is encouraged. However, students cannot submit a proposal without a senior investigator as the principal investigator. If the proposal is…