Evanildo da Silveira
Biomedical engineering
Enhanced mobility
Wheelchair responds to commands made with facial muscles
New materials
Imitation of nature
Brazilian researchers develop a way to connect plastic to ceramics
Silviculture
More cellulose per square centimeter
Transgenic eucalyptus has 20% higher productivity than the conventional tree
GEOLOGY
Dance of the river basins
The São Francisco River Basin has lost area to the Doce River Basin
Pharmaceutical industry
Medicine in nanoscale
Biolab uses nanotechnology to produce anesthetic and a baldness remedy
Complex Networks
The effects of simultaneity
Eliminating synchronism in networks can help to control epilepsy
INTELLIGENT PACKAGING
Color in fungi
Sensitive film warns consumers about food deterioration
ASTRONOMY
The heavyweights of the Universe
The formation of neutron stars that are more massive than normal
GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
Vitamin Enriched Cassava
More nutritious tubers and beans are available to feed Brazilians
Science
The first fracture
The movement of Gondwana nearly resulted in Brazil’s northeastern region becoming a part of Africa
disease control
The transformation of insects
A transgenic and an irradiated mosquitos are the new anti-dengue fever weapons
Producing prostheses
Assai plastic
Assai seed is raw material to replace bones in the skull
Cretaceous
The bacteria that ate pterosaurs
Bacteria fossils have been found on 115 million year-old pterosaurs
INTELLIGENT PACKAGING
Color in fungi
Sensitive film warns consumers about food deterioration
Information technology
A Thousand and one Applications
FAPESP collaborative projects enable new uses for computer science
Petroleum Industry
Refined Methods
A computer program helps to improve refinery production
Biopolymer
Useful and non-polluting
Plastic made from sugarcane breaks down in the environment in a year
Ocean and meteorology
Buoys at sea
Floating data collection equipment goes into operation this year
People from the Amazon
The human factor
Brazil nuts may result from indigenous actions before Europeans
Softwares
Accurate Indication
University partners with company to produce information technology systems
Complex networks
The architecture of tissues
Connections with neighbors help to define the function of cells