Rita dos Santos Silva
I joined United Academics team in 2015, during my Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences, at the VU Amsterdam. By that time, I was starting to realize that, more than planning scientific experiments, I was interested in understanding how science evolved and where it is going. After joining United Academics, it became clearer that open access must be the path for science advancement. In 2016, I became United Academics's editor-in-chief.
Voyager 2 Leaves the Solar Influence and Enters the Interstellar Space
Voyager 2 has entered the interstellar space, outside the Sun’s realm. Researchers Bill Kurth and Don Gurnett, at the University of Iowa, confirmed that...
Ageing Is a Wicked Problem: Bodies Fail and So Do Societies | Interview with...
A long life is an impressive achievement, but it is also a frightening prospect
In this interview for UA Magazine, Prof. Rudi Westendorp discusses the...
In Alzheimer’s Disease, Faulty Tau Spreads Rapidly But Is Not Toxic at First
The accumulation of misfolded tau proteins in the brain is one hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Researchers at the University of Southampton, UK, have...
The Secret of Classic Belgian Beers is a Unique Mix of Yeasts
Classic Belgian beers result from a rare mixture of different species of yeasts. In industrial environments, several hybrids between Saccharomyces species combine the traits...
Cocaine Abstinence Changes Gene Expression in the Brain
Prolonged cocaine use affects the expression of genes and proteins in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a region of the brain involved in many reward-related...
Researchers Sequence the Genome of the Florida Panther
The genome of the Florida panther has been sequenced for the first time by researchers from the University of Central Florida and the Ohio...
Cancer is the Leading Cause of Death in High-Income Countries
Cancer kills twice as much as cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and is now the leading cause of death in high-income countries, according to a report...
Continued Contact with Semen Shields Women Against HIV Acquisition
Continued exposure to semen decreases the risk of HIV infection in women, says a study published yesterday in Nature Communications. Investigators from the Wistar...
Paper or Audio? It’s All the Same to your Brain. End of Story
The brain processes words in a similar manner, whether you are reading a book or listening to an audiobook. Researchers from the University of...
CTVT: the Cancer ‘Parasite’ that Sailed With Dogs
Title: Somatic evolution and global expansion of an ancient transmissible cancer lineage Published: August 2, 2019Journal: ScienceAuthors: Adrian Baez-Ortega (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) and colleaguesDOI: 10.1126/science.aau9923
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