Pinpoint vision
October 14, 2020 3:03 pmA space camera made in Brazil can identify areas as small as nine square meters from Earth orbit
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Scattered ancestry
October 14, 2020 3:02 pmMestizos from Brazil's southern states have more Amerindian DNA lineages than modern-day indigenous groups in the region
Health in the balance
October 14, 2020 3:02 pmModeling shows that spending cuts in primary care could curb the decline in premature mortality
Cleaning the blood to treat yellow fever
October 14, 2020 3:01 pmExperimental plasma exchange therapy reduced mortality to 5% last year in São Paulo (2019)
The unexpected power of friction
October 14, 2020 3:01 pmBrazilian and German scientists explain the unexpected motion of the barrel in the explosive ping-pong ball experiment
The dance of the dunes
October 14, 2020 3:00 pmResearchers collect precise data on the movement of sand dunes in Lençóis Maranhenses
Revelations from a submerged archipelago
October 14, 2020 3:00 pmBeaches, rivers, and mangroves covered a mountain range that was above sea level 40 million years ago
How to monitor forest fires
October 14, 2020 2:59 pmData from NASA and INPE satellites confirm an increased number of fires in the Amazon
Legacies of the genome
October 14, 2020 2:57 pmMagazine followed the evolution of sequencing projects that improved disease diagnosis and led to the development of innovative treatments
Growth in numbers
October 14, 2020 2:54 pmBrazil’s research indicators have improved consistently over the past two decades
Fuel for innovation
October 14, 2020 2:51 pmStable funding stimulated São Paulo state universities to invest in collaborating with the private sector and in signing technology transfers
The race for excellence
October 14, 2020 2:50 pmStrong performance in international rankings and against benchmarks reflects a drive for research impact at state universities in São Paulo
Tools for planning the future
October 14, 2020 2:46 pmStable funding at state universities in São Paulo has allowed for continual education about financial management
Increasing research visibility
October 14, 2020 2:45 pmUniversities are encouraging researchers to store copies of their articles in institutional repositories available to the public
A place for girls in mathematics
October 14, 2020 2:44 pmA girls-only competition seeks to create a more welcoming environment for female talent in the subject
Change with stability
October 14, 2020 2:42 pmReport highlights the 2018 investments of FAPESP both in research in collaboration with businesses and in the international recognition of science produced in São Paulo
Eunézio Antonio Thoroh de Souza: The voice of graphene
October 14, 2020 2:37 pmA physicist and opera singer from Minas Gerais has created a research center to turn basic science into high-tech products
The impact of brain circulation
October 14, 2020 2:32 pmCompared to other countries, Brazil sends fewer scientists abroad and has no policies to take advantage of their experiences
Matamata, a bizarre turtle from Amazonia
September 28, 2020 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsThe description of a new species may help fighting against illegal trafficking of these rainforest animals | 4'03
Techniques in the search for a vaccine against Covid-19
August 31, 2020 2:57 pmTeams from several countries head projects seeking to produce imunizing agents in a short time
How does deforestation relate to new pandemics?
August 17, 2020 2:58 pmSee how environmental degradation can favor the emergence of unknown viruses and unleash diseases such as the one caused by the novel coronavirus.
How do rivers and floodplains influence species formation in Amazonia?
July 20, 2020 3:00 pmThroughout millenia, water bodies and landscape changes favor plant and animal diversification in the region
Predicting the spread of a disease
July 6, 2020 3:03 pmAltay de Souza, an epidemiologist and host of the podcast Naruhodo!, explain how the models which predict the coronavirus advance are built
A blue pigment from beets
May 25, 2020 2:28 pmHow chemist Erick Bastos' team, from the Chemistry Institute of the University of São Paulo, created a natural dye with industrial potential | 2'48
These parrots use probability to get food
April 27, 2020 6:36 pmBiologist Amalia Bastos shows that birds from New Zealand can make calculations that so far only humans and chimpanzees were known to use
Biologists uncover pollinating opossum
April 13, 2020 2:09 pmAlmost 30 years after the suspicion was raised, discovery reduces the mystery of an unusual flower
Space ahoy!
March 18, 2020 4:25 pmEngineer takes part in simulated space mission and could become Brazil’s first female astronaut
Bullying at medical schools
March 18, 2020 4:24 pmInterpersonal violence at university can lead to depression and dropouts
Research funding at American universities
March 18, 2020 4:22 pmR&D expenditure at universities in the US has grown rapidly since 2015
Punished after reporting colleagues
March 18, 2020 4:16 pmAn investigation by the Canadian Association of University Teachers found that the leaders of Thompson Rivers University violated the academic freedom of one of its professors