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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-May-2025 21:09 ET (14-May-2025 01:09 GMT/UTC)

Theories that explain the crisis in democracy are inadequate for Latin America, experts say

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

Countries in the region are experiencing a different phenomenon from that observed in the United States and Europe, where increased social inequality may have been the cause of the advance of political polarization. The assessment was made by participants in FAPESP Week Illinois.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Researchers test new behavioral health interventions

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

One of the panelists was Eduardo Esteban Bustamante, a professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He talked about behavioral interventions that have been tested to promote physical activity and healthy eating – practices that, according to the researcher, Americans still do not adhere to, despite the obvious benefits.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Most patients treated by public psychiatric outpatient clinics are women aged 45 on average

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In Brazil, researchers analyzed data for 8,384 clinical appointments that took place in a two-year period at Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto (São Paulo state) and found the situation to be similar to those in publicly-funded psychiatric outpatient clinics elsewhere in the country. The results, reported in Frontiers in Psychiatry, list the most common mental health problems and most frequently prescribed drugs.

Journal: Frontiers in Psychiatry
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

FAPESP seeks to increase research collaboration with the US Midwest

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

Researchers from universities and research institutions in the State of São Paulo participate in FAPESP Week Illinois; the event aims to create new opportunities for scientific cooperation.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Air pollution data could be used to plan better transit routes

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

Researchers from the University of São Paulo are producing maps that show areas of the city of São Paulo with the highest concentration of air pollutants; the results of the studies were presented in the United States during FAPESP Week Illinois.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Weight training improves symptoms of anxiety and depression in old people, study confirms

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Brazilian researchers analyzed more than 200 articles on the subject and identified the types of training most indicated for these cases. Their findings are reported in the journal Psychiatry Research. According to the study, use of training machines and free weights appears to be more beneficial for mental health than exercises that involve elastic bands or calisthenics.

Journal: Psychiatry Research
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

New e-course to protect bananas from Fusarium wilt

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Business Announcement

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with BlueGreen Labs, has launched a new e-course on Fusarium wilt of banana on the banana plant health learning platform www.crophealth.org.

System uses artificial intelligence to detect wild animals on roads and avoid accidents

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The researchers trained computer vision models to identify Brazilian mammals must susceptible to roadkill in real time and are partnering with toll road operators to test the system in real-world situations.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

How youth and women are key to Senegal’s farming future

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT shows both opportunities and challenges for women and youth in agriculture in southern Senegal.

Journal: Data in Brief

Amphibians use scream inaudible to humans for self-defense against predators, study suggests

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time in South America, researchers recorded the use of ultrasound by a frog endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil, which has more species of amphibians than any other country. Other frogs may use very high-frequency calls for the same purpose.

Journal: acta ethologica
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

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