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Tartigrades superpowers are real?

Fabiola Soares Trends September 22, 2016

The tartigrades superpowers are a trending topic all around the world. However, just when you thought nature couldn’t get any crazier, it surprises you again. Tartigrades are already known as the most resistant animals on Earth. They received this label…Read more

CMV or Zika virus?

Fabricio Pamplona Trends July 21, 2016

The Zika virus has caught the world’s attention for the past few months after causing many deaths and birth defects in babies. However, the fact that a virus could cause that much damage is no news to many families. For…Read more

HIV virus: The origins of a virus that doesn’t die

Fabricio Pamplona Trends June 30, 2016

The human kind have always been in touch with diseases along evolution. Most diseases have no extreme impact in our health and our bodies are able to fight by themselves. Even though pathogens evolve to a more resistent form, humans…Read more

Figure browser takes science to a new level!

Fabricio Pamplona Trends June 21, 2016

What if you could have a figure browser to search for scientific illustrations? It sounds great, but does it make sense? Does having a figure improves our research in addition to making it more visual?We always had the feeling that…Read more

Open access: freedom at last!

Fabricio Pamplona Trends June 16, 2016

One of the biggest discussions in the scientific world is the open access to scientific data. As researchers, we feel the pain of willing to read a paper and not having free access to it. Even though many universities provide…Read more

Mind the Graph and Overleaf for science!

Fabricio Pamplona Trends June 14, 2016

This week, Overleaf published a guest post from Mind the Graph. Our CEO Fabricio Pamplona wrote about the integration of these two platforms! You know how long it takes to finish writing a paper, right? Well, what if you could…Read more

Nature´s COP21 Comics

Fabiola Soares Trends December 4, 2015

In times of climate change and COP21, all awareness is needed to show politicians how the world is at risk and that people urge for an effective treaty. The scientific community holds a huge responsibility on that matter, and Nature,…Read more

6 things you should know about drug ads [a graphical guide]

Fabiola Soares Trends November 26, 2015

1- There is a lot of money involved Billions of dollars are spent on direct-to-consumer TV ads for prescription drugs, and because of that, doctors spend more time rebutting marketing claims than making diagnosis. That’s why the American Medical Association…Read more

Antioxidants promote cancer progression

Fabricio Pamplona Trends November 4, 2015

Oxidative stress is bad because it can damage DNA and this is a way into cell transformation and cancer, and because antioxidants can protect cells from oxidative stress, they are good for people with cancer, right? Well, not exactly. A…Read more

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 [infographic]

Fabiola Soares Trends October 7, 2015

The Nobel Prize is not only a way to recognize great researchers, is a way to make big science visible to the great public. That is way is so important when the organization makes available not only a press release for journalists,…Read more

Nobel prize 2015: fighting malaria and neglected diseases

Fabricio Pamplona Trends October 5, 2015

The Nobel prize 2015 in medicine was awarded to three scientists that have studied treatments for neglected diseases, such as malaria and infections caused by parasitic worms. The Nobel prize 2015 will not be equally distributed: the Chinese researcher Youyou…Read more