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Brazilian Student Research Projects Win Prestigious Health Innovation Awards

In a significant recognition of innovation in healthcare research, two groundbreaking student-led projects have been awarded top honors in the 2024 cycle of the Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares (Ebserh)…

peq42 January 11, 2026

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Brazilian Technology Aims to Halve Diabetes-Related Amputations

A groundbreaking technology developed in Brazil is promising to significantly reduce the number of amputations caused by diabetes. This is not a scene from a science fiction movie but a…

peq42 December 9, 2025

Are GMOs bad?

Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are plants or animals whose DNA scientists have changed. This change gives the organism a new trait, such as resistance to an insect or better…

peq42 September 16, 2025

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Brazilian Researchers Discover Molecule That Reverses Cognitive Decline

Scientists from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), in collaboration with the University of São Paulo (USP), have discovered that a molecule called hevina can reverse cognitive deficits…

peq42 June 1, 2025

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Drones are spreading Mosquitoes world wide, and that is Good!

In a move that combines cutting-edge technology with biological ingenuity, Australian researchers from the World Mosquito Program (WMP) have begun employing drones to introduce a unique cargo into Fiji's skies—mosquitoes…

peq42 August 4, 2024

Deadlier than Covid and Still around – White Death

Tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating disease that has plagued humanity for millions of years. Caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, TB spreads through the air when an infected person coughs…

peq42 June 25, 2024