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France Córdova: Understanding the nature of things

Director of the National Science Foundation talks about the importance of funding basic science and evaluates the contribution to society made by the social sciences

From war to space

July 20 marks the 50^th anniversary of humankind’s arrival on the Moon, the final chapter of a technological and military saga filled with twists and turns

Brazilian lunar mission

Garatéa-L project plans to put a nanosatellite into lunar orbit to study how life responds to high levels of radiation

Returning to the Moon

The USA wants to put astronauts back on the Moon by 2024, this time with the aim of establishing a permanent settlement

Plants with miner roots

Study demonstrates a new function of the roots of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha

Stroke deaths fall by 30% in 15 years

The survey was based on death records available from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's national health information system

European Research Council appoints new president

Italian engineer Mauro Ferrari will take over the presidency of the European Research Council

A 42-million-year-old whale with legs

Its limbs were well adapted to swimming and were not suited to moving across land

The long goodbye of the glaciers

Mountain glaciers in southwestern Argentina and northeastern Spain are rapidly losing ice and could disappear completely by the end of the century

Plan S pushed back to 2021

The decision was made to give scientific publishers more time to transform their current subscription journals into publications whose costs are covered exclusively by article authors, with no fees for readers

UNICAMP dean wins José Reis award

The panel of judges highlighted "the scope and diversity of his scientific communication work, including his contributions to education in this field"

Ancient use of psychoactive substances in Bolivia

An international team of anthropologists and bioarchaeologists has identified traces of hallucinogenic substances in a 1,000-year-old leather bag found in the Bolivian Andes

São Paulo’s largest rock art

Scientists working on an exploratory research project that began in 2014 have discovered an 80-meter piece of rock art in Ribeirão Bonito, in the center of São Paulo State

Ride-sharing apps worsen traffic

According to research, Uber and Lyft are behind increased congestion on the streets of San Francisco

Animals and plants at risk

Up to one million plant and animal species worldwide are facing extinction due to severe population decline and habitat loss

Scientific publications and international collaborations

International collaborations in 2018 (%)

Lack of Transparency

Most research universities in the European Union have failed to comply with the 2014 rule that the results of clinical trials must be made public within 12 months

Punishment after 40 years of harassment at Harvard

Harvard University, USA, has revoked the emeritus status of sociologist Jorge Dominguez, a former professor at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and was vice provost for international affairs at the institution from 2006 to 2015

The self-correcting nature of science

Report offers recommendations on how to reduce the number of scientific findings not reproducible by later studies

The horizons of science

The aesthetics of imperfection

A large electric voltage bias is used to spin ultrafine nanometric fibers into membranes that can filter water

Extending connections

Brazilian physicist Cecilia Chirenti wins place on Canadian research program for female scientists

Women resuming a prominent role in computing

Initiatives encourage girls to explore technology, programming, and entrepreneurship in Brazil

Fight for the forest

For 30 years, IBAMA has been working to protect the environment in Brazil through operations based on technical studies and scientific research

Rediscovered archives

Collection located in a São Paulo museum reveals that an etching served as a platform for circulating North American art in Brazil

My House, My Life in academia

Bibliographical review by researchers shows low impact of studies about the social housing program

The imaginary lands of Pará

The 22.7 million hectares of private land and 18.5 million hectares of public land that only exist on paper

More than just motors

With an extensive and diversified product portfolio, Brazilian-based WEG supplied electromagnets for the Sirius synchrotron light project in Brazil

The fine hair of goats

Cashmere fiber produced from Brazilian goats has superior quality to that sold on the international market

Removing salt from water

Ceará plans to build Brazil’s first large-scale desalination facility as new and more cost-effective technologies emerge in Brazil and abroad