Technoscience

3D fruit

Three-dimensional fruit

Institute develops returnable packaging custom-tailored

Mycobacterium leprae

Gene favors Hansen’s Disease

Susceptibility to Hansen’s Disease may be associated with gene

Technoscience

The voice problems of teachers

The voice problems of teachers

Technoscience

Lab makes ethanol from whey

Lab makes ethanol from whey

Technoscience

The time when the largest number of goals are scored

The time when the largest number of goals are scored

Technoscience

Breast simulator

Breast simulator

Technoscience

More rain in Manaus

More rain in Manaus

Chagas disease

Fewer deaths from Chagas disease

Proportion of deaths is decreasing

Ekó house

The Ekó House test

Project by Brazilian researchers competes in Solar Decathlon

Portable ionization

Portable ionization

Unicamp's Chemistry Institute develops ionization source

Weather vulnerability

Map of vulnerability to climate change in Brazil

Brazilian areas most susceptible to climate change mapped

Reducing is not enough

It is not enough to reduce stomach size

Surgery alone doesn't solve excess weight

Selected plants

Transgenic selection

Better development of transgenics in Brazil

Dengue fever

Mosquito released

Released Aedes aegypti account for 80% fewer mosquitoes

Oysters and mussels

Powder supplement from shells

Calcium carbonate from shells as raw material in polymers

Breakfast

The benefits of breakfast

Skipping morning meal favors obesity

Cell phone

Application for cell phone helps the visually impaired

Application helps the visually impaired

Stem cells

Pluripotency gene

One gene activates others, important for pluripotency

Brazilian silicon

Brazilian silicon for solar cells

Solar cells obtained with same purity as imported ones

odorless

Odorless glue

Glue makes car bullet proofing more efficient

Migrations

Yeast migration

Yeast helps understand microorganisms' global dispersion

Fish

How to discover the gender of the arapaima fish

Laparoscopy helps defining gender of arapaima fish

e-commerce

Intelligent e-commerce

New technology helps optimizing on-line business metrics

Bacteria

Bacteria in heart valves

S. aureus may be dangerous for patients with cardiac implants

Single seater

The advance of electric cars

In Brazil, first electric car for competitions

Glaciation

The snowball was smaller

"Snowball Earth" hypothesis contested

Higgs boson

The mass of the Higgs boson

First evidence appear of the hypothetical particle's existence

Prize

Innovation examples

The winners of the 14th Finep Technological Innovation Prize

Heart failure

Heart problems’ scent

Biomarker allows diagnosis based on acetone released by patient

Health for teeth

Brazil nuts against cavities

Brazil nut oil can be useful to prevent or control cavities