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Biologist Eduardo Longui, from the Forest Institute of São Paulo, and architect and bowmaker Daniel Lombardi search for alternatives to brazilwood for manufacturing bows for cellos and violins. | 10'03
Researcher switches from business administration to biology and becomes a leading expert in environmental preservation
Customer engagement via social media has increased the demand for digital specialists
Domingo Braile developed medical devices and introduced heart surgery in small-town São Paulo
Wilson Cano was one of the founders of the UNICAMP Institute of Economics and a scholar of industrialization in Brazil
From the margins of society to iconic pop culture; study reconstructs the history of tattooing in Brazil
Economists study how social investment and progressive taxation combat different types of inequality, and how they can be integrated
Biofabrics made from microbes are crawling their way into the fashion industry
Graphene production facilities in Brazil’s Southeast and South place the country among the global producers of the high-tech material
Pizzerias in São Paulo produce the equivalent of 9% of the fine particulate matter emitted by vehicles in the city’s Metropolitan Region
Regions of space with less gas and dust allow astronomers to observe stars on the other side of the galaxy
Experiment suggests that small, controlled fires increase the number of plant species in the Cerrado without decreasing the number of animals
The discipline that seeks to reconstruct the histories of species is itself evolving, according to UFRJ biologist
IBGE’s latest PINTEC survey reveals slowing innovation momentum among Brazilian firms between 2015 and 2017
The new scientific director of FAPESP on his plans and the challenges for research as a result of the pandemic
“I put my epidemiologist’s hat back on” Three years ago, I became dean of the Federal University of Pelotas and... View Article
Chronic health problems and poor connections with public authorities make combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus a challenge for indigenous peoples
Brazilian-born immunologist searches the plasma of patients who have survived COVID-19 for proteins capable of fighting the novel coronavirus
A São Paulo physician developed a portable respirator in the 1950s
Brazil’s hospitals scramble to buy ventilators for ICUs, while a FAPESP-supported firm closes a deal to supply 6,500 units to the Brazilian Ministry of Health
A formulation developed by the Butantan Institute has shown protective effects in the second phase of testing
The search for an effective treatment for COVID-19 includes testing drugs already used against other diseases and even plasma
Reports suggest the novel coronavirus may indirectly affect other organs as well as the lungs
In just four months, 8,000 scientific articles have been published on Covid-19, more than 70 drugs tested against SARS-CoV-2, and the first vaccines trialed on humans
Public health actions, such as early testing, washing hands, social distancing, and self-isolation are likely to be more effective in reducing the transmission rate of the SARS-CoV-2 virus than simply reducing national and international travel
Monkeys appear to be the best animals for testing SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and drugs
Researchers developed a drone equipped with a thermal camera capable of measuring a person’s temperature from a distance
A mixture of cotton and natural silk or chiffon is the best combination for making homemade masks capable of blocking the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Transmission electron microscope images provide a detailed look at how SARS-CoV-2 attacks, infects, and replicates in a culture of Vero cells
Researchers transformed grains of sunflower pollen into a microgel with controllable properties and synthesized products with consistencies of gel, paper, and sponge