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Atmosphere

Pollution that causes global cooling

Aerosol particles that worsen air quality and damage human health also reduce global warming by a third

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Interview

Renato Janine Ribeiro: There is no development without science

The new president of SBPC says Brazil lacks an awareness of the influence of research on economic and social prosperity

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Scientometrics

Gears of knowledge

Report provides new data on the characteristics of Brazilian science

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Indicators

Rapid response to an extreme crisis

With funding from FAPESP, São Paulo’s scientific community came together to confront the health emergency, shows 2020 Activities Report

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COVER

Impact on science

Greater inclusion of black and mixed-race students in higher education is leaving its fingerprints on science output

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COVER

A formula for equity

Affirmative action has broadened black people’s access to the most competitive undergraduate programs in Brazil, but the impact on black jobs has been limited

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INTERVIEW

Carlos Alfredo Joly: It’s time to focus on biodiversity

Botanist who created the Biota program states that defending the preservation of biological wealth is key to fighting climate change

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COVID-19

Oxygen supply

Brazilian startups offer new ways of monitoring essential medical supplies for patients with respiratory failure

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COVID-19

First DNA-based vaccine

India has developed and approved the first COVID-19 vaccine based on DNA technology

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COVID-19

Still too soon for booster doses

An international group of scientists argued against the idea of giving the majority of the population COVID-19 vaccine booster doses

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Covid-19

Less working remotely

Researchers are trying to estimate the impacts on employee communication and the dynamics of collaboration

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COVID-19

Study outlines COVID-19’s profile in African countries

Study outlines COVID-19's profile in African countries

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COVID-19

Another potential route to brain infection

The nose may not be the only way the novel coronavirus reaches the brain

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COVID-19

The protective effect of masks

Widespread and proper use of masks reduces transmission of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 cases, according to the largest study ever conducted on the subject

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Archaeology

Arrival in the northwest of the Amazon

According to the dating of seeds and carbonized material, the first humans settled in northwestern Amazonia at least 12,600 years ago

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Environment

Food and greenhouse gases

Global food production accounts for about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with human activity, and foods of animal origin are the worst polluters

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Fapesp

FAPESP President reappointed for second term

São Paulo State Governor João Doria, has reappointed physician Marco Antonio Zago as president of the FAPESP Board of Trustees and thus president of the Foundation

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Chemistry

A 100-year-old Brazilian patent

A century ago, chemist and photographer Ubaldo Conrado Augusto Wessel (1891–1993) patented a new formula in the country for bathing photographic papere

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Geology

Earth’s climate in the distant future

A team used computer simulations of the movement of tectonic plates to investigate what Earth's climate might look like in the distant future

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Environment

CO2 extraction plant

The largest plant designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere began operating in Ireland on September 8

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Open access

Astronomical Society gives open access to its journals

The six journals edited by the AAS will make all of their articles available in open access, free of charge to readers, from January 1, 2022

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Geology

Waiting for a ride

After an unsuccessful attempt in August, NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance collected two samples of Martian rock in early September

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Paleontology

The Battle of the Fossils

The State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe in Germany announced that it has no plans to return the original fossil of Ubirajara jubatus to Brazil

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Data

RISB and the fourth industrial revolution

Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing the means of production through coordinated use of the information generated and managed by production monitoring systems

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Good practices

Jailed for clinical trial fraud

A federal judge in the US state of Florida sentenced Eduardo Navarro and Nayade Varona to prison for falsifying clinical trial data for a drug being tested against irritable bowel syndrome

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Good practices

University revokes homage to pioneering dermatologist

University revokes homage to pioneering dermatologist

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Good practices

Ways to encourage responsible behavior

Study highlights the impacts of scientific integrity training for students

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Letter from the editor | 308

Diversity

The idea of using criteria for spaces on higher education courses based on anything other than performance may seem incompatible with scientific work. Conceptually, science has no color, gender, age, or any other characteristic, but it is a social activity, and we live in an unequal society. Thinking of ways to ensure equal access to... View Article

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photolab

Unexpected feast

When biologist Felipe Amorim first questioned how the strange flowers of the Scybalium fungiforme are pollinated, he only knew one thing for certain: the evidence pointed to non-flying mammals. His infrared cameras later captured footage of possums, which came as quite a surprise—although they fit the description, they were not previously known to be pollinators.... View Article

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Profile

Universe Laboratory

Angela Villela Olinto, an expert in astroparticle physics, has twice been recognized by science academies in the USA

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