Sarah Schmidt

Ultra-thin lenses for cell phones, microscopes, and telescopes

Silicon films can combine a wide field of vision with high digital resolution, although achieving high-quality multi-color images remains a hurdle

Deepfake

Algorithm developed to detect images and videos altered by artificial intelligence, the new technological method for spreading disinformation

Urban planning failures, heavy rainfall, and fragile soil aggravate gullies nationwide

Researchers have warned for years that without adequate soil drainage and occupation, chasms like those in Buriticupu, Maranhão, would grow

More barriers to prevent cyberattacks

Brazilian data security legislation takes important steps forward, but devices connected to the internet are still vulnerable

New products for rural property owners

Startups develop food and improve agricultural management and sales, according to EMBRAPA analysis

Açaí pits bear new fruit

Previously discarded waste is now being used to make cosmetics, paper, and plastics, as well as providing an alternative energy source

Female entrepreneurs create new products in the Amazon

Companies combine research, technology, and innovation to gain market share and make advances in the region

Deepfake

Algorithm detects images and videos altered by artificial intelligence, the new technological approach to spreading disinformation

Roads associated with mining in the Amazon cause significant environmental damage

The impact caused by roads created to provide access to mines can be 60 times greater than that caused by the mines themselves

Solving the problem of honey diversity among native bees

With the help of scientists, states are establishing quality guidelines that differ from those used with Apis mellifera, the exotic species used as standard

Like 2,400 eyes in the sky

Equipment installed in Hawaii will significantly increase our ability to study distant galaxies and very faint stars

Scientist school

Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials creates interdisciplinary undergraduate course to train high-level researchers

“To keep from going crazy, I focused my energies on research and on the classes I teach at public schools”

João Augusto Neves Pires, a doctoral student in history, divided his time between studying the punk movement in São Paulo and the classes he taught using Pesquisa FAPESP as pedagogical material

Video games in the classroom

Interactive and immersive games can serve as teaching aids

Super-impact on Titan

Collision with celestial body may have created an environment on Saturn's largest moon in which primitive life could emerge

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

The first schoolbooks

From 1821 onward, private publishing houses took over the production of books for primary education

Better chances with time

The risk of rectal cancer recurrence is less than 5% for patients who have been tumor-free for three years after nonsurgical treatment with radiation therapy and chemotherapy

“When I woke up, it was wonderful to realize that I was still alive.”

Calculus of a poet

Joaquim Cardozo, from Recife, was responsible for the calculations that made Oscar Niemeyer's innovative Brasília architecture possible

Disease-immune orange trees

New cultivars developed at the Campinas Agronomic Institute using tangerine genes show resistance to citrus variegated chlorosis

Creative solutions

A contest grants awards for videos made by students from São Paulo public schools proposing solutions to issues faced by the community

Creating clean water

Team learning and the search for sustainable solutions highlight science competition at UNICAMP