Technology
Metallurgical engineering
Urban mining can reduce environmental impacts of rare-earth mineral production
Research groups are developing methodologies for recycling magnets, batteries, and other materials containing these chemical elements
By Frances Jones and Yuri Vasconcelos
Mining engineering
Brazil invests in research to master the production cycle of rare-earth minerals and supermagnets
Minerals at the center of global geopolitical disputes are considered essential for the energy transition
By Frances Jones and Yuri Vasconcelos
Agriculture
Let loose the wasps on the orange groves
Wasps are used to eliminate transmitter of greening
Cellular biology
The clone’s heritage
Cellular reprogramming error redirects animal reproduction studies
Information Technology
Thinner Wires
Optical fibers will be able to connect circuits in the computers of the future
Information technology
A Thousand and one Applications
FAPESP collaborative projects enable new uses for computer science
Petroleum Industry
Refined Methods
A computer program helps to improve refinery production
Naval engineering
Deep-water challenges
Studies facilitate advances in oil exploration on the high seas
SEMICONDUCTORS
The memory of the future
Ferroelectric film may replace ferromagnetic films in computers
Biopolymer
Useful and non-polluting
Plastic made from sugarcane breaks down in the environment in a year