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Pre-Columbian Culture

Fragments of ceramic figures indicate that at the time there was a cultural connection between peoples across South America

Dispersal by water

The piraputanga is pictured snagging a wild fig

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A Swedish filmmaker in Copacabana

Research reveals the Brazilian dimension of the work of Arne Sucksdorff, best known for documentaries about nature

Science and video games

Researchers discover new uses for computer games

Entry strategy

In less than a decade, new dynamics in migration flows and key features of legislation have led to a 34-fold increase in requests for asylum in Brazil

The (almost) unknown Villa-Lobos

Analysis of his musical oeuvre, particularly the symphonies, reveals the Brazilian composer’s com-plex creative process

High-level delivery

Akaer Group is poised to become a global provider of aerospace systems and components

A blimp over the forest

A pilotless aircraft built in Brazil will monitor environmental reserves in the Amazon

A more efficient jet

Embraer’s new aircraft delivered better-than-expected performance in certification tests

The land of the unicorns

First billion-dollar startups begin to emerge in Brazil

A world that is controlled by algorithms

Logical computer systems have a growing impact on everyday life

Frozen light

Theoretical study proposes a new way of stopping light

Creative turbulence

Stimulating random fluctuations may increase energy production in nuclear fusion reactors

Robert Shelton: Partnership between giants

President of the GMT telescope explains why he joined with competitor TMT to secure funding from the National Science Foundation

Male or female?

The mystery unfolds Amazonian frog species has more sex chromosomes than any other vertebrate

Contamination beyond the mines

Areas of the Amazon flooded by dams may lead to an increase of the mercury levels in fish consumed by local residents

Underwater Forest

Coral reefs at the mouth of the Amazon River may be larger, deeper, and more complex than expected

A parasite reaches the big city

Difficult diagnosis and a warmer climate facilitate the advance of visceral leishmaniasis toward large urban centers

On the frontiers of ethanol made from sugarcane

Project outlines scenarios to increase biofuel production in Africa and Latin America

Closer links with industry

UNICAMP is Brazil’s highest ranked university for patent applications, and USP is highest ranked for licensing royalties

Precocious entrepreneurs

OECD study places Brazil among the countries with the largest number of startups founded by students or recent graduates

A strategy for research data

Researchers are being encouraged to better manage and share the data they produce

Edgar Dutra Zanotto: One eye on science, the other on industry

An engineer provides insight into how artificial intelligence will help develop novel types of glass and explains his new definition of the material

Elisa Pereira Reis: A pioneering look at social inequality

A researcher of the ruling elite advocates for the continued development of comparative studies to gain a better understanding of social phenomena

The race for the best light

Sirius will compete with a fourth-generation facility inaugurated in 2016 in Sweden and another planned to begin operating in 2020 in France

Leaping towards brilliance

In its final stage of construction, the latest-generation synchrotron light source could elevate the quality of Brazilian research

Lighting the way

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A different type of DNA

Some parts of the DNA may actually be formed of three spiraled strands