The Russian who dreams of changing health in Brazil
July 15, 2019 5:07 pm Leave your thoughtsEconomist finds business support and methodologies in science
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Risks to academic liberty
July 15, 2019 5:06 pm Leave your thoughtsAt least 79 academics around the world violently attacked or killed in less than a year
The other evolutionist
July 15, 2019 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsAlfred Wallace, a lesser-known contributor to the theory of evolution, explored the Amazon between 1848 and 1852, where he collected specimens, wrote, and sketched
Avant-garde sociologist
July 15, 2019 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsMaria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz is remembered for her capacity to reflect on little-known aspects of the country, such as messianic movements
Breaking barriers
July 15, 2019 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsOne of the pioneers of the study of particles, Elisa Frota-Pessôa participated in the founding of CBPF
Shelves of hidden treasure
July 15, 2019 5:04 pm Leave your thoughtsCollections of rare works in Brazil demand protection and promise new discoveries
Yanomami Expression
July 15, 2019 5:04 pm Leave your thoughtsClaudia Andujar exhibit on daily life in the Amazon forest brings together not only photos, but drawings done by the local indigenous peoples in the 1970s
Global health in motion
July 15, 2019 5:04 pm Leave your thoughtsA multidisciplinary team reviews the scientific evidence and challenges stereotypes regarding health and migration
Global innovation
July 15, 2019 5:04 pm Leave your thoughtsData shared across 53 R&D centers helps agricultural machinery manufacturer CNH Industrial develop solutions tailored to local needs
Healing citrus groves
July 15, 2019 5:03 pm Leave your thoughtsStartup incubated at Campinas Institute of Agriculture launches innovative treatment for citrus disease
The advancement of 3D printing
July 15, 2019 5:03 pm Leave your thoughtsHealth and industry applications drive this additive manufacturing technique to grow 25% per year
A world on the edge of the solar system
July 15, 2019 5:02 pm Leave your thoughtsAstronomers gather more evidence of another planet beyond Neptune
Microorganisms of flavor
July 15, 2019 5:01 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy identifies the bacteria that give 11 types of Brazilian artisan cheese their distinctive traits
The horned crocodile of Acre
July 15, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsNew fossil belonged to the 31st known species of a group of reptiles that lived in South America between 23 million and 5 million years ago
Hidden strokes of Portinari
July 15, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsTests show how the artist produced his artwork and may be useful in confirming the painter of a piece found in his former home
The water people
July 15, 2019 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsFor 1,000 years, indigenous people in South America lived in stilt-house villages in the lowlands of present-day Maranhão
Visible women
July 15, 2019 4:59 pm Leave your thoughtsInitiatives aim to increase recognition for female researchers and their contributions to science
Mapping out the roadblocks
July 15, 2019 4:59 pm Leave your thoughtsA study looks at why Brazilian industry is poorly innovative and suggests academic publishing and patent counts are two sides of the same coin
Glaucius Oliva: Complex structures
July 15, 2019 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsSelf-declared molecule tamer, physicist marries scientific research with administrative management
Science communication without barriers
July 15, 2019 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsEuropean Commission and research funding agencies seek allies for global open-access initiative
Monogamy linked to interaction between 24 genes
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers found similar gene activity in the monogamous species of different animals
ITA engineer to head the CNPq
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsAeronautical engineer João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo is the new president of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, the largest federal funding agency in Brazil
The origin of the mango flower’s sweet smell
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the mango and cajuzinho-do-campo flowers, the scent glands are located at the inner base of the petals
Scaffolds aid neuron regeneration
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsNeuroscientists and nanoengineering experts have developed 3D-printable scaffolds compatible with living tissue that in the future could be used to treat spinal cord injuries
Ice loss in Antarctica increases sixfold in 40 years
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsA new tool has made it possible to more accurately calculate the thickness of the Antarctic ice sheets and the speed at which they are moving
First exhibition since the fire
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsOn January 17, the Brazilian National Museum opened its first exhibition since the fire that destroyed much of its collection on September 2, 2018
The young, ephemeral rings of Saturn
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo recent studies have presented new theories on their origin and probable end of Saturn's rings
Roughly 1.5 million Jews killed in just three months
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsBetween August and October of 1942, at the height of Operation Reinhard, 500,000 Jews per month were taken to concentration camps and killed in occupied Poland
Turbine layout affects power generation
July 15, 2019 4:47 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers found that irregular spacing between turbines may optimize energy production
British universities face financial uncertainty
July 15, 2019 4:46 pm Leave your thoughtsBritish universities are on the brink of a credit crunch, having run up debts of £10.8 billion amidst financial uncertainties caused by Brexit