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Research Highlights
Archeology
Study reveals evidence of violence at a time of crisis in ancient Peru
Skeletons of men, women and children exhumed at a burial ground dating from the period 500-400 BCE, shortly after the collapse of the Chavín culture, had signs of lethal injuries as well as material poverty.
Environment
Urban heat islands make even small and midsized towns warmer
Temperatures can vary by as much as 10 degrees Celsius between areas covered by concrete and neighborhoods with more vegetation.
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Videos
Teacher blackout in Brazil
To improve basic education, the country needs to renew undergraduate courses that prepare students to teach, as well as to create policies that make the teaching career attractive.
Climatology
Animation explains why the El-Niño-borne warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean can cause increasingly frequent extreme events.
Anthropology
Researcher draws relationships between the African diaspora, from the time of slavery, and the tradition of samba in the Recôncavo Baiano, in Brazil.
Biotechnology
Tilapia skin offers innovative treatment for corneal ulcers in dogs, preventing eye loss.
History
Documents reveal the social and political context in which a Punk scene developed in Brazil.
PublicationS
FAPESP Annual Activity Report
FAPESP allocated $ PPP 400.5 million to the funding of 19,692 research projects in 2021, for growth of
3.5% compared with 2020.
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