Calcium for tomatoes
March 18, 2020 2:54 pmAgriculture’s advance in Brazil is directly linked to scientific and technological research in the sector. The Agronomic Institute of Campinas... View Article
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How the growth of the evangelical population is transforming Brazilian society
March 16, 2020 2:17 pmIn 10 years, followers increased by 61% and reached a range of participation spheres, such as Parliament. Paula Montero and Jacqueline Moraes Teixeira, from USP, and Fábio Lacerda, from Cebrap, explain how | 14'
Monteiro Lobato and the book-selling machine
February 19, 2020 5:19 pm Leave your thoughtsResearch based on new documents revisits the writer's contribution to Brazilian editorial history
Scale out of balance
February 19, 2020 5:16 pm Leave your thoughtsThe presence of women in different legal professions decreases the higher you look on the career ladder
The arrival of flying cars
February 19, 2020 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsDevelopment of eVTOLs advances in Brazil and around the world
The challenge of generating bioenergy
February 19, 2020 5:11 pm Leave your thoughtsPesquisa FAPESP covered the efforts of Brazilian science to make viable the use of sugar sector byproducts for producing electricity and 2G ethanol
Tapping more energy from sugarcane
February 19, 2020 5:10 pm Leave your thoughtsThe sugar and ethanol industry is poised to double its production of electricity and biomethane from waste over the coming years
Sugarcane mapped
February 19, 2020 5:08 pm Leave your thoughtsA team coordinated by Brazilian scientists finds over 370,000 genes when sequencing a commercial cultivar of the plant
Hidden landscapes in the Pantanal
February 19, 2020 5:08 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers find a 1000 km2 lake hidden under aquatic plants on the plains of the Rio Negro
A comeback in the Atlantic Forest
February 19, 2020 5:06 pm Leave your thoughtsAlagoas curassows are reintroduced into their habitat 40 years after going extinct in the wild
A bat in the nest
February 19, 2020 5:03 pm Leave your thoughtsCameras catch winged mammals attacking eggs and chicks in bird nests in the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo State
Oil spill spreads
February 19, 2020 5:03 pm Leave your thoughtsAnalysis suggests three potential sources of the oil near the Brazilian coast
Battle of the cells
February 19, 2020 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsExperimental therapy tested for the first time in Brazil uses a patient's own defense system to fight cancer
In defense of science
February 19, 2020 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsParty leaders propose research funding as a means to overcome economic crisis
Universities under investigation
February 19, 2020 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsSão Paulo Legislative Assembly Inquiry makes recommendations on how to improve the management of USP, UNICAMP, and UNESP
The race to measure impact
February 19, 2020 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian universities increasingly investing in offices dedicated to managing and measuring performance
5-dimensional benchmarking
February 19, 2020 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsCAPES unveils a new, more comprehensive and diverse set of quality metrics for master’s and doctoral programs
Gláucio Ary Dillon Soares: The sociologist of love
February 19, 2020 4:56 pm Leave your thoughtsOne of the founders of sociology in Brazil, IESP professor Gláucio Soares talks about his six decades of experience teaching and reveals that he is researching love
Corporate strategy
February 19, 2020 4:55 pm Leave your thoughtsEvangelical presence in the legislature triples thanks to backing by large churches
Public faith
February 19, 2020 4:54 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers around the world are attempting to understand the growth of evangelicalism in Brazil, where it is rising faster than in any other country
The predator with voracious jaws
February 19, 2020 4:53 pm Leave your thoughtsA fossil discovered in Rio Grande do Sul is the best-preserved representative of the herrerasauridae, one of the first strains of carnivorous dinosaur
Titan’s landscape
February 19, 2020 4:53 pm Leave your thoughtsOf all the celestial bodies in our solar system, Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has the most similar geology to Earth
Antibiotics and meat production
February 19, 2020 4:53 pm Leave your thoughtsAlmost three quarters of all antibiotics sold worldwide are used in the production of animals for meat
Kissing bug infestations in the city of São Paulo
February 19, 2020 4:52 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo infestations of kissing bugs, insects that transmit the protozoa that causes Chagas disease, have been identified in the city of São Paulo
People of color in higher education
February 19, 2020 4:52 pm Leave your thoughtsFor the first time in Brazil's history, people of color represent the majority of students enrolled in public higher education institutions
Deforestation increases, CO2 emissions stabilize
February 19, 2020 4:52 pm Leave your thoughtsThe rate of deforestation in the Legal Amazon increased by 30% between August 2018 and July 2019
Evangelicalism and politics
February 19, 2020 4:51 pm Leave your thoughtsIn 1872, the year of the first Brazilian census, almost the entire population of the country defined themselves as Catholic... View Article
Biological engineering
February 19, 2020 4:51 pm Leave your thoughtsLab-made vascular cells actively produce a coagulation factor
Democratic aspirations
February 19, 2020 4:50 pm Leave your thoughtsDeveloping a stable political system was a lifetime concern for Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos
Teaching a trade
February 19, 2020 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsEstablished in 1909, Escolas de Aprendizes Artífices were the start of a technical education network that now has federal institutes spread across 644 campuses