Highlights

Photolab

Versatile sphere

When suspended in a liquid, cultured cells form clusters known as spheroids

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Retrospect

Veterans of the Nióbio Project try to rescue it from obscurity

45 years ago, researchers and technicians began developing domestic technology for metal production in Lorena, São Paulo

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Obituary

Collect and organize

Historian Ana Maria de Almeida Camargo helped expand the range of documents cataloged in archives

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Obituary

The cloud architect

Engineer Luiz André Barroso was known for his pioneering work in data center planning

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Literature

Anthologies broaden perspectives on the work of José Paulo Paes

Self-taught intellectual wrote poetry and essays, in addition to translating the works of other important authors

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Music

Book gathers scores by Antonio Madureira

Composer is one of the biggest names of the Armorial Movement, which looked for the intersection between the erudite and the popular

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Public policy

Number of gifted people is underreported in Brazil

The country does not have the tools needed to identify and nurture individuals with high skills in different age groups and fields of knowledge

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Electronic engineering

Carnaúba: an X-ray supermicroscope

The longest light beamline of Sirius in Campinas, São Paulo State, provides details on fossil histories, interaction of plants with the soil, and impurities in diamonds

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Paleontology

An iberian pterosaur

Lusognathus almadrava is the first species of winged reptile described in Portugal, with Brazilian participation

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Archaeology

Human footprints suggest large population in ancient Amazon

Human footprints suggest large population in ancient Amazon

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Epidemiology

Suicide rate among indigenous people almost three times higher than the general population

Suicide rate among Indigenous people is three times higher than in the general population

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Genetics

Chikungunya virus caused seven outbreaks in Brazil in 10 years

The agent that causes the disease has already been identified in 60% of municipalities

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Ecology

Parasites that turn spiders into zombies

Infected by fungi, invertebrates climb higher to die

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Environment

Plastic rocks

A mixture of minerals, animal remains, and synthetic polymers has emerged as another form of pollution and a threat to the marine environment

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Climate

Droughts worsen in the Cerrado

Rainfall in the Cerrado’s dry season has decreased by up to 50% in the last 30 years

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