Suzel Tunes

Computer Science

Discriminatory algorithms

How artificial intelligence assumes discriminatory behavior and what science can do to prevent it

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Food Engineering

Lab-grown beef

Research into meat made from plants or animal cells with the same taste, smell, and texture as traditional beef is advancing quickly

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Oncology

Mapped-out risk

Study identifies the genetic profile of Brazilian patients with a rare disease that causes a specific type of thyroid cancer

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Oncology

Doubling the effort against cancer

Hospitals such as ICESP and A.C. Camargo combine basic research with applied research in the search for better treatments for tumors

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Biotechnology

Healing citrus groves

Startup incubated at Campinas Institute of Agriculture launches innovative treatment for citrus disease

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Entrepreneurship

Healthcare innovation

Award recognizes science projects with potential applications in medicine

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Cover

Mimicking the brain

Artificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s

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Cover

Fertile ground for artificial intelligence

As the use of AI continues to grow, a consortium of researchers has created an institute designed to help establish partnerships between universities and businesses

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Ecology

The fragile DNA of sharks

Overfishing could further decrease the naturally low genetic diversity of some commercially valuable species

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Oncology

Doubling the effort against cancer

Hospitals such as ICESP and A.C.Camargo combine basic research with applied research in the search for better treatments for tumors

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Entrepreneurship

The land of the unicorns

First billion-dollar startups begin to emerge in Brazil

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ECOLOGY

A more varied menu

Leafcutter ants can grow and eat various species of fungi, not just one, as had been previously thought

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The land of the unicorns

First billion-dollar startups begin to emerge in Brazil

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COMPUTING

A free space for creativity

Hackerspaces—locations that bring technology aficionados together—are multiplying across the country

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EPIDEMIOLOGY

Hidden incidence

Cases of Hansen’s disease in children in the Amazon suggest that available figures underestimate the disease

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

A leap into the unknown

A leader in the generic segment, drugmaker EMS is now investing in radical innovation

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NEUROLOGY

Signs of Epilepsy

International study of brain scans suggests a link between the disease and cerebral atrophy

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Botany

Colonization via water

Group of carnivorous plants recognized for being aquatic species originated in Brazil, indicates phylogenetic study

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psychiatry

Enzyme Indicates Alzheimer

Identified molecule that may diagnose disease years before it manifests itself

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Forest Engineering

Eucalyptus with pea genes

A genetically modified plant may develop more cellulose

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biology

The hibernation protein

Plants and animals have similar mechanisms for resisting the cold

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Epidemiology

Mosquitoes: the danger advances

Yellow fever and malaria will once more attack the South East

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mathematics

Programmed to see

Animals show computers how to identify objects

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purchasing policy

In the path to innovation

Brazilian industry develops new products for research projects

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