Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade

CAREERS

Refuge in science

Physicist Alexander Abyzov escaped the war in Ukraine and is now a visiting researcher in Brazil

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Funding

Government imposes new science funding cuts in Brazil

Decree published by President Jair Bolsonaro at the end of May withholds R$1.79 billion from the MCTI’s 2022 budget

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Low academic mobility in Brazil has no significant impact on productivity, study suggests

Researchers who continue their careers at the same institution where they obtained their PhD produce as many articles on average as those with a more diverse professional experience in different institutions

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PUBLIC SPENDING

SUS to save money as patent extensions come to an end

Expenditure on nine drugs could be reduced by R$3.9 billion, according to UFRJ estimates

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Funding

FINEP grant failed to increase corporate innovation

Erratic flow of funding has compromised the program's investment capacity in recent years

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FAPESP – 60 YEARS

Diversity in science

Brazil remains attractive for foreign postdocs, but applications have declined in recent years

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Higher education

Barriers to inclusion

Affirmative action has yet to gain ground in Brazilian graduate education

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Scientific communication

Language in decline

Study identifies a fall in the number of Brazilian scientific articles written in Portuguese

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Ethics

Solutions for harassment

Brazilian universities implement policies to combat violence and sexual harassment

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INTERVIEW

Lex Bouter: Towards more responsible science

A Dutch epidemiologist talks about where the debates on research integrity are headed and his expectations for the next international conference on the topic, in May

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Funding

Committed effort

Survey finds investment in cancer research has fallen in Brazil

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Academic training

Educated leadership

Companies whose employees hold PhDs may perform better economically and be less vulnerable to risk, suggests study

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Gender

A system imbalance

Gender inequality in distribution of productivity-based grants by the CNPq

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Interview

Elisabeth Bik: On the trail of scientific fraud

A microbiologist talks about the challenges of detecting manipulated images in scientific papers, and receiving threats on social media

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Covid-19

In the spotlight

Brazil is one of the most referenced countries in publications about the disease

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COVID-19

On the trail of misinformation

Users aligned with the conservative right were more engaged in disseminating false news and inaccurate information on Twitter, according to a survey by FGV

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Covid-19

Confidence in vaccines

Vaccination rate in Brazil greater than in developed countries

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Obituary

Science administrator

Marco Antonio Raupp led and helped establish important research institutions in Brazil

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Interview

Soraya Smaili: Bringing science closer to society

Soraya Smaili, a former dean at UNIFESP, discusses the goals of a new think tank devoted to developing policy proposals for higher education and science funding

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Open access

The Sci-Hub effect

Articles downloaded from piracy website Sci-Hub receive more citations, study suggests

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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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Academic mobility

A limited horizon

Study links low academic mobility to a less ambitious research agenda

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OBITUARY

A man of ideas

Sérgio Mascarenhas worked in a wide range of fields and helped to found important research institutes and startups in Brazil

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COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS

Connections for innovation

Universities obtaining more patents through partnerships with private companies

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LEGISLATION

Boost for startups

Government passes bill to encourage investment in small innovative companies in Brazil

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REGULATIONS

Weakened legislation

Brazil dismantling environmental protection structures during the pandemic

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Cover

The American strategy

The United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership

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Science on the ropes

Successive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research

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INVESTMENT

Whence the money

A new study analyzes scientometric data to track the sources of funding for Brazilian research and assess the level of internationalization

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Funding

A sigh of relief

New legislation to reduce the use of animals in scientific research in Brazil

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