Inactivity during childhood could increase the chance of heart attacks and strokes later in life, and children and teenagers need to move more to protect their long-term health. A new study from the University of Exeter, in collaboration with the University of Bristol and the University of Eastern Finland and presented at the European Society […]
If there’s one thing most office workers can agree on, it’s that they tend to feel less productive toward the end of the day and the end of each work week. Now, a team of researchers at Texas A&M University has found objective evidence of this phenomenon in action. A recent interdisciplinary study at the […]
Each summer, Texas A&M University at Galveston gives young people a chance to explore the marine environments of the Texas Gulf Coast through Sea Camp — a series of week-long programs educating kids and teenagers about topics such as marine biology, oceanography and conservation. At a recent session of the Marine Biology Research camp — […]
A team of scientists led by Texas A&M University chemist Dr. James D. Batteas has been awarded a five- year, $20 million grant to expand the NSF Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry (CMCC). The CMCC, headquartered at Texas A&M, is the newest center within the National Science Foundation’s portfolio of eight total Phase […]
All types of violence against children and adolescents increased in 2022, according to the Brazilian Yearbook of Public Security . Around the world, the number of victims can reach up to 1 billion, considering cases of sexual, emotional, physical violence and negligence. In Brazil alone, records show that around 102,000 individuals have gone through such […]
The impact of climate change is already a reality and its effects have intensified more and more. The month of July showed this process very clearly from the heat wave that hit a series of countries on three continents: Europe, Asia and North America. According to the European observatory Copernicus, July was the hottest month […]
A German-American research team headed by Prof. Dr. Bernd Fakler from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg demonstrated the major influence of Noelin1-3 proteins on learning and memory formation in the mammalian brain. The results of this detailed study were recently published in the journal Neuron by the publisher Cell Press. The […]
One of the most notable examples of a planetary nebula, the Ring Nebula, had unprecedented images, with a quality never seen before, released at the beginning of the month by an international team of astronomers. Among them is Isabel Aleman, the only Brazilian in the group who can help understand the life cycles of stars […]
