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The uncertain fate of police museum collections

Researchers defend the preservation of collections, while social movements and relatives demand the removal of objects and bodily remains

Elza Salvatori Berquó: A pioneering spirit in demography

Researcher who revealed the changes in Brazilian reproductive behavior wants to know more about youth

Occupation of primordial “Brazil”

Evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers inhabited all major regions of Brazil roughly 10,000 years ago

Fossils on the move

3D reconstructions highlight new characteristics of crocodiles and dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago in Brazil

More productive fields

To boost the efficiency of Brazilian sugarcane, the Sugarcane Technology Center invests in biotechnology, genetic improvement, and a new form of planting

Paper from cane fiber and leaves

Companies use sugarcane waste to produce printer paper and packaging

China and Brazil may once have been neighbors

Graphite-rich rocks suggest that areas of both countries, as well as Africa, were joined together nearly 2 billion years ago

Heated up by the cold

Cold particles transfer heat to hotter ones in a quantum experiment, thereby reversing the thermodynamic arrow of time

The effects of quantum turbulence

Disturbing a cloud of cold rubidium atoms produces a wave phenomenon similar to light

Devouring stars

According to a survey, the Milky Way cannibalized eleven neighboring galaxies

The rocks that remained

An alternative model suggests that the asteroid belt originated from leftovers from the formation of the planets in the solar system

The chemical language of insects

Within colonies, bees and ants recognize each other and organize themselves through compounds that cover their bodies

Primate culture

Transmission of tool-use practices among capuchin monkeys helps redefine the role of traditions in evolution

The metropolis and science

Study analyzes papers by authors from 2,000 cities around the world and ranks São Paulo among the 20 with the highest scientific output

New doorways to college

Developments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways

José Roberto Postali Parra: The insect farmer

Entomologist defends the use of biological control to combat crop pests

From monkeys to people

A Fiocruz team suggests a sixth form of malaria that is transmitted by mosquitoes infected after biting wild primates in the Atlantic Forest

Tracking primates against yellow fever

The monkey alarm

Even in cities where yellow fever is controlled by vaccination, the infection is decimating populations of wild primates whose deaths indicate areas where the virus is transmitted

Options on the table

Agriculture 4.0 can help to reduce pesticide use on farms in Brazil

Finding refuge in knowledge

As a victim of persecution, a Malian man transforms a personal experience into a focus of study for his doctorate at USP

Challenges beyond graduation

PhD graduates face struggle to find work

One hundred years of Reform in Córdoba

How a rebellion against the rigid hierarchy in an inland university of Argentina inspired change throughout Latin America

The curious creatures of Frans Post

Exhibition in an Irish museum brings together artwork of Brazilian fauna created by the Dutch artist in the seventeenth century

Films in school

The National Institute of Educational Filmmaking played a fundamental role in science instruction and dissemination in Brazil

The search for open spaces

Recent urban development has been marked by contradictions around the use of open areas

Automated farming

Máquinas Agrícolas Jacto boasts 383 patent applications and is among the global pioneers of driverless farming technology

Antonio Carlos Rossini Jr.: Betting on connected environments

An engineer talks about the expansion of the Internet of Things in Brazil and the trajectory of one of the first Brazilian startups focusing on this ecosystem

Automation in law

A new type of startup known as legaltechs is developing technological systems for the legal field

In search of new audiences

Brazilian science association targets young people, liberal professionals, and businesses in an effort to extend their social reach