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EDUCATION

Learning at the turn of the century

Research examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education

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History

The visible and the invisible

Despite attempts to erase the iconography of slavery, it has left its mark on both the people and the land

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Public policy

Health under construction

Researchers propose a collaborative model to help prevent workplace accidents

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Neurology

Epileptic seizure warning

São Paulo startup develops wearable device designed to identify seizures half an hour before they occur

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INNOVATION

Start, fall down, get up, start over

This describes the lives of entrepreneurs facing continuous unforeseen events on the road to success

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ENVIRONMENT

Less forest, more agriculture

South America loses natural vegetation while livestock and crops gain ground over the last three and a half decades

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Physics

The muon enigma

Two recent experiments reveal anomalous behavior in these mysterious particles that, if confirmed, could lead to a revision of the dominant theory of matter

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Health

The first bonding

Instructional home visits by nurses help teen mothers bond with their babies and contribute to child development

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REGULATIONS

Weakened legislation

Brazil dismantling environmental protection structures during the pandemic

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GENDER

COVID-19, a battle fought by women

Network of female researchers looks for solutions to the challenges faced by women during the pandemic and seeks to influence public policy

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Science communication

Broad and equitable research access

CAPES’s Portal de Periódicos has connected Brazilian researchers to state-of-the-art research in their fields, but is now faced with uncertainties

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Funding

A compass for science

CAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil

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Cover

The American strategy

The United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership

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Cover

Science on the ropes

Successive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research

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Interview

Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement

The physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients

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COVID-19

Limited use

ANVISA authorizes the use of three COVID-19 drugs, but they are expensive and designed only for specific situations

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COVID-19

Severe illness in children

A rare syndrome linked to the novel coronavirus causes lesions in multiple organs

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COVID-19

Focus on the genome

Brazil is still behind in monitoring Sars-CoV-2 genetics, but an injection of funding for research networks and the acquisition of materials could improve the situation

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COVID-19

Risk of death is higher among the poor in Chile

People under 40 living in poorer municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, are 3.1 times more likely to die from complications associated with COVID-19 than those who live in more affluent regions

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COVID-19

Lasting consequences

People who survive SARS-CoV-2, even those not hospitalized, can suffer the effects of the infection for months after the most intense symptoms subside

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COVID-19

The virus and the loss of smell

The loss of smell that affects up to two-thirds of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 is a consequence of both the direct action of the virus and the inflammation it triggers in the olfactory system, according to a team of researchers

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COVID-19

Dengue increases risk of COVID-19 symptoms

The risk of developing COVID-19 symptoms when infected with the novel coronavirus is twice as high among individuals who have had dengue in the past

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Covid-19

Mask effectiveness tests

Researchers compared the quality of 227 types of face masks sold in Brazil, measuring their ability to block the novel coronavirus

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Zoology

Toads in the mist

In well-preserved remnants of the Atlantic Forest, a team of zoologists identified a peculiar new species of toad

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Archaeology

78,000-year-old human burial

The oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago

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Education

More inclusive universities

Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil

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Education

New UNIFESP dean sworn in

On May 7, obstetrician Nelson Sass and sociologist Raiane Patrícia Severino Assumpção officially took over as dean and vice dean of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) for 2021–2025

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Funding

Direct funding to Africa

In April, African health experts published an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, addressed to international funders of studies on health problems in Africa

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Geology

In the depths of a geyser

For the first time, geoscientists from the University of Utah and Yellowstone National Park, USA, have mapped the interior of the world's most powerful geyser

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Tecnology

Writing with the mind

A brain-to-computer interface has allowed a 65-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down to quickly write text on a computer screen by imagining himself writing the letters by hand

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