Highlights

Energy

The end of a nuclear fusion reactor

Nuclear fusion reactor operating in the United Kingdom since 1983 to be decommissioned

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Entomology

Air viscosity hinders flight of small insects

Air viscosity is an obstacle to flight for insects smaller than 4 millimeters

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Photolab

Microscopic view

Science and art collide in microscopic images colored using nanoart

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Research itineraries

Food safety advocate

Cultural differences did not prevent Pakistani agronomist Arshad Jalal from finding answers to his biofortification research in Brazil

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Retrospect

Amazement and horror in nineteenth-century Rio

Paintings by two artists who accompanied Darwin on the Beagle voyage recorded the exuberance of nature and social contrasts

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Obituary

An educator for freedom

Educator Roberto da Silva argued that teaching could transform the future of offenders

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Literature

Gonçalves Dias’s legacy goes beyond nationalist Indianism

Poet from Maranhão worked in several areas and wrote texts that preceded discussions about the effects of slavery on Brazil’s formation

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Design

The history of the women who created textile artifacts in Brazil

Pioneers of Brazilian design created tapestries, fabrics, and fashion

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Society

Sexual violence against men is underreported

Sexual violence against men is underreported

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New materials

Nanocellulose used in tires and cosmetics

Substance extracted from plants increases the strength and reduces the weight of paper, rubber, plastics, paints, and cement

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Innovation

To measure your carbon footprint

Online calculators encourage ecological awareness and increase access to environmental compensation programs

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Agronomy

New techniques for determining soil identities

Land mapping with sensors, drones, and satellites improves agricultural productivity and identifies erosion and water or nutrient loss

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Physics

Study reduces uncertainty about excess magnetism in muons

Study reduces uncertainty about excess magnetism in muons

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Paleontology

The injured paw of a saber-toothed tiger

Fossil with signs of infection indicates that the animal, which lived around 100,000 years ago, probably struggled to move and hunt

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Archaeology

Digital map reveals rock art in São Paulo

Cutting-edge technology used to unite data about sites with prehistoric paintings and engravings in the state in an interactive format

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