Fabrício Marques and Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade

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Varying investment in science

Countries increase spending on COVID-19, but levels of investment in research vary

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Science takes on the virus

Federal call for proposals attracts 2,200 applications for research grants to study COVID-19

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Covid-19

Restoring trust

In the midst of the pandemic a new study measures high rates of confidence in science

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The antivirus arsenal

The search for an effective treatment for COVID-19 includes testing drugs already used against other diseases and even plasma

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Funding

Green stimulus

Sustainable technology incentives proposed for Brazilian industry could also have beneficial effects on economic growth, study says

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Infrastructure

Vocational assessment

Public laboratories’ profiles determine their science and research output

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Scientometrics

Written by many hands

Study identifies a sharp rise in the number of articles signed by more than a thousand authors

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Funding

The house of open dialogue

Talks in Congress help stem budget cuts for science, technology, and innovation in 2020

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Interview

Eva Zažímalová: Eyes on the world

President of the Czech Academy of Sciences discusses strategies to integrate science internationally and bring it closer to industry

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Public Policy

Disjointed strategies

Audit places deficient cross-institutional coordination at the root of poor innovation performance in Brazil

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Urbanism

Enhanced treatment

Studies identify new evidence that cash transfer programs help fight tuberculosis in Brazil

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Epidemiology

Health in the balance

Modeling shows that spending cuts in primary care could curb the decline in premature mortality

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The impact of brain circulation

Compared to other countries, Brazil sends fewer scientists abroad and has no policies to take advantage of their experiences

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Open access

Unearthing hidden treasure

A new platform allows users to search scholarly data from eight universities in São Paulo

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Aeronautical engineering

The arrival of flying cars

Development of eVTOLs advances in Brazil and around the world

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Environment

Hidden landscapes in the Pantanal

Researchers find a 1000 km2 lake hidden under aquatic plants on the plains of the Rio Negro

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Scientific production

The race to measure impact

Brazilian universities increasingly investing in offices dedicated to managing and measuring performance

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Retrospect

Teaching a trade

Established in 1909, Escolas de Aprendizes Artífices were the start of a technical education network that now has federal institutes spread across 644 campuses

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Astronomy

Cosmic pretzel

Image shows system formed of two young stars entwined within discs of gas and dust filaments

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Richard Sever: Speeding up scientific communication

Biochemist suggests all researchers should be required to publish draft manuscripts on public repositories

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Environment

Forestry budgets

Researchers examine why some conservation areas receive more public funding than others

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Resistance to science

Crisis of confidence sparks global debate on how to respond to attacks on science

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In the British expedition’s shadow

The Sobral eclipse was also observed by scientific expeditions from Brazil and the US

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When light bent

Observations of the 1919 solar eclipse from Brazil and Africa provided the first experimental proof of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity

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Epidemiology

A resurgence of leprosy

New cases have risen in Brazil for two consecutive years, with more than 28,000 confirmed cases in 2018

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The impact of brain circulation

Compared to other countries, Brazil sends fewer scientists abroad and has no policies to take advantage of their experience

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Epidemiology

Health in the balance

Spending cuts in primary care could curb decline in premature mortality, modeling shows

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Public policy 

When science shapes action

A study assesses Brazilian politicians' interest in academic research, and how the results of research influence the decision-making process

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Retrospect

An ecologist in the New World

Naturalist Alexander von Humboldt explored the Americas in the early nineteenth century and alerted the world to human impact on the environment

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Public policy 

Enhanced treatment

Studies identify new evidence that cash transfer programs help fight tuberculosis in Brazil

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