A team of researchers at Nanyang Technological University, working with a group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and another colleague at ETH Zürich, has found evidence showing that parts of many big coastal cities are ...
In a laboratory tucked away on a sprawling university campus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto is running tests on a seemingly ordinary plant with a potent secret.
Plants & Animals
Jul 4, 2023
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Hundreds of visitors are flocking daily to a botanical garden in southeastern Brazil to watch the rare blooming of the Titan arum, the world's smelliest and largest tropical flower.
Plants & Animals
Dec 27, 2012
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The innovation group TED has given its coveted annual prize for the first time to an idea -- the city of the future.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 1, 2012
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A smartphone app designed to give early warning of earthquakes could be ready as early as next year, according to scientists at the World Science Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2013
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The results of a survey mapping the views of science journalists on science journalism in Latin America and the Caribbean were released during the 12th World Conference of Science Journalists in Medellín, Colombia.
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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Brazil's communications minister is proposing giving emails the same level of legal protection afforded to letters sent by mail.
Internet
Aug 15, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- "In biophysical terms, humanity has never been moving faster nor further from sustainability than it is now."
Environment
Jun 11, 2012
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Sailors at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be protected by a fleet of special trash collecting boats, organizers said Thursday, admitting there is no time to resolve a serious pollution problem.
Environment
Jul 9, 2015
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Residents of a high-end neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro woke up to the unpleasant smell of 13 tons of rotting dead fish floating in the city's Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.
Ecology
Dec 21, 2018
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