Latest Posts December 9, 2020 3:57 pm Published by Redação 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
December 7, 2020 6:29 pm Published by Sidnei Santos de Oliveira Researcher switches from business administration to biology and becomes a leading expert in environmental preservation
December 7, 2020 6:29 pm Published by Sidnei Santos de Oliveira Customer engagement via social media has increased the demand for digital specialists
December 7, 2020 6:27 pm Published by Neldson Marcolin Domingo Braile developed medical devices and introduced heart surgery in small-town São Paulo
December 7, 2020 6:27 pm Published by Fabrício Marques Wilson Cano was one of the founders of the UNICAMP Institute of Economics and a scholar of industrialization in Brazil
December 7, 2020 6:27 pm Published by Christina Queiroz From the margins of society to iconic pop culture; study reconstructs the history of tattooing in Brazil
December 7, 2020 6:26 pm Published by Diego Viana Economists study how social investment and progressive taxation combat different types of inequality, and how they can be integrated
December 7, 2020 6:25 pm Published by Frances Jones Biofabrics made from microbes are crawling their way into the fashion industry
December 7, 2020 6:23 pm Published by Domingos Zaparolli Graphene production facilities in Brazil’s Southeast and South place the country among the global producers of the high-tech material
December 7, 2020 6:21 pm Published by Eduardo Geraque Pizzerias in São Paulo produce the equivalent of 9% of the fine particulate matter emitted by vehicles in the city’s Metropolitan Region
December 7, 2020 6:19 pm Published by Ricardo Zorzetto Regions of space with less gas and dust allow astronomers to observe stars on the other side of the galaxy
December 7, 2020 6:14 pm Published by Marcos Pivetta Experiment suggests that small, controlled fires increase the number of plant species in the Cerrado without decreasing the number of animals
December 7, 2020 6:11 pm Published by Fabrício Marques The discipline that seeks to reconstruct the histories of species is itself evolving, according to UFRJ biologist
December 7, 2020 6:09 pm Published by Fabrício Marques IBGE’s latest PINTEC survey reveals slowing innovation momentum among Brazilian firms between 2015 and 2017
December 7, 2020 6:00 pm Published by Fabrício Marques The new scientific director of FAPESP on his plans and the challenges for research as a result of the pandemic
December 7, 2020 5:59 pm Published by Redação “I put my epidemiologist’s hat back on” Three years ago, I became dean of the Federal University of Pelotas and... View Article
December 7, 2020 5:58 pm Published by Christina Queiroz Chronic health problems and poor connections with public authorities make combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus a challenge for indigenous peoples
December 7, 2020 5:56 pm Published by Ricardo Zorzetto Brazilian-born immunologist searches the plasma of patients who have survived COVID-19 for proteins capable of fighting the novel coronavirus
December 7, 2020 5:55 pm Published by Carlos Fioravanti A São Paulo physician developed a portable respirator in the 1950s
December 7, 2020 5:53 pm Published by Yuri Vasconcelos 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
December 7, 2020 5:47 pm Published by Carlos Fioravanti A formulation developed by the Butantan Institute has shown protective effects in the second phase of testing
December 7, 2020 5:42 pm Published by Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade The search for an effective treatment for COVID-19 includes testing drugs already used against other diseases and even plasma
December 7, 2020 5:37 pm Published by Ricardo Zorzetto Reports suggest the novel coronavirus may indirectly affect other organs as well as the lungs
December 7, 2020 5:35 pm Published by Redação 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
December 7, 2020 5:33 pm Published by Redação 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
December 7, 2020 5:29 pm Published by Redação Monkeys appear to be the best animals for testing SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and drugs
December 7, 2020 5:29 pm Published by Redação Researchers developed a drone equipped with a thermal camera capable of measuring a person’s temperature from a distance
December 7, 2020 5:28 pm Published by Redação 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
December 7, 2020 5:27 pm Published by Redação Transmission electron microscope images provide a detailed look at how SARS-CoV-2 attacks, infects, and replicates in a culture of Vero cells
December 7, 2020 5:26 pm Published by Redação Researchers transformed grains of sunflower pollen into a microgel with controllable properties and synthesized products with consistencies of gel, paper, and sponge