After combing through data on public death notices in Minas Gerais state, scientists say the coronavirus death toll in the country is worse than reported.

Elevated levels of a neurotoxin in northeastern Brazil’s drinking water and a high incidence of microcephaly in the region led scientists to look for a link, and they found one.

The Ministry of Education’s new rule says only one federally employed researcher per institution can attend international scholarly meetings, Times Higher Education reports.

The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

The same study also finds there are three species of Electrophorus, rather than one.

A lack of funding for the country’s main research agency threatens the future of Brazilian scientific research.

Nine months after a fire destroyed priceless collections, scientists are working restore the archives and keep their research afloat.

Blocked resources and the suspension of research scholarships threaten the future of Brazilian science, academics say.

Scientists have attacked the government’s spending policies after it locked down nearly half of the money that had been allocated for science funding.