Yuri Vasconcelos
Technology computing
Software made in Brazil
Brazilian firms are winning over clients in many countries
ENTREPRENEURIAL RESEARCH
A new home
BRF plans to become a model for creating new lines of business
METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
Mining with microbes
Bacteria are used to recover valuable metals from electronic scrap
Industrial Research
Seek and you shall find
Google in Brazil is responsible for important changes in its search system
Corporate Research
From missiles to radar
Omnisys invests to develop weapon, satellite and radar components
CORPORATE RESEARCH
Focus on Business
The IBM Research Laboratory in Brazil looks at innovations
Collaboration
Partnership against obesity
Brazilian and German researchers work to find an drug to fight the obesity
MATERIALS ENGINEERING
Sophisticated packaging
Safer, better-quality and more convenient products to consumers
Electronics
The challenge of the Sun
New flexible cells tries to increase the use of photovoltaic energy
Biochemistry
Relief during pregnancy
Brazilian scientists develop a pioneer drug for treating hypertension
CONSTRUCTION
Resistant gypsum
Blocks made from from fertilizer by-products are low-cost building option
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Multinational partnerships
Brazil participates in automotive development
Global warming
Cleaner sugarcane fields
Emissions sugarcane plantations are lower than previously estimated
SEMICONDUCTORS
The memory of the future
Ferroelectric film may replace ferromagnetic films in computers
