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Chinese rover on Mars

Without a fanfare, China’s National Space Administration successfully landed its first rover on Mars

A very informative gesture

Mountain gorillas may be communicating with other members of their troop when they rise up on their hind legs and beat their chests with their hands to produce a loud, hollow sound

Population decline in pre-colonial Amazonia

In response to environmental changes, epidemics, or wars, the populational decline of the Amazon region may have started 300 to 600 years before contact with European settlers

Invention patents filed by universities in São Paulo

Percentage of all invention patent applications filed with the Brazilian Patent Office by legal entities in São Paulo that were submitted by higher education institutions, per quadrennium

Misconduct in the scientific literature

A group of researchers searched scientific journal databases for the terms “research ethics” and “research integrity.” The survey aimed to reveal the perspectives of academic literature on cases of misconduct

University ranking fraud goes to court

Moshe Porat has been indicted by a federal court for submitting fraudulent information to the U.S. News & World Report

Supervising the gatekeepers of quality

A database of 500,000 editors is helping to identify whether people are truly deserving of their places on editorial boards

A bleak outlook

Vital swamp

Although the Amazon is known as a rainforest, it is also home to the largest mangrove in the world

The poetry of science

Researcher from Rio Grande do Sul who specializes in brain and heart disease risk factors named on IARC's list of scientists of the year

Scientific advice

Helping to create new laws and implement public policies represents a professional opportunity for scientists

Education for democracy

Anísio Teixeira’s work is the basis for the defense of public, free, and secular education in Brazil

The road to excellence

Fulvio Pileggi turned InCor into an important research and medical care institution

A multifarious critic

Based on a solid philosophical framework, Alfredo Bosi proposed a revision of the literary and cultural history of Brazil

Gazing at the other

Using photographs, a researcher analyzes the phenomenon of human zoos

Latin American longevity

Brazil and Mexico have the shortest average life expectancies, a study in nine Latin American countries finds

More efficient pre-salt production

A new method could help engineers to better manage the flow of oil and natural gas from deepwater oilfields

Ivair Gontijo: On Martian time

A Brazilian engineer is one of those responsible for monitoring NASA's robotic jeep Perseverance, as it searches for traces of life on Earth's closest neighbor

Turbulence in the air

Embraer banks on its successful aircraft portfolio and investment in innovation to navigate one of the most difficult chapters in its history

Fighting global warming

US academies of science propose a research program to study the feasibility of Earth cooling measures

Risk of more natural disasters

Global warming may lead to more flash floods and landslides caused by extreme rainfall in the South, Southeast, and Northeast of Brazil

The colors and songs of evolution

Varying plumage hues and song patterns lead to the formation of new species in certain bird groups

Family ties

Roughly 46,000 years ago, modern human beings ventured into the heart of Europe and interbred with Neanderthals

Trust and transparency

Studies focus on conflicts of interest in medical science

Whence the money

A new study analyzes scientometric data to track the sources of funding for Brazilian research and assess the level of internationalization

Transgenics under the magnifying glass

Over the last 25 years, CTNBio has approved more than 150 genetically modified products for use in Brazil

Luiz Bevilacqua: Bridges to interdisciplinarity

The scientist behind COPPE and the educational model used at the Federal University of ABC shares how the development of engineering research has impacted Brazil

In real time

Academic initiatives are collecting personal accounts of memories and mourning experienced during the pandemic

All eyes on ButanVac

New vaccine candidate uses a more stable version of the spike protein

Patent waivers under debate

Suspending intellectual property rights for vaccines needs to overcome technology and production hurdles if it is to be successful