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SARS-CoV-2 Tracker

In just two days, a group of Brazilian researchers designed and developed a cell phone application capable of reading the result (positive or negative) of a COVID-19 rapid test

Growing lung cells

São Paulo–based startup TissueLabs has created a platform that mimics the environment of the pulmonary epithelium to allow scientists to study how the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, affects the lungs

Self-isolation and city air

Self-isolation measures have cleared city streets, leading to a decrease in air pollution

High-resolution moon

Researchers have produced the first detailed digital map of the Moon's entire surface

Gene affects the height of Peruvians

Genetic alterations may partly explain why Peruvians are one of the shortest peoples in the world

Gelatin optical fiber

Researchers used agar, a type of gelatin extracted from algae, to develop a biodegradable and biocompatible optical fiber

The bigger the tusk, the better

Biologists measured the tusks of 245 males collected in Greenland from 1983 to 2018 and concluded that the organ may play a role in sexual selection

Governor extends FAPESP director’s mandate

The governor of São Paulo, João Doria, reappointed Fernando Menezes de Almeida as administrative director of FAPESP for a further three years

Reclusive and under threat

Deforestation is destroying the habitat of the timid and elusive short-eared dog, the only canid species endemic to the Amazon

At least 125 COVID-19 vaccines are in development, with 10 already undergoing clinical trials

Vaccines in the clinical trials phase worldwide and in development in Brazil (as of May 27, 2020)

University to pay US$3.7 million to settle allegations of fraud

Rice University has agreed to pay US$3.7 million to the United States government to settle a lawsuit that accused its directors of violating rules on the use of funding from the National Science Foundation

Publishers team up to identify altered images

Major publishers of scientific journals worldwide have created a working group to create new standards and promote technologies capable of detecting manipulated or duplicate images in papers

Fast error correction

Scientific papers on the novel coronavirus retracted due to misunderstandings and methodological flaws, most committed in good faith

Crucial numbers

Graphene-coated microspheres

Light emitted by an optical fiber travels through the center of a glass microsphere and interacts with the graphene that coats its surface

Dedicated to nature

Researcher switches from business administration to biology and becomes a leading expert in environmental preservation

The rise of the digital manager

Customer engagement via social media has increased the demand for digital specialists

Skillful surgeon, resourceful inventor

Domingo Braile developed medical devices and introduced heart surgery in small-town São Paulo

A thinker of development

Wilson Cano was one of the founders of the UNICAMP Institute of Economics and a scholar of industrialization in Brazil

Inked

From the margins of society to iconic pop culture; study reconstructs the history of tattooing in Brazil

Tools for an equitable society

Economists study how social investment and progressive taxation combat different types of inequality, and how they can be integrated

Clothes made of bacteria

Biofabrics made from microbes are crawling their way into the fashion industry

Homegrown graphene

Graphene production facilities in Brazil’s Southeast and South place the country among the global producers of the high-tech material

Pizza soot

Pizzerias in São Paulo produce the equivalent of 9% of the fine particulate matter emitted by vehicles in the city’s Metropolitan Region

Windows on the Milky Way

Regions of space with less gas and dust allow astronomers to observe stars on the other side of the galaxy

Fire and biodiversity

Experiment suggests that small, controlled fires increase the number of plant species in the Cerrado without decreasing the number of animals

Carlos Guerra Schrago: The theory and practice of evolution

The discipline that seeks to reconstruct the histories of species is itself evolving, according to UFRJ biologist

Stunted by recession

IBGE’s latest PINTEC survey reveals slowing innovation momentum among Brazilian firms between 2015 and 2017

Luiz Eugênio Mello: Even something good has room for improvement

The new scientific director of FAPESP on his plans and the challenges for research as a result of the pandemic

Research during the quarantine