Yuri Vasconcelos and Frances Jones

AGRICULTURE

Pesticides can affect the health of agricultural workers

With a rise in the use of pesticides in Brazil, rural workers are increasingly being exposed to short- and long-term health impacts

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BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Device can help quickly diagnose heart attacks

Technological solution detects the presence of a cardiac muscle injury biomarker in the blood in minutes

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INTERVIEW

Virgílio Almeida: A thinker of the digital world

Computer scientist warns of the risk that the internet and its digital tools will increase discrimination and social inequality

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SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION

Consolidated partnerships

Collaborations between Brazil and Portugal prioritize studies on new energies, particle physics, and the history of the two countries in the twentieth century

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Interview

Osvaldo Catsumi Imamura: A secure device

The engineer who created the layered security framework for Brazil’s electronic voting machine explains why the system is trustworthy

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MECHATRONICS

Robots disinfect spaces with UV light

Artificially intelligent machines used to stop the spread of viruses, fungi, and bacteria

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OBITUARY

An internet visionary

Computer scientist Tadao Takahashi was one of the people responsible for implementing a national computer network in Brazil

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COVER

Brazil making efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of livestock

With more head of commercial cattle than any other country in the world, Brazil is striving to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions associated with cattle farming

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Pasture management and dietary changes make livestock more sustainable

Strategies with the potential to reduce the sector’s impact on Earth’s climate are already available to farmers

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The power of renewables

Wind and solar energy expected to continue increasing their share in the power generation mix over the coming years

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Shortage risk

Historic drought exposes vulnerabilities in Brazil’s electricity system, which is heavily dependent on hydroelectric plants

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Interview

Marilda Sotomayor: A game thinker

Brazilian mathematician who worked with Nobel Prize-winning economists became a leading specialist in the highly applicable theory of matching markets

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Urban planning

3D favelas

How researchers are using laser scanning technology to digitally map informal settlements in Brazil

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COVID-19

Oxygen supply

Brazilian startups offer new ways of monitoring essential medical supplies for patients with respiratory failure

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Institute renowned for its pioneering spirit

Over the course of its history, INPE has become known for its important contributions to various scientific fields

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INPE under pressure

Brazil’s most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead

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Interview

Edilson Osorio: A Brazilian startup in Estonia

A São Paulo entrepreneur expands into the Baltic nation and leads the digital governance sector

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Interview

Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement

The physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients

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Interview

Ivair Gontijo: On Martian time

A Brazilian engineer is one of those responsible for monitoring NASA's robotic jeep Perseverance, as it searches for traces of life on Earth's closest neighbor

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Aviation

Turbulence in the air

Embraer banks on its successful aircraft portfolio and investment in innovation to navigate one of the most difficult chapters in its history

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Innovation

Life support

Brazilian firm develops native out-of-body oxygenation system for patients in critical condition

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Covid-19

The expected effect of vaccines

Administering vaccines on a large scaled will tell us whether, in addition to protecting against the disease, they are also able to prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2

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Aerospace engineering

Amazonia in space

Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 ready for launch

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INTERVIEW

Dimas Covas: The trajectory of Butantan

The hematologist from USP readies the São Paulo institute to fight the pandemic and has plans to transform it into one of the world’s top producers of vaccines and serums

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COVID-19

A more balanced game

Approved for emergency use, CoronaVac is the first vaccine to be offered in Brazil

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Aeronautical engineering

The Atobá takes flight

Rio-based firm successfully develops large-sized unmanned aircraft for defense and security missions

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Innovation

Growth strategy

Companies supported by FAPESP’s RISB program are the target of acquisitions

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Funding

Scientific entrepreneurship

São Paulo-based venture capital fund announces new investment cycle in radical innovation

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Interview

A builder of startups

Computer scientist Nivio Ziviani, from Minas Gerais, has founded five startups and sold one to Google

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Difficult exit

Quarantine relaxation strategies differ around the country

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