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Molecular biology

Sugarcane mapped

A team coordinated by Brazilian scientists finds over 370,000 genes when sequencing a commercial cultivar of the plant

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Environment

Hidden landscapes in the Pantanal

Researchers find a 1000 km2 lake hidden under aquatic plants on the plains of the Rio Negro

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Ornithology

A comeback in the Atlantic Forest

Alagoas curassows are reintroduced into their habitat 40 years after going extinct in the wild

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Ecology 

A bat in the nest

Cameras catch winged mammals attacking eggs and chicks in bird nests in the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo State

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Environment

Oil spill spreads

Analysis suggests three potential sources of the oil near the Brazilian coast

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Immunology

Battle of the cells

Experimental therapy tested for the first time in Brazil uses a patient's own defense system to fight cancer

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Funding

In defense of science

Party leaders propose research funding as a means to overcome economic crisis

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Oversight

Universities under investigation

São Paulo Legislative Assembly Inquiry makes recommendations on how to improve the management of USP, UNICAMP, and UNESP

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Scientific production

The race to measure impact

Brazilian universities increasingly investing in offices dedicated to managing and measuring performance

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Graduate education

5-dimensional benchmarking

CAPES unveils a new, more comprehensive and diverse set of quality metrics for master’s and doctoral programs

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Interview

Gláucio Ary Dillon Soares: The sociologist of love

One of the founders of sociology in Brazil, IESP professor Gláucio Soares talks about his six decades of experience teaching and reveals that he is researching love

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Cover

Corporate strategy

Evangelical presence in the legislature triples thanks to backing by large churches

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Cover

Public faith

Researchers around the world are attempting to understand the growth of evangelicalism in Brazil, where it is rising faster than in any other country

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Paleontology

The predator with voracious jaws

A fossil discovered in Rio Grande do Sul is the best-preserved representative of the herrerasauridae, one of the first strains of carnivorous dinosaur

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Geology

Titan’s landscape

Of all the celestial bodies in our solar system, Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has the most similar geology to Earth

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Farming

Antibiotics and meat production

Almost three quarters of all antibiotics sold worldwide are used in the production of animals for meat

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Public health

Kissing bug infestations in the city of São Paulo

Two infestations of kissing bugs, insects that transmit the protozoa that causes Chagas disease, have been identified in the city of São Paulo

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Education

People of color in higher education

For the first time in Brazil's history, people of color represent the majority of students enrolled in public higher education institutions

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Environment

Deforestation increases, CO2 emissions stabilize

The rate of deforestation in the Legal Amazon increased by 30% between August 2018 and July 2019

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Letter from the editor | 286

Evangelicalism and politics

In 1872, the year of the first Brazilian census, almost the entire population of the country defined themselves as Catholic (99.7%). One hundred years later, the proportion had changed, but only slightly, to 91.8% in 1970. Since then, official statistics show, the decline has accelerated: in 1991, the total was 83.3%, and in 2010 it... View Article

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Photolab

Biological engineering

Lab-made vascular cells actively produce a coagulation factor

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Obituary 

Democratic aspirations

Developing a stable political system was a lifetime concern for Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos

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Retrospect

Teaching a trade

Established in 1909, Escolas de Aprendizes Artífices were the start of a technical education network that now has federal institutes spread across 644 campuses

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GOOD PRACTICES

Flawed theory retracted

The idea that HIV may not be the cause of AIDS was suggested in the 1990s, but completely discredited when drugs were created that prevented replication of the virus and eliminated the symptoms of the syndrome

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Good Practices

Purdue researcher admits fraud

At a US district court, Qingyou Han, director of Purdue University's Center for Materials Processing Research, admitted defrauding the NSF, the USA's largest research funding agency

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Good Practices

More information about predatory journals

Scientific integrity researchers attempt to overcome the challenges of classifying fraudulent journals

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Data

Formal employment in engineering

Crisis leads to drop in formal employment in engineering

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Careers

MBAs in the 21st Century

Changing curriculums reflect efforts by business schools to adapt to new times

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Profile

The tapir whisperer

Researcher from São Paulo and world-renowned expert on the mammal known as the "gardener of the forest" wins awards for her work

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Careers

The life of an insect

Biologist from Paraná wins Marsh Award from the Royal Entomological Society of London

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