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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
By Redação
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
By Redação
Zoology
Toads in the mist
In well-preserved remnants of the Atlantic Forest, a team of zoologists identified a peculiar new species of toad
By Redação
Archaeology
78,000-year-old human burial
The oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago
By Redação
Education
More inclusive universities
Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil
By Redação
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
Engineering
Chinese rover on Mars
Without a fanfare, China’s National Space Administration successfully landed its first rover on Mars
By Redação
Zoology
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
By Redação
History
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
By Redação
Data
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
By Redação
Good practices
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
By Redação
Good practices
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
By Redação
Letter from the editor | 304
A bleak outlook
On January 15, 1951, Brazilian President Eurico Dutra passed Law 1310, establishing what was at the time called the National Research Council (CNPq). The law’s first article outlined the council’s purpose: “to foster and stimulate the development of scientific and technological research in all fields of knowledge.” Almost six months later, on July 11, CAPES... View Article
Photolab
Vital swamp
Although the Amazon is known as a rainforest, it is also home to the largest mangrove in the world
By Redação
Iconography
Gazing at the other
Using photographs, a researcher analyzes the phenomenon of human zoos
By Diego Viana
Oil & gas engineering
More efficient pre-salt production
A new method could help engineers to better manage the flow of oil and natural gas from deepwater oilfields
