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  • 1 month ago | latimes.com | Pedro Moura

    We took about 37,000 steps forward and one step back. For the fourth iteration of what friends and I playfully call our annual big walk, we embarked on a considerably easier quest. One year after delineating our limits by walking all 28-plus miles of Western Avenue, two years after surmounting all 25-plus miles of Sunset Boulevard, we settled on perambulating Pico Boulevard this month. It lacked the grandiosity of our past pursuits.

  • Mar 27, 2025 | expresso.pt | Pedro Moura

    Portugal, esse país onde toda a gente sabe exatamente o que os outros deviam fazer, mas ninguém se lembra do que podia fazer melhor. Somos campeões no desporto nacional da indignação: exigimos tudo aos governos, às instituições, às empresas, mas quando toca a cobrar responsabilidades aos nossos concidadãos (ou de nós próprios), a conversa muda.

  • Nov 29, 2024 | nature.com | Lisa J. McReynolds |Pedro Moura |Sharon A. Savage |Ann Nordgren |Maryam Rafati

    AbstractPOLA2 encodes the accessory subunit of DNA polymerase α (polα)/primase, which is crucial for telomere C-strand fill-in. Incomplete fill-in of the C-rich telomeric strand after DNA replication has been proposed as a mechanism for Coats plus syndrome, a phenotype within the broader spectrum of telomere biology disorders (TBD). Coats plus syndrome has so far been associated with pathogenic variants in POT1, CTC1, and STN1.

  • Nov 22, 2024 | nature.com | Pedro Moura |Dionisios G. Vlachos

    A critical component of plastics waste, polyvinyl chloride, is tough to recycle efficiently and sustainably owing to its high chlorine content. Now, research shows how to convert polyvinyl chloride mixed with polypropylene, at room temperature, into chlorine-free hydrocarbons.

  • Nov 14, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Pedro Moura |Natália Massaco |Flavio Lyrio

    That there is no single way of using evidence in the design and implementation of public policies across sectors is a sentiment widely held in the field, but little systematic evidence exists to advance a policy sectoral approach to evidence use. Research into evidence-informed policymaking is often based on studies in key policy sectors like health that sought to offer a universalistic account of evidence use. Cairney and Oliver (2017, p.

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