Eduardo Geraque
UFRJ – 100 YEARS
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Strengths in life sciences
From basic to applied research, UFRJ has produced cutting-edge science across different fields
Atmospheric sciences
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Pizza soot
Pizzerias in São Paulo produce the equivalent of 9% of the fine particulate matter emitted by vehicles in the city’s Metropolitan Region
Microbiology
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Fighting infections with graphene
Nanomaterial enables low doses of light to eliminate bacteria
Molecular biology
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Sugarcane mapped
A team coordinated by Brazilian scientists finds over 370,000 genes when sequencing a commercial cultivar of the plant
Structural biology
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The essence of molecules
Crystallography facilitates drug development
Environment
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A theory endures
A lizard from the Amazon region reinforces a German geologist’s position
Crodowaldo Pavan
Influences and developments
Brazil has a number of groups that are working at the cutting edge of knowledge
Technology
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Deep Stability
Researchers from USP develop an unprecedented project for a platform to extract oil on the high seas
marine engineering
Deep Stability
Researchers develop a project for a platform to extract oil on the high seas
Nanotechnology
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The Ideal Shape
Researchers show carbon nanotubes that slide almost without friction
By Ricardo Zorzetto and Eduardo Geraque