The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics to Francis Halzen for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which enables the detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos from the South Pole. #NobelDeFísica #FrancisHalzen #Neutrinos (translated)
Delegate Adriana Accorsi said that she had been walking alongside Lula for many years and stated that there was an important mission ahead. According to her, 33.4 million Brazilians did not vote in the first round. Accorsi asked people to talk to those who did not go to the polls about the rights and safety of women and children and adolescents, workers' rights, public education, science, and the SUS (Unified Health System). She also mentioned programs like Bolsa Família, Minha Casa, Minha Vida, and Farmácia Popular, which she attributed to Lula's government. She advocated for everyone's participation in democracy and called for support for Lula. #Lula #Democracia #Brasil (translated)
Amandinha affirmed that Flávio Bolsonaro would put an end to universities and said that his project aimed to replicate the privatist model of the United States, which she classified as a failure. According to her, the proposal would bring Brazilian scientific production closer to business demands, instead of directing it towards the country's needs. https://t.co/6ps6vaUpvk #Educação #Ciência #Privatização (translated)
The Weeknd Brasil stated that the budget of the Ministry of Education increased from R$ 166.09 billion in 2022 to R$ 270.37 billion in 2026, in nominal values. According to the publication, the comparison also included the amounts allocated to Health, Science and Technology, Environment, Culture, Housing, and Sanitation in both periods. #Educação #Orçamento #Lula (translated)
The impact of the Nobel Prize on a researcher’s life can be significant in terms of prestige and recognition, but the laureates point out that the practical benefits do not always meet expectations. #Nobel #Ciência #Investigação (translated)
Adrián Chávez wrote that American evangelism was heavily involved in Latin America and wondered how long it would take for politicians and celebrities to claim that dinosaurs did not exist, that evolution was a hypothesis, and that Jesus would soon literally abduct them. #evangelismo #Latinoamérica #ciencia (translated)
The author wrote that award-winning researchers’ affiliations had shifted from a small number of science-focused universities in high-income countries to a more diverse range of institutions worldwide. They said concentration had declined in every field except economics. #Investigación #Ciencia #Premios #US #UK #CA #AU #DE #FR #JP
The author wrote that they analyzed the academic affiliations of nearly 6,000 award-winning researchers across 18 major fields in the natural sciences, engineering and social sciences, covering the 1820s to the 2020s and focusing on the period from the 1960s onward. They said the analysis showed a trend of declining concentration.
The author said the research could help scientists identify links between brain cells and functions, memories and behaviour, and better understand conditions such as dementia, epilepsy and addiction. They added that this knowledge could lead to new approaches to diagnosis and treatment and improve outcomes for patients.
The author wrote that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine had gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries involving light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. They described optogenetics as using light to control neurons and reveal how brain circuits shape memory, emotion and behaviour.
"The beginning of the universe was much crazier than we ever imagined." Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize winner in Physics: "The beginning of the universe was much crazier than we ever imagined." #Optogenética #PremioNobel #Ciencia (translated)
"In this disease, patients lose photoreceptors (rods and cones), but retain healthy cells in the retina." Regarding the possibilities of developing new medical therapies through optogenetics, Per Nilsson from the Nobel committee believes that a clear example is blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa. #Optogenética #PremioNobel #Ciencia (translated)
"Optogenetics was quickly adopted around the world to map complex behaviors such as anxiety, thirst, or food intake," summarized Abdel El Manira, a member of the Nobel committee. #Optogenética #PremioNobel #Ciencia (translated)
"Optogenetics offers opportunities to map the brain in a way that we could only have dreamed of before," says Per Svenningsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. #Optogenética #PremioNobel #Ciencia (translated)
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their discoveries on light-activated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that allows the control of nerve signals using light and has contributed to the understanding of the brain and the development of new medical therapies. #Optogenética #PremioNobel #Ciencia (translated)
Gustavo Petro stated that the Minister of Agriculture and Abelardo were unaware of science. He maintained that the El Niño phenomenon would arrive strongly in December and that the recent rains might not be enough to mitigate the expected damage. He also accused the Government of denying the climate crisis and neglecting food production and water, while expecting solutions from hydrocarbons, the use of which, he said, caused that crisis. #CrisisClimática #AgriculturaSostenible #CambioClimático (translated)
ElBuni stated that a scientist in Russia had broken a tube containing the black plague and had died. He also wrote that a quarantine had been imposed in the region of Itkursk because she had had contact with 200 people, and noted that they were taking it with humor there. https://t.co/b1u78Uj52v #Ciencia #Salud #Rusia (translated)
The author wrote that research could examine the effects of prolonged iPad use on children, but could not yet show what it might mean for someone who began using one at age four and reached 70, since no such people existed yet. They said their work depicted a blind spot in which the findings would emerge only after their generation was gone, making that generation itself the study.
The author argued that nearly all published claims about quantum physics in the brain were nonsense, but said a physicist in Istanbul had proposed a different approach that required no exotic new physics and could be tested. https://t.co/lTQF8dhNi9 #FísicaCuántica #Cerebro #Ciencia #TR
Elon Musk advises young people to get a broad education that includes arts, engineering, and sciences, in order to be able to ask the right questions to machines and make the most of artificial intelligence in a technology-dominated future. #EducaciónAmplia #InteligenciaArtificial #ElonMusk (translated)
