Retrospect

Retrospect

São Paulo’s dream of autonomy in the fight against cancer

A public fundraising campaign enabled the construction of a hospital in the 1940s, but its independence from the public authorities lasted only a few years

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David Bohm, a rebellious physicist

Persecuted in the US, he lived in Brazil for four years and proposed new concepts to explain the behavior of atomic particles

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Launched 70 years ago, the polio vaccine has prevented thousands of deaths

Now, the low immunization rate is paving the way for polio to return

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The foundations of modern archaeology in Brazil

Sixty years ago, a Brazilian program supported by American experts improved the education of archaeologists and drove the discovery of ancient cultures across the country

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RadamBrasil project celebrates 50 years

Radar mapping has uncovered natural riches, trained hundreds of specialists, and is used in research on relief, geology, soils, climate, and vegetation

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Paula Souza’s ideas still guide public health in Brazil

Doctor from São Paulo brought the concept of health centers from the USA and promoted good nutrition as a disease prevention strategy

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Costa Ribeiro discovered unexpected sources of electricity

In 1944, the engineer and physicist from Rio de Janeiro identified an electric current formation in carnauba wax, a phenomenon used today in cell phones and computers

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Studies on living conditions in Brazil in the 1930s influenced debates on the minimum wage

Pioneering research on working-class families adopted innovative methods to investigate income and spending on food and other basic necessities

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First books for the blind in Brazil

Institute in Rio de Janeiro has been printing in braille since 1857

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Austregésilo Lima, in the shadow of Freud

Psychotherapy critic and theorist, neurologist, and psychiatrist from Pernambuco improved the diagnosis of hysteria and spoke openly about sex in the early twentieth century

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100 years of TV: From tubes to smart TVs

Television faces competition from the internet and struggles to remain relevant

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Xingu Project seeks new partners to expand reach

UNIFESP's university extension program has been taking action on Indigenous health since 1965

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The Amazon on the spice route

Leaves, fruit, bark, roots, oils, and resin from the forest boosted the economy and brought wealth to the region during the colonial period

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Brazil’s first fossils were believed to be from monsters

Towards the end of the eighteenth century, scientific analyses began to displace the religious view of the animals that lived millions of years prior

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The reclamation of Manuel Querino

An intellectual of African descent, he fought against the stereotypes of his time and recognized the contributions Black people made in shaping Brazil

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The past dangers of receiving blood

Until early 20th century discoveries, transfusions depended essentially on luck

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Glass negatives depict science in the early twentieth century

Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro and other institutions preserve rare photographic collections

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Revolt against the weighing scale

The implementation of the Decimal Metric System in Brazil caused a popular protest that was strongly repressed during the Brazilian Empire, 150 years ago

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The first transatlantic telegraph cable in Brazil

Installed 150 years ago, the innovation helped newspapers and encouraged the creation of news agencies around the country

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In Japan, to see Venus

One hundred and fifty years ago, a Brazilian astronomer traveled halfway around the world to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun

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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

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A new structure for São Paulo’s education system

In 1933, the Education Code established rules for school construction, prioritized teacher training, and developed an educational model

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Pelletron seeking partnerships

At 50 years old, the most powerful atomic nucleus accelerator in Brazil plans renovations so that it can stay in operation

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Veterans of the Nióbio Project try to rescue it from obscurity

45 years ago, researchers and technicians began developing domestic technology for metal production in Lorena, São Paulo

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An ongoing epidemic

Identified 40 years ago, HIV has changed the way we look at infectious diseases

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Social security and 100 years of transformation

A review of the origins of Brazil’s pension system offers insight into present-day dilemmas

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Brazil’s first roadways

Constructed using Scottish paving techniques from the mid-nineteenth century, early roadways were instrumental in promoting territorial integration

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Bells of the sacred and profane

Each with their own names and different sounds for different occasions, church bells have been rung for centuries to mark time, announce deaths, call people to mass, and create music on festive dates

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The grande dame of botany

An advisor to students even before she studied biology, Graziela Barroso described 132 new species of plants

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The sky, as seen from the Missions

With telescopes made alongside the Guaraní people of southern Brazil, Jesuit Buenaventura Suárez closely observed lunar and solar eclipses and Jupiter's moons in the eighteenth century

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