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July 20, 2021 6:04 pmBrazilian scientist sets world record during fiber optic connection studies
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Settling accounts
July 20, 2021 6:02 pmNewly qualified accountants are abandoning tradition to become business decision-makers
The shadow of the white plague
July 20, 2021 6:00 pmTuberculosis persists, even 100 years after its vaccine was invented
In theory and in practice
July 20, 2021 5:54 pmAn enthusiast of empirical research, Leôncio Martins Rodrigues helped to pioneer social-science studies in Brazil
Learning at the turn of the century
July 20, 2021 5:52 pmResearch examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education
The visible and the invisible
July 20, 2021 5:42 pmDespite attempts to erase the iconography of slavery, it has left its mark on both the people and the land
Health under construction
July 20, 2021 5:29 pmResearchers propose a collaborative model to help prevent workplace accidents
Epileptic seizure warning
July 20, 2021 5:09 pmSão Paulo startup develops wearable device designed to identify seizures half an hour before they occur
Start, fall down, get up, start over
July 20, 2021 5:01 pmThis describes the lives of entrepreneurs facing continuous unforeseen events on the road to success
Less forest, more agriculture
July 20, 2021 3:34 pmSouth America loses natural vegetation while livestock and crops gain ground over the last three and a half decades
The muon enigma
July 20, 2021 3:27 pmTwo recent experiments reveal anomalous behavior in these mysterious particles that, if confirmed, could lead to a revision of the dominant theory of matter
The first bonding
July 20, 2021 1:51 pmInstructional home visits by nurses help teen mothers bond with their babies and contribute to child development
Weakened legislation
July 20, 2021 1:00 pmBrazil dismantling environmental protection structures during the pandemic
COVID-19, a battle fought by women
July 20, 2021 12:57 pmNetwork of female researchers looks for solutions to the challenges faced by women during the pandemic and seeks to influence public policy
Broad and equitable research access
July 20, 2021 12:53 pmCAPES’s Portal de Periódicos has connected Brazilian researchers to state-of-the-art research in their fields, but is now faced with uncertainties
A compass for science
July 20, 2021 12:49 pmCAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil
The American strategy
July 20, 2021 12:42 pmThe United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership
Science on the ropes
July 20, 2021 12:30 pmSuccessive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research
Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement
July 20, 2021 12:20 pmThe physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients
Limited use
July 20, 2021 12:20 pmANVISA authorizes the use of three COVID-19 drugs, but they are expensive and designed only for specific situations
Severe illness in children
July 20, 2021 12:19 pmA rare syndrome linked to the novel coronavirus causes lesions in multiple organs
Focus on the genome
July 20, 2021 12:14 pmBrazil is still behind in monitoring Sars-CoV-2 genetics, but an injection of funding for research networks and the acquisition of materials could improve the situation
Risk of death is higher among the poor in Chile
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmPeople under 40 living in poorer municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, are 3.1 times more likely to die from complications associated with COVID-19 than those who live in more affluent regions
Lasting consequences
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmPeople who survive SARS-CoV-2, even those not hospitalized, can suffer the effects of the infection for months after the most intense symptoms subside
The virus and the loss of smell
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmThe loss of smell that affects up to two-thirds of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 is a consequence of both the direct action of the virus and the inflammation it triggers in the olfactory system, according to a team of researchers
Dengue increases risk of COVID-19 symptoms
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmThe risk of developing COVID-19 symptoms when infected with the novel coronavirus is twice as high among individuals who have had dengue in the past
Mask effectiveness tests
July 20, 2021 12:10 pmResearchers compared the quality of 227 types of face masks sold in Brazil, measuring their ability to block the novel coronavirus
Toads in the mist
July 20, 2021 12:09 pmIn well-preserved remnants of the Atlantic Forest, a team of zoologists identified a peculiar new species of toad
78,000-year-old human burial
July 20, 2021 12:09 pmThe oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago
More inclusive universities
July 20, 2021 12:09 pmAccess to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil