Highlights

Video

The uncertain identity of the pigmy marmoset

Brazilian primatologist Jean Boubli, from Salford University, in the UK, and his team, solved a 19th century mistery regarding the world's smallest monkeys | 3'47

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Careers

In medicine’s orbit

USP student receives award for asteroid discovery during program coordinated by NASA

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Careers

Engineering under reconstruction

Brazilian engineering courses need to address outdated curriculum and new industry demands

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Retrospect

A Brazilian-style liberal

José da Silva Lisboa, Viscount of Cairu, defended the Independence of Brazil and adapted European theories to the early nineteenth-century Brazilian economy

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Obituary

The father of flying rivers

Agronomist and climatologist Enéas Salati demonstrated the forest's ability to recycle and export rain

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Literature

Content and form

New study explores Russian children’s literature in the 1920s and 1930s

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Pedagogy

Beyond theorems and equations

How theoretical disputes and political conflicts influenced mathematics teaching

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Tax history

The Empire’s coffers

Studies on taxation and public spending offer new interpretations on the formation of Brazil

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Biotechnology

Sugarcane editing

EMBRAPA secures regulatory approval of the world’s first transgene-free sugarcane varieties modified using CRISPR, a groundbreaking technique for faster and cheaper gene editing

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Aeronautical engineering

For the short haul

Brazilian startup to manufacture aircraft specially designed to operate out of underserved small-town airports in Brazil

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Education

Video games in the classroom

Interactive and immersive games can serve as teaching aids

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Primatology

The name of the monkey

DNA analysis confirms the species of pygmy marmoset given to naturalist Spix by indigenous people in the Amazon two centuries ago

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Neuroscience

Epilepsy in vitro

Researchers use lab-grown mini-brains to simulate a type of epilepsy that is unresponsive to treatment

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Physics

Connecting two worlds

Study proposes minimum mathematical correction needed to make the theory of relativity compatible with quantum mechanics

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Geology

The São Francisco sands

The Xique-Xique dunes in Bahia were formed by sand carried from the São Francisco River by the wind over the last 100,00 years

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