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Careers

Scientist in training

Nursing student at UFMG awarded for her undergraduate research on the treatment of tegumentary leishmaniasis

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Careers

Straight talk

Applied linguistics investigates relationships in the field of discursive practice

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Retrospect

Perfecting the art of cachaça making

How a self-taught chemist helped to improve cachaça production techniques in the late eighteenth century

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Obituary

Solid knowledge

Oswaldo Luiz Alves helped advance inorganic chemistry and nanotechnology in Brazil

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Architecture

Life is construction

Biographies map the trajectory of the multifaceted Lina Bo Bardi, whose fame continues to grow in Brazil and abroad

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Economics

Drawing wealth from nature

How biodiversity can drive a new cycle of industrial development in Brazil

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Aerial robotics

Out of sight

Drone manufacturer in São Paulo first in Brazil authorized to make flights higher than 120 meters above the ground and as far as 30 kilometers from the takeoff point

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Information technology

Brazil’s electronic voting machine comes of age

Going digital brought agility and stability to a process that has been marked by fraud and distrust in the past

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Molecular biology

Urban germs

Thirty-one of the same bacteria are found in cities on all continents

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Oceanography

The Saga of the Paratethys

The world's largest lake formed 12 million years ago and then disappeared, giving rise to the Caspian and Black Seas

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Genetics

Refuge under threat

Loss of native vegetation in the Amazon, home to nearly half of the world's jaguars, is putting the species at risk

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Environment

The Amazon is losing gas

Studies indicate that the east of the rainforest, which has suffered greater deforestation, has become a source of carbon dioxide in the last decade, while the west is trying to remain a carbon sink.

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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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Academic mobility

A limited horizon

Study links low academic mobility to a less ambitious research agenda

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Cover

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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Cover

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

Sérgio Pena: Under the skin

The Minas Gerais geneticist proves that, at the cellular level, Brazilians look the same

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COVID-19

Universal vaccine

Researchers are trying to develop a broad-spectrum vaccine capable of protecting people against all types of coronaviruses and their variants

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COVID-19

Mixed protection

Preliminary studies suggest that combining two different vaccines could be useful in the fight against the pandemic

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COVID-19

Biosensors detect the coronavirus

Researchers have developed a biosensor that detects the novel coronavirus and can be incorporated into masks and clothing

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Covid-19

Arrangement and ventilation

Certain arrangements of musicians on stage reduce the concentration of infectious particles

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COVID-19

ButanVac clinical trials begin

ButanVac, the vaccine candidate that will be produced by the Butantan Institute entirely in Brazil with no need to import any ingredients, has begun clinical trials

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COVID-19

Life expectancy falls in Brazil

The high mortality rate has reduced the population's life expectancy

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COVID-19

2.3 billion people without soap and water

Some 2.3 billion people, equivalent to 30% of the world's population, had no water, soap, or either in 2020

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Archaeology

The enigmatic dragon man

An almost complete skull fossil that was hidden for 85 years may belong to a new species of archaic human being

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Innovation

Wireless pacemaker dissolves in the body

Researchers have developed a wireless, battery-free pacemaker

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Political Sciences

The high cost of the Brazilian Legislature

The Brazilian Legislature is the most expensive among the 34 countries analyzed

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Economics

University grants posthumous degree

University grants posthumous degree

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Biodiversity

Deforestation and hungry harpy eagles

The largest eagle in the world, is disappearing from some regions of the Amazon as a result of deforestation

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Cell biology

The explosive exit of Trypanosoma cruzi

Biologist used microscopes to observe and document how the parasite returns to the blood

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