Study helps to understand how physical exercise induces fat burning in muscles

Study helps to understand how physical exercise induces fat burning in muscles

A study published in the journal Science Advances described, for the first time, a neuromuscular circuit that links the burning…
Opinion – Marcelo Viana: Inferring causes from effects in false positive tests

Opinion – Marcelo Viana: Inferring causes from effects in false positive tests

Officials in Oz are concerned about a disease that affects the population. The disease is serious but can be treated…
Opinion – Luciano Melo: The beauty of ambiguity, the brain that reconciles the irreconcilable

Opinion – Luciano Melo: The beauty of ambiguity, the brain that reconciles the irreconcilable

At the end of the 19th century, the scientific community believed that there would soon not be a single mystery…
Why chimpanzees and gorillas become friends in the wild

Why chimpanzees and gorillas become friends in the wild

A small band of anthropoid monkeys were feeding on a tree in the Congolese forest, permeated by fog. Adult chimpanzees…
Sidereal Messenger: Earth day was only 17 hours ago 2.5 billion years ago, study says

Sidereal Messenger: Earth day was only 17 hours ago 2.5 billion years ago, study says

If today we are already short of hours in the day, imagine what it was like 2.5 billion years ago:…
Scientists who have reached the lowest temperature ever recorded in the universe

Scientists who have reached the lowest temperature ever recorded in the universe

What is the lowest temperature you can imagine? The lowest number recorded on Earth was -89.2℃, in Antarctica. In some…
Fundamental Science: The embryo generated without sperm or egg

Fundamental Science: The embryo generated without sperm or egg

One of the most fascinating phenomena in nature is that extremely complex animals like humans are formed from a single…
Dinosaur mummies may be more common than thought

Dinosaur mummies may be more common than thought

Popularly known as “dinosaur mummies”, the fossils that keep the skin and other soft tissues still preserved are considered rare…
Brightest light ever observed fascinates astronomers

Brightest light ever observed fascinates astronomers

Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, emitted at a distance of 2.4 billion light-years from Earth…
Opinion – I am Science: For the end of the cuts to the Federal Universities

Opinion – I am Science: For the end of the cuts to the Federal Universities

In our last text published on the Blog SoU_Ciência, we wrote about blocking the budget of 5.8% of universities. While…