Highlights

Pollution

Plastic waste from Africa reaches Ceará by sea

Most plastic waste collected on beaches in Ceará came from Africa

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Agriculture

Fermentation system can increase cocoa production

Management system for processing cocoa beans could double production and triple profits

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Astrophysics

The most detailed map of the Milky Way

Most detailed map ever made of the Milky Way reveals the galaxy's three-dimensional structure and motions of its stars

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Research itineraries

Amara Moira advocates for transgender people to produce knowledge in academia

Writer studied the work of James Joyce during her master's degree and PhD at UNICAMP

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Retrospect

The Amazon on the spice route

Leaves, fruit, bark, roots, oils, and resin from the forest boosted the economy and brought wealth to the region during the colonial period

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Interview

Francis Wolff: Traveling the tropics

French philosopher looks back on his time teaching at USP and says his work is fueled by dialogue

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Political science

Electoral model and party dynamics harm women’s chances in politics

Despite having had quotas for female candidates for almost 30 years, the country ranks 132nd in a gender equality index that includes 180 countries

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Agriculture

New compounds to be tested against citrus canker

Farmers are turning to copper to stop one of the oldest pests in Brazilian citrus farming

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Defense

Brazilian company develops monocular capable of seeing heat emitted by the body

Military equipment is designed to detect people in dark, smokey, dusty, or foggy environments

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Archaeology

Corn arrived in Brazil via the western Amazon and was domesticated over the course of several waves of migration

Study reveals that primitive characteristics of the species still exist, despite long-term human intervention and cultivation in a diverse range of environments

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Ecology

New map reveals diversity of the Caatinga biome

New map reveals diversity of the Caatinga biome

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Immunology

Butantan Institute stops development of ButanVac

The COVID-19 vaccine candidate’s ability to generate immunity was inferior to the Pfizer vaccine

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Cryogenics

High cost and disruptions in helium supply make it difficult to carry out research at temperatures close to absolute zero

The liquefied from of the noble gas is used to cool magnetic resonance imaging machines, particle accelerators, and quantum computers

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Physics

Brazilians participate in the largest international experiment studying neutrinos

Scientists created a method of purifying liquid argon for the experiment

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Data

Number of doctorates awarded per year recovers to pre-pandemic levels

Number of doctorates awarded in Brazil returns to pre-pandemic levels

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