Redação
PROJECTS
Recent thematic and young investigator projects
Projects contracted in October and November 2014
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Energy storage
Energy stored in cigarette butts
Researchers discover how to reuse cigarette filters
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sustainable
Cruising on solar energy
Boat capable of carrying up to 16 people does not pollute or use fuel
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Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Noisy frogs, sleepless nights in São Paulo
Noisy frogs, sleepless nights in São Paulo
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perfluorocarbon
Protective layer
Group develops coating that prevents contamination of medical devices
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Sweet Grape tomatoes
Luminous supplementation
ESALQ tests bars with LEDs for solar radiation supplementation
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Watson platform
Watson learns Portuguese
IBM's cognitive computing system will learn new languages
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Award
Preventing blindness
Rubens Belfort Jr. receives the International Blindness Prevention Award
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National Science and Technology Week
National Science and Technology Week
Event promotes activities aiming the social development
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biosecurity
Making lethal viruses
US stop funding studies that seek to make certain kinds of viruses deadlier
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FAPESP Week
International symposia
Symposia aims to tighten bonds and foster collaborative work
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Good practices
FAPESP releases reports on good practice violations
FAPESP releases reports on good practice violations
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Data
International Cooperation with Foreign Researchers
Ratio between international collaboration and impact of work by Brazilian authors in fields of knowledge (2009-2013)
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Projects
Recent Thematic and Young Investigator projects
Projects contracted in September and October 2014
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Careers
What is expected of a trainee
Initiative is expected of candidates in selection processes
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Careers
Students for industrial PhD
CNPq-funded pilot program at UFABC offers PhD tied to product development
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Recognition
From Blue LED to the Brain’s GPS
Nobel Prizes highlights advances in microscopy and neuroscience
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OBITUARY
The tropical disease scientist
Hildebrando was one of the most respected parasitology experts in the world
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careers
São Paulo at the British Career Expo
FAPESP participated in Naturejobs and attracted skilled foreign researchers
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careers
An eclectic career path
Marcos Jank has been a professor at USP and today is an executive at BRF
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metals
Beware of chocolate
Brazilian chocolate contains small quantities of cadmium and lead
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botany
Tiny pools in the sertão
Bromeliad leaves create a natural trap for pollen in the badlands
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