The material is innovative as it uses small bioactive encapsulated particles from functional foods like carrots and chia. Unlike synthetic plastic, it does not leave residues that pollute the environment, harming life in the oceans and even human health.
Since the fires in the Pantanal intensified three months ago, a task force of approximately 400 firefighters and agents has been deployed to the region.
They are the remnants of animals and plants who lived in the Northeast over 110 mi years ago. The articles were donated to the museum, currently under reconstruction after the 2018 fire, by the family of collector Burkart Pohl, of the Swiss-German group Interprospekt.
According to the University of Rio de Janeiro, they identified the new EG.5.1.1 (23F) strain, referred to as Éris, in two of the 95 samples sequenced earlier this month.
The substance was found in the fruit and flower of the Trema micrantha Blume. The discovery raises the possibility of legal use for medicinal purposes.
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