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Norwegian minister behind crackdown on student misconduct resigns due to plagiarism

Sandra Borch resigned from her post on January 23 after allegations that she plagiarized at least 20% of her master's thesis

American university museum returns artifacts looted from Greece

Emory University reached an agreement with the Greek Ministry of Culture to return three artifacts held at the institution’s Michael C. Carlos Museum

Field courses in ecology encounter obstacles in Brazil

Practical disciplines, essential to the training of future researchers, suffer from a lack of funding

Fund to identify organizations that support the Black population with Black leadership

Initiative seeks to collect data on inequality and philanthropy

Breaking down structural barriers

Research network covering 16 countries maps gender inequality in the scientific environment and shares strategies to tackle the issue

Barbara Weinstein: A Brazilianist in transformation

Part of the first group of women to graduate from Princeton University, the American historian analyzed the leading role of regional elites and workers in business dynamics in Brazil

The exaflop era

With the power to perform 1 quintillion mathematical operations per second, Frontier has set a new standard in data processing

More powerful supercomputers

Through modernization and new machines, Brazil is increasing its processing power for scientific research, weather forecasting, and energy generation

Thousands of dead pups

Outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus devastates southern elephant seal populations

The Moon is shrinking

Cooling of the Moon’s core has caused it to shrink over the last few hundred million years

Hugs for heart health

Affection and emotional support during childhood can influence heart health

Gold hidden in a mineral

Grain containing rare mineral reveals potential source of platinum and gold in quartz veins

Evidence of rock art in Paraná

Region of Paraná is home to archaeological treasures, with more than a thousand figures painted by Indigenous peoples

Sono-ink for internal injuries

Liquid called sono-ink can be molded to repair bone fractures and internal injuries

Vines taking over forests

Uncontrolled growth of woody vines harms tree growth

Electronic nose for candidiasis

Device uses six sensors to identify microorganisms responsible for candidiasis

The economic value of wildlife

Wildlife investment index in Africa encourages environmental conservation and ecotourism

More salt in the soil, air, and water

Use of salt in mining, agriculture, and to melt ice on roads poses a risk to biodiversity

The end of a nuclear fusion reactor

Nuclear fusion reactor operating in the United Kingdom since 1983 to be decommissioned

Air viscosity hinders flight of small insects

Air viscosity is an obstacle to flight for insects smaller than 4 millimeters

Invisible work

Microscopic view

Science and art collide in microscopic images colored using nanoart

Food safety advocate

Cultural differences did not prevent Pakistani agronomist Arshad Jalal from finding answers to his biofortification research in Brazil

Amazement and horror in nineteenth-century Rio

Paintings by two artists who accompanied Darwin on the Beagle voyage recorded the exuberance of nature and social contrasts

An educator for freedom

Educator Roberto da Silva argued that teaching could transform the future of offenders

Gonçalves Dias’s legacy goes beyond nationalist Indianism

Poet from Maranhão worked in several areas and wrote texts that preceded discussions about the effects of slavery on Brazil’s formation

The history of the women who created textile artifacts in Brazil

Pioneers of Brazilian design created tapestries, fabrics, and fashion

Sexual violence against men is underreported

Sexual violence against men is underreported

Nanocellulose used in tires and cosmetics

Substance extracted from plants increases the strength and reduces the weight of paper, rubber, plastics, paints, and cement

To measure your carbon footprint

Online calculators encourage ecological awareness and increase access to environmental compensation programs