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Memory

The chemist of evolution

Otto Gottlieb associated the structural complexity of substances with the development plants and their environment

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Obituary

João Steiner’s legacy

The USP astrophysicist studied black holes and created partnerships giving Brazil access to large international telescopes

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Obituary

The pharmacy of plants

Elisaldo Carlini, a pioneer in the study of medicinal plants and cannabis compounds, dies at 90 years of age

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Literature

The writer between the lines

Endurance of Clarice Lispector's work reaffirmed in the 100th year since her birth

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Ecology

Defenders of São Paulo’s savannahs and forests

Research teams from the Forest Institute propose new uses for Brazilian wood species and innovative strategies for protecting native vegetation

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Telecommunications

5G technology made in Brazil

Brazilian researchers develop solutions for new 5G mobile and internet standard

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Physics

Light-based circuits

New material made of gold nanoparticles can modify the properties of laser light and be used to make photon transistors

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Neurosciences

A smell, a response

Mouse brain activates a distinct set of neurons in response to different animal odors

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Nutrition

Digit data

Isotopes in the fingernails reveal information about a person’s diet and can be used to infer their socioeconomic status

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Biota – 20 Years

More than biodiversity

Studies on interactions between vegetation and the climate, such as those that occur in the Atlantic Forest, open new paths for the FAPESP program

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Indicators

Sustained support amid a crisis

Activities Report shows FAPESP expanded strategic programs in 2019 as it continued to support the scientific community

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Innovation

A place in the sun

A thriving generics industry and government funding have helped to boost research and development spending among Brazilian pharmaceutical companies, study shows

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UFRJ – 100 YEARS

Two years after the fire

The Brazilian National Museum has recovered 90% of the artifacts not totally destroyed by the flames and has raised almost 45% of the funding it needs to begin reconstruction in 2021

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UFRJ – 100 YEARS

The importance of partnerships

A growing number of scientific articles published by researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in collaboration with businesses is encouraging the practice at the university

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Interview

Radovan Borojevic: The tamer of cells

The Croatian-born biologist and UFRJ professor emeritus speaks of the obstacles and encouraging perspectives for regenerative medicine

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COVER

A panorama of rights

Brazil's pioneering Statute on Children and Adolescents marks 30 years promoting public policies for children

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COVID-19

Healthy spaces

The knowledge acquired during past pandemics, especially long-term ones, can help us face the current one

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COVID-19

The fatality conundrum

Difficulties identifying the exact number of people infected and killed make it hard to calculate how deadly the disease is

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COVID-19

Science under pressure

Political interference in the approval process may undermine public confidence in vaccine development, researchers warn

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COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 can attack immune cells

The novel coronavirus is capable of infecting and killing immune cells, say researchers from the University of São Paulo in Ribeirão Preto

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COVID-19

Study determines Chinese vaccine is safe

CoronaVac is safe and has no serious side effects

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COVID-19

Antiviral plastic

Researchers have developed an adhesive plastic capable of inactivating 99.8% of novel coronavirus particles in two minutes

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COVID-19

Manaus and herd immunity

Weeks after the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths peaked in Manaus, the city appeared to have achieved herd immunity

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COVID-19

Effect on births

Fearful of contracting the novel coronavirus, many pregnant women are putting off going to the hospital until they are at a more advanced stage of labor

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COVID-19

Antibody treatment reduces time spent in hospital

American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly presented the initial results of a clinical trial that used monoclonal antibodies in patients infected with the novel coronavirus

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COVID-19

Obesity can exacerbate COVID-19

A large-scale study found that obese people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are twice as likely to need medical care

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biodiversity

Wildlife shrinks by 68% in five decades

The global populations of about 4,400 mammal, bird, reptile, fish, and amphibian species shrank by 68% between the years 1970 and 2016

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Pharmacology

Schistosomiasis medicine

The US FDA has granted orphan drug status to the immunomodulator P-MAPA for use against schistosomiasis

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Genetics

Where Vikings went

Researchers analyzed the remains of 442 humans found in Viking cemeteries in Scotland, concluding that the Viking identity was not limited to people with Scandinavian genetic ancestry

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Nanotechnology

A water-cooled chip

A group has proposed and manufactured a semiconductor chip equipped with an internal cooling system that works by pumping water through a three-dimensional network of microchannels

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