Frances Jones
Architecture & urban planning
Digitizing monuments
Although expensive, laser scanning technology can be a valuable tool for documenting and preserving historical and cultural heritage
Biomedical engineering
Green microbattery
Researchers from USP and Harvard develop a vegetable gelatin prototype for medical applications
Biotechnology
Clothes made of bacteria
Biofabrics made from microbes are crawling their way into the fashion industry
Cover
Vital ventilators
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
By Yuri Vasconcelos and Frances Jones
Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
Partnerships for innovation
PESQUISA FAPESP has extensively covered developments and research in bioplastics
Financial Services
The fintech wave
Financial technology startups are becoming mainstream and disrupting the banking industry
Precision livestock farming
Weighing the herd
Innovative cattle-weighing solutions promise improved livestock productivity on Brazilian farms
Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
Early inoculants
The first products made with nitrogen-fixing bacteria for soybean crops date back to the 1960s
Precision Livestock Farming
Weighing the herd
Innovative cattle-weighing solutions promise improved livestock productivity on Brazilian farms
Agronomy
Rainforest coffee
Ten new robusta coffee cultivars could triple production in the Amazon region
Biotechnology
In the skin of tilapia
Biological material already known for treating burns begins to be used in gynecological surgeries
Biomedical Engineering
Keeping the skull intact
Brazilian startup launches noninvasive device for monitoring intracranial pressure