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Minas Gerais seeks to strengthen the strawberry production chain It's hard to imagine that 60% of the strawberries cultivated in Brazil come from seedlings that had to be imported from countries such as Spain, Argentina, and Chile. Imports raise production costs and generate a series of problems for farmers. The quality of the seedlings is often compromised due to the long transport distance and the varieties imported are not adequate for Brazil's climatic conditions. To face this problem, the Ministry of Agriculture of Minas Gerais (Seapa), through the Agricultural Research Corporation of Mi...

Patients in the emergency room of the Nossa Senhora da Conceição hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil March 11. The emergency room is overcrowded because of the spike in COVID-19 cases. (CNS/Reuters/Diego Vara) Sao Paulo — A second wave of COVID-19 infections has swept Brazil over the past few months, taking the average number of daily deaths to more than 2,500 and causing the collapse of the health care system in several cities. As the crisis grows, Catholic Church leaders face great challenges in helping those in need and in fighting pandemic denialism, which is often supp...

The Latest: US approves 2 more coronavirus home tests A woman holds food donated by the Bees of Love Institute during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Rocinha slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 1, 2021. (AP Silvia Izquierdo) April 01, 2021 - 12:02 PM WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be used at home to get quick results. The Food and Drug Administration decision this week is expected to vastly expand the availability of cheap home tests that many experts have recommended for months...

Student becomes the teacher  Neely grew up with music. His mother is a singer who performed avant-garde contemporary classical music and taught students in her house. Yet, it wasn’t until high school that Adam became enthralled with it.  “I did the thing that almost every other bassist does which is, ‘I want to join a band. Oh, they already have a guitarist, I guess I’ll play bass.’” He soon found it wasn’t the short straw he thought it was. His mother brought him to a performance by the late Dave Brubeck and jazz bassist Christian McBride at the Library of Congress. “I knew...

ILLUSTRATION: HANNAH AGOSTA As we enter year 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic, many scientists continue to work remotely, including those starting new jobs. We called on young scientists to submit advice for the researcher below, who grapples with the challenges of working remotely in a new lab. Responses included reflective questions, stories about personal experiences, and advice. Read a selection of the peer mentors' thoughts here. Follow NextGen Voices on Twitter with hashtag #NextGenSci. Read previous NextGen Voices survey results at https://science.sciencemag.org/collection/nextgen-voices. �...