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China has ceased to be just a factory for cheap products and now challenges health giants: Chinese laboratories are advancing in medicines, while other countries recalculate their medical dependence.

Geovane Souza 03/06/2026 at 00:01

Science and Technology

Embrapa transforms plants into salmon, caviar, and vegan squid rings with 3D printing and reveals a new bet of Brazilian science for the future of food.

Caio Aviz 30/05/2026 at 14:53

Science and Technology

Manufacturing medicines in space is no longer fiction: pharmaceutical companies join forces to crystallize drugs in microgravity and transform orbital capsules into pharmaceutical laboratories

Ana Alice 19/05/2026 at 23:03

Interesting facts

Scientists have created bricks that grow on their own using bacteria, do not require a furnace, absorb carbon while hardening, and even self-repair when they crack.

Flavia Marinho 20/04/2026 at 19:52

Science and Technology

Hidden for 60 thousand years at the bottom of the ocean, a zombie forest has resurfaced, surprising scientists with still-preserved trees and revealing microorganisms that could generate new medicines against infections and cancer.

Ana Alice 24/03/2026 at 22:21

China coloca campo no centro do plano 2026-2030, amplia agricultura orgânica, biotecnologia e vendas ao vivo, e promete blindar renda rural com metas para evitar nova pobreza (1)

Agribusiness

China Puts Agriculture at The Center of The 2026-2030 Plan, Expands Organic Farming, Biotechnology, and Live Sales, and Promises To Shield Rural Income with Targets to Prevent New Poverty in Rural Areas

Carla Teles 12/03/2026 at 16:40

Agribusiness

Biotechnology Companies Receive Approval to Produce and Sell Cultivated Chicken in the United States, With Cell-Based Meat Now Under Federal Oversight Like Conventional Meat

Noel Budeguer 16/02/2026 at 09:46

Micróbios estão sendo usados na mineração para extrair mais níquel, cobre e terras raras de minas e promete transformar 'resto' em metal para manter produção diante da explosão de demanda por baterias e energia renovável

Science and Technology

Microbes Are Being Used in Mining to Extract More Nickel, Copper, and Rare Earths from Mines and Promise to Transform ‘Waste’ into Metal to Sustain Production Amidst the Surge in Demand for Batteries and Renewable Energy

Flavia Marinho 05/02/2026 at 12:15

Science and Technology

Researchers at the University of Southern California Create Microrobots with Enzymes That ‘Smell’ Tumors in Their Environment and Release Medicine at the Right Time Using Ultrasound

Flavia Marinho 03/02/2026 at 20:41

Pesquisa com fungo amazônico aponta corante natural seguro, eficaz e com potencial industrial para cosméticos.

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Natural Dye From Amazon Mushroom May Replace Synthetics in Cosmetics

Sara Aquino 02/02/2026 at 12:35

Filhote recém-nascido de espécie selvagem extinta recebe cuidados veterinários em laboratório durante experimento científico de clonagem realizado em 2003.

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After Completely Disappearing From the Planet in The Early 2000s, An Animal Adapted to Extreme Environments Was Born in The Laboratory, Lived for A Few Minutes, and Generated One of The Rarest Cases Ever Recorded by Biology

Caio Aviz 24/01/2026 at 23:56

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Alisson Ficher 07/11/2025 at 22:58

China has ceased to be just a factory for cheap products and now challenges health giants: Chinese laboratories are advancing in medicines, while other countries recalculate their medical dependence.

Embrapa transforms plants into salmon, caviar, and vegan squid rings with 3D printing and reveals a new bet of Brazilian science for the future of food.

Manufacturing medicines in space is no longer fiction: pharmaceutical companies join forces to crystallize drugs in microgravity and transform orbital capsules into pharmaceutical laboratories

Scientists have created bricks that grow on their own using bacteria, do not require a furnace, absorb carbon while hardening, and even self-repair when they crack.

Hidden for 60 thousand years at the bottom of the ocean, a zombie forest has resurfaced, surprising scientists with still-preserved trees and revealing microorganisms that could generate new medicines against infections and cancer.

China Puts Agriculture at The Center of The 2026-2030 Plan, Expands Organic Farming, Biotechnology, and Live Sales, and Promises To Shield Rural Income with Targets to Prevent New Poverty in Rural Areas

Biotechnology Companies Receive Approval to Produce and Sell Cultivated Chicken in the United States, With Cell-Based Meat Now Under Federal Oversight Like Conventional Meat

Microbes Are Being Used in Mining to Extract More Nickel, Copper, and Rare Earths from Mines and Promise to Transform ‘Waste’ into Metal to Sustain Production Amidst the Surge in Demand for Batteries and Renewable Energy

Researchers at the University of Southern California Create Microrobots with Enzymes That ‘Smell’ Tumors in Their Environment and Release Medicine at the Right Time Using Ultrasound

Natural Dye From Amazon Mushroom May Replace Synthetics in Cosmetics

After Completely Disappearing From the Planet in The Early 2000s, An Animal Adapted to Extreme Environments Was Born in The Laboratory, Lived for A Few Minutes, and Generated One of The Rarest Cases Ever Recorded by Biology

Pursue a Master’s Degree at Instituto Butantan: Free Opportunity for Graduates in Biological, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

Scientists have created a material six times lighter than air, 75 times lighter than styrofoam, and that becomes stronger the more it is compressed: aerographite seems impossible, but it can reinforce structures, batteries, and satellites.

With 70 tons of rock removed by hand and an 800-year-old abandoned cave, a former businessman transforms a dark shelter into a modern home carved in the heart of the forest.