Highlights

Chang'e 4

China lands probe on dark side of the Moon

China has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon

Data

Scientific articles in 2017

Researchers living in Brazil published 55,051 scientific articles, of which 22,856 were published by authors based in São Paulo

By Redação

Good practices

Highly cited and retracted

An article published in 2017 on the effects of chronic inflammation during the aging process has been retracted

By Redação

Good practices

Misconduct in papers on misconduct

One of the abstracts submitted to the 6th World Conference on Research Integrity contained signs of plagiarism

By Redação

Good practices

Multiple sanctions for ethical misconduct

Punishments for scientific misconduct will affect the social lives of Chinese researchers

By Fabrício Marques

Photolab

Microscopic giants

In samples collected off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and from saline lakes in the Pantanal, virologist identified giant viruses with the longest tails ever recorded

By Redação

Interview

Peter Strohschneider: Freedom to seek the unknown

The president of the German Research Foundation, the DFG, believes it’s necessary to preserve space for research guided by scientists' curiosity

By Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade

Funding

The benefits of investing in science

Meeting of the Global Research Council in São Paulo addresses the challenges of responding to increasing expectations that research should have a societal and economic impact

By Fabrício Marques