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The spread of plagiarism

Russian Academy of Sciences uncovers widespread misconduct, leading to the retraction of 869 articles

A challenge for science

Plant-stem lace

If you take a thin slice of a young stem of Acleisanthes chenopodioides and look at it under a microscope, this is what you will see

Clean water

Scientist from Salvador, Bahia, earns international recognition for new cistern design

Professional caregivers

Importance of the nursing profession grows with increasing life expectancy and aging population

An x-ray of Brazilian agriculture

Brazil’s first Census of Agriculture in 1920 marked the country’s early transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy

Capturing the specific and the concrete

The release of previously unpublished poems, a biographical essay, and events mark the 100th birthday of João Cabral de Melo Neto

At the service of justice

Progress in forensic research is being hampered by structural problems in Brazil’s criminal investigation system

An electric in the dunes

A Paraná startup develops an electric-powered buggy for beach tourism

Ezequiel Zylberberg: Diagnosis of an ecosystem

MIT researcher claims long-term investment in the country is essential to create companies of world-class innovation

Digital mining

Technology is helping to enhance productivity and safety in a high-risk industry

Novel coronavirus in Brazil

The new coronavirus that emerged in China has arrived in the country, where four other less dangerous types already circulate

Stories on the wing

Both living and extinct birds have been the subjects of various reports over 20 years of Pesquisa FAPESP

Winged invasion

In four decades, 35 alien bird species have colonized deforested areas on experimental properties in Brazil’s Amazon

The extinct manatee of Rondônia

Newly discovered species lived in the Madeira River region 45,000 years ago

Fighting infections with graphene

Nanomaterial enables low doses of light to eliminate bacteria

Low-phosphorus sugarcane farming

Sustainability measures could reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers by up to 63%

Stardust found in meteorite

Meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 contains material up to 7.5 billion years old—older than our solar system

Big data and new materials

Scientists turn to digital mining techniques and huge databases of compounds in efforts to accelerate the discovery of new structures

Breaking out of the bubble

Academic journals in Brazil rarely use Facebook to share their content with the public, study shows

Vocational assessment

Public laboratories’ profiles determine their science and research output

Written by many hands

Study identifies a sharp rise in the number of articles signed by more than a thousand authors

The house of open dialogue

Talks in Congress help stem budget cuts for science, technology, and innovation in 2020

Augusto Damineli: Stellar interpreter

An astrophysicist recounts his discovery that the most-studied star beyond our Sun undergoes periodic dips in luminance, and is actually a system composed of two stars

The inequality behind the balance

While the number of women scientists has been rising in Brazil, many still face challenging roadblocks

Gender and Science

Ongoing dialogue with feminist theories opens new areas for research across various disciplines

The diversity of the Caatinga

The Caatinga is home to a range of flowering plants proportionally more diverse than the Amazon rainforest

Undeclared foreign funding

The US Department of Education is investigating Harvard and Yale universities for failing to declare funding received from foreign governments

Human activity alters river mouths

Amazon River delta is shrinking by 1 km² per year because of siltation

What’s for dinner?

The cuttlefish eats less at lunch when its favorite dish is served for dinner