News from Latin America

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-May-2025 08:09 ET (10-May-2025 12:09 GMT/UTC)

27-Mar-2025

Scientific freedom faces a number of threats and challenges, says researcher

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

Illiberal and authoritarian governments, economic power and digital media are some of the problems facing scientists, says São Paulo State University professor Murilo Gaspardo in a lecture during FAPESP Week Germany.

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26-Mar-2025

International climate favors expansion of scientific cooperation between Brazil and Germany

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

The event, held by FAPESP and the German Research Foundation (DFG) from March 25th to 26th at the Free University of Berlin, aims to strengthen ties between researchers from the state of São Paulo and the European country in order to promote research partnerships.

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26-Mar-2025

Registrations open for São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Emerging Pollutants

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

School will tackle challenges to monitoring and regulation of these substances that pose sanitary and environmental threats through the use of pesticides, legal and illict drugs, micro(nano)plastics, etc. Applicants may submit until April 20.

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25-Mar-2025

Scientific cooperation is strategic for Brazil to strengthen relations with Europe

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

The state of São Paulo has three major partners in scientific collaboration here in Europe, which are Germany, the United Kingdom and France. 

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25-Mar-2025

Even the mild form of COVID-19 tends to cause an imbalance in the cardiovascular system and requires attention

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

In a study of 130 volunteers conducted at the Federal University of São Carlos, a drastic decrease in heart rate variability, i.e. the heart’s ability to adapt to environmental and physiological demands, was observed – up to six weeks after infection.

Journal

Scientific Reports

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24-Mar-2025

Caterpillar-like baby hummingbird discovered in Panama

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be something unusual among hummingbirds?   

Journal

Ecology

20-Mar-2025

Bezos Earth Fund and Smithsonian leap to the aid of endangered frog species

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

$2M from the Bezos Earth Fund to help save 25 frog species through conservation, rewilding, and disease prevention efforts.

19-Mar-2025

Scientists discover new inhibitors of inflammation-related enzyme

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

Discovery by researchers at a FAPESP-supported research center could boost studies on the biological role of h15-LOX-2 and the development of new drugs.

Journal

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

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18-Mar-2025

Leafcutter ants recognize and fight pathogen even 30 days after initial contamination, study shows

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi. The insects increased their cleaning behavior one week and one month after initial contact, but not after 60 days.

Journal

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences

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18-Mar-2025

Study shows that cannabidiol may be a promising agent for promoting dental biomineralization

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Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the experiment, cells from the dental pulp of mice were exposed to a cytokine called tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), which is involved in various inflammatory and autoimmune processes. They were then treated with different concentrations of cannabidiol for periods ranging from 24 hours to seven days.

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