Highlights

FAPESP

FAPESP board changes

Geneticist Mayana Zatz and chemical engineer Mozart Neves Ramos have been appointed to the FAPESP Board of Trustees

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Public Health

Deaths linked to e-cigarettes

As of September 27, at least 12 deaths caused by lung problems in the USA have been attributed to the use of electronic cigarettes

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Nanotechnology

Carbon nanotube microchips

The new chip, named RV16X-Nano, proved itself capable of running modern software, and could offer an alternative to silicon microprocessors

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Astronomy

Water in the atmosphere of other worlds

A group has identified water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b by studying images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope

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Geology

A hidden continent in Europe

An international group of geologists has reconstructed the history of an ancient continent that collided with southern Europe approximately 120 million years ago

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Ethology

High-altitude flight

The bar-headed goose is capable of flying at great heights

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Data

R&D Expenditure in São Paulo (2017 and 2018)

Expenditure on research and development (R&D) in São Paulo increased from R$26.8 billion in 2017 to R$27.6 billion in 2018

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Good practices

Agencies facing unique challenges

A comparative study looks at how two of the USA's top research funding agencies deal with cases of misconduct

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Good practices

Secret donations lead to MIT lab director’s resignation

Entrepreneur and digital activist Joichi Ito resigned as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab

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Good practices

The shadow of self-promotion

Database identifies 250 highly productive researchers suspected of excessive self-citation and cross-citation

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Photolab

Underwater nursery

The Okenia polycerelloides sea slug reproduces in the pantry

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Printed

Read the international issue

Read or download the international issue

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Archaeology

The water people

For 1,000 years, indigenous people in South America lived in stilt-house villages in the lowlands of present-day Maranhão

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Law

Justice is delayed but (apparently) is not failing

A study of the fight against corruption from the perspective of police investigations and criminal prosecutions

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Demography

Global health in motion

A multidisciplinary team reviews the scientific evidence and challenges stereotypes regarding health and migration

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