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Business R&D spending falls sharply

Spending on research and development by businesses fell nationwide and in São Paulo compared to 2014

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Good practices

Appointment canceled after scandal

The Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine in Padua, Italy, revoked geneticist Pier Paolo Pandolfi’s appointment as scientific director after members of its scientific advisory board resigned en masse in protest

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Good practices

The limits of text recycling

A group of researchers is analyzing the extent to which an author can reuse excerpts of their own academic work in new papers without being accused of plagiarism

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Good practices

Integrity in the midst of a public health emergency

Study examines recommendations for ensuring the quality of peer reviews during the pandemic

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Letter from the Editor | 294

The plague and the pain

It is no surprise that pandemics have a significant impact on the population’s mental health. The fear of contagion and death, the immediate impact of an economic downturn, the stress of confinement, the burden of having to take on  tasks that used to be shared by multiple people, and worrying about the future have all... View Article

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photolab

A look through the lens

Iny: o brilho dos espíritos, which captures a ritual of the Karajá people from the state of Mato Grosso, placed first in the Images Produced by Cameras category of the Science & Art Photography Prize

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Covid-19

Research during quarantine

Fernando Carvall“When I saw the results, I thought: this virus is going to infect everyone” The first reports about the disease in China sparked my curiosity. The Chinese discovered that the virus enters the cells via the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 [ACE2] receptor. Its expression depends on the ACE2 gene, which plays an important role in... View Article

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Profile

The living being in the equation

Researcher combines exact and life sciences to measure the SARS-CoV-2 virus's potential to spread

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Careers

Remote thesis defense

Defending theses online allows master's and PhD students to finish their research journeys while social distancing

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Memory

A working-class intellectual

Born 100 years ago, sociologist Florestan Fernandes developed a new way of looking at Brazil

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Obituary

A scholar of economic policies

The career of Carlos Lessa, a professor at UFRJ and former president of BNDES, merged academic discipline with politics

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Obituary

The aggregator of knowledge and people

Physicist Roberto Salmeron was a professor at École Polytechnique and one of the founders of UnB

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Architecture & urban planning

Digitizing monuments

Although expensive, laser scanning technology can be a valuable tool for documenting and preserving historical and cultural heritage

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Telecommunications

Rural wireless

Technology developed by INATEL broadens options for private 4G networks in remote areas

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Physics

How to create a skyrmion

Microscopic metal structures produced and controlled by short-lived magnetic pulses could be used to store data

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Neuroscience

Early deficit

People with Huntington's disease tend to produce fewer neurons since birth

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Ecology

Protecting the turtles

Combined use of sound recordings, aerial images, and environmental data improves monitoring of endangered Amazon species

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Environment

The return of deforestation

Official INPE figure says 10,129 km2 of the Amazon were deforested in 2019, the most since 2008

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INTERVIEW

Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend

Almost a year after being dismissed, the former director of INPE continues to warn that deforestation is out of control in the Amazon

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Scientometrics

Trends in scientific collaboration

A recent study brings together indicators that enable a view of various profiles of research cooperation in 41 countries

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Cover

Amplified violence

Rates of violence against women in Brazil increase during the pandemic

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Cover

A difficult return

Brazil seeks health and education parameters for planning the resumption of in-person classes in its school systems

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Cover

The challenge of calculating R

Poor data makes the effective reproduction rate difficult to track and is hampering the pandemic response

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Cover

Difficult exit

Quarantine relaxation strategies differ around the country

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Cover

Each nation’s effort

Brazil’s government unfreezes funding for COVID-19 research, but will spend far less than developed countries

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Cover

Calling all scientists

Researchers in São Paulo mobilize against the pandemic as FAPESP awards funding to 210 related projects

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Science takes on the virus

Federal call for proposals attracts 2,200 applications for research grants to study COVID-19

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INTERVIEW

Cristiana Toscano: An unprecedented global effort

According to the only Brazilian member of a WHO vaccine committee, we are experiencing unprecedented worldwide collaboration to develop a vaccine in record time

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COVER

Standing alone

Brazilian vaccine projects race to begin clinical trials next year

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COVER

Saving time

Brazilian research centers negotiate deals to import vaccine production technology

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