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New professors emeriti at USP

Biochemist Walter Colli and parasitologist Erney Plessmann de Camargo became the most recent professors emeriti at the University of São Paulo

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Paleontology

Brazilian paleontologists identify new carnivorous dinosaur

A group of Brazilian researchers has identified a new species of carnivorous dinosaur, a dromeosaurid named Ypupiara lopai

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Neuroscience

Defenders more at risk of dementia

Heading has been associated for some time with an increased risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases

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Gender

Articles by women receive fewer citations

Scientific papers published by women in prestigious medical journals tend to receive fewer citations than similar studies authored by men

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Computation

Tuberculosis screening algorithm

Researchers have devised a computer-aided technique for interpreting digital chest radiography images and identifying new cases of tuberculosis

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Biodiversity

Transplanting microorganisms reduces coral death

It may be possible to reduce coral death caused by ocean warming associated with climate change

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Data

R&D intensity in national productive structures

Of the various data used to calculate a country’s GDP, the output of different economical sectors is of particular importance

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Good practices

COVID-19 studies in “hijacked” journals

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a database of some 320,000 scientific papers published on COVID-19

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Good practices

The appeal of predatory journals in Uzbekistan

An article showed why the former Soviet Republic in Central Asia has become known for the publication of papers in predatory journals

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Good practices

Ensuring confidence in literature reviews

Academic library issues new guidance on identifying and excluding problematic articles when reviewing a research topic

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Unequivocal demonstration

Unequivocal. That is how the sixth report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) described humanity’s influence on the warming of the atmosphere, ocean, and land. The first part of the latest report summarizes 14,000 recent scientific studies on the issue. There was nothing incidental about the choice of words: the IPCC precisely... View Article

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Photolab

Marble columns

As groundwater flows through the limestone substrate, it dissolves the rock in underground systems called karsts

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Careers

Scientist in training

Nursing student at UFMG awarded for her undergraduate research on the treatment of tegumentary leishmaniasis

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Careers

Straight talk

Applied linguistics investigates relationships in the field of discursive practice

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Retrospect

Perfecting the art of cachaça making

How a self-taught chemist helped to improve cachaça production techniques in the late eighteenth century

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Obituary

Solid knowledge

Oswaldo Luiz Alves helped advance inorganic chemistry and nanotechnology in Brazil

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Architecture

Life is construction

Biographies map the trajectory of the multifaceted Lina Bo Bardi, whose fame continues to grow in Brazil and abroad

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Economics

Drawing wealth from nature

How biodiversity can drive a new cycle of industrial development in Brazil

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Aerial robotics

Out of sight

Drone manufacturer in São Paulo first in Brazil authorized to make flights higher than 120 meters above the ground and as far as 30 kilometers from the takeoff point

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Information technology

Brazil’s electronic voting machine comes of age

Going digital brought agility and stability to a process that has been marked by fraud and distrust in the past

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Molecular biology

Urban germs

Thirty-one of the same bacteria are found in cities on all continents

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Oceanography

The Saga of the Paratethys

The world's largest lake formed 12 million years ago and then disappeared, giving rise to the Caspian and Black Seas

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Genetics

Refuge under threat

Loss of native vegetation in the Amazon, home to nearly half of the world's jaguars, is putting the species at risk

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Environment

The Amazon is losing gas

Studies indicate that the east of the rainforest, which has suffered greater deforestation, has become a source of carbon dioxide in the last decade, while the west is trying to remain a carbon sink.

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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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Academic mobility

A limited horizon

Study links low academic mobility to a less ambitious research agenda

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Cover

Institute renowned for its pioneering spirit

Over the course of its history, INPE has become known for its important contributions to various scientific fields

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Cover

INPE under pressure

Brazil’s most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead

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Interview

Sérgio Pena: Under the skin

The Minas Gerais geneticist proves that, at the cellular level, Brazilians look the same

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COVID-19

Universal vaccine

Researchers are trying to develop a broad-spectrum vaccine capable of protecting people against all types of coronaviruses and their variants

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