Danilo Albergaria

RETROSPECT

Brazil’s first roadways

Constructed using Scottish paving techniques from the mid-nineteenth century, early roadways were instrumental in promoting territorial integration

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RETROSPECT

Bells of the sacred and profane

Each with their own names and different sounds for different occasions, church bells have been rung for centuries to mark time, announce deaths, call people to mass, and create music on festive dates

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MEMORY

The grande dame of botany

An advisor to students even before she studied biology, Graziela Barroso described 132 new species of plants

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RETROSPECT

The sky, as seen from the Missions

With telescopes made alongside the Guaraní people of southern Brazil, Jesuit Buenaventura Suárez closely observed lunar and solar eclipses and Jupiter's moons in the eighteenth century

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Obituary

Understanding the kidneys

Gerhard Malnic, a highly productive and influential scholar of renal physiology, inspired generations of researchers

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Obituary

Science, a collective activity

Internationally renowned parasitologist Erney Plessmann de Camargo rebuilt scientific institutions and always showed concern for social issues

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Retrospect

The bridge-building physicist

Jean Meyer showed that alternative energy science could be a driving force in Brazilian development

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RETROSPECT

The roots of hunger

Josué de Castro exposed the economic, social, and biological bases of chronic malnutrition

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RETROSPECT

The science rebel

Credited with discovering bradykinin, Maurício Oscar da Rocha e Silva fought to overcome the narrow-mindedness within scientific institutions before his death 40 years ago

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OBITUARY

Defender of access to science

Biochemist Isaías Raw produced internationally relevant research, actively disseminated knowledge, and contributed to the production of vaccines and immunobiologicals

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History

Origins of Independência ou Morte!

Historian identifies French and Italian works that likely influenced the famed painting’s Brazilian author Pedro Américo

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OBITUARY

Scientist, intellectual, dissident

Physicist Luiz Pinguelli Rosa is remembered as one of the leading architects of Brazil’s energy independence

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Obituary

The father of flying rivers

Agronomist and climatologist Enéas Salati demonstrated the forest's ability to recycle and export rain

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Linguistics

A neglected threat to ethnobotany

Study shows that language extinction could lead to incalculable losses of medicinal knowledge

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SOCIETY

From the factory floor to the floor of Congress

Researchers review the history of the struggles of Brazil’s feminist movements

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SOCIETY

From the factory floor to the floor of Congress

Researchers review the history of the struggle by Brazil’s feminist movements

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Careers

Unpredictable visibility

Dissemination of scientific papers goes beyond publication in journals

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