Neldson Marcolin
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Well-being in the air
Embraer teams up with universities to improve comfort within its airplanes
Hernan Chaimovich
Hernan Chaimovich: twice a biochemist
USP professor recalls his path from Santiago in Chile to São Paulo
By Fabrício Marques and Neldson Marcolin
Memory
Pragmatic science
The first state laboratory for chemical analyses was established 200 years ago
Mauricio da Rocha e Silva
Mauricio da Rocha e Silva: The secret of visibility
How to produce an international scientific journal
By Neldson Marcolin and Ricardo Zorzetto
Memory
Sailing on familiar seas
Colonial Brazil produced in the 17th century the galleon Padre Eterno
Retrospect
Among the birds in the forest
The ornithologist Emilia Snethlage undertook pioneering research in the Amazon region at the start of the twentieth century
Memory
Mapping the New World
Astronomers determined latitudes in the Amazon and wrote about the region
Memory
A single land
Reinhard Maack found evidence of the origin of continents in Brazil 85 years ago
José Mendonça de Barros
José Roberto Mendonça de Barros: São Paulo and the new economic geography
The production of knowledge will cause the state to drive growth in Brazil
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
Retrospect
Poison against poison
One hundred years ago, Vital Brazil published "A defesa contra o ofidismo"
Luiz Eugênio Mello
Luiz Eugênio Mello: Thinking about the future
Head of Vale Technology Institute talks about the R&D projects
Domingo Braile
Domingo Braile: Surgical innovation
Doctor relates how he built up a business in cardiac devices
José R. Mendonça de Barros
José Roberto Mendonça de Barros: São Paulo and the new economic geography
Infrastructure and the production of knowledge will drive growth in Brazil
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin