New energy applications for gold and platinum
November 14, 2019 4:26 pm Leave your thoughtsPlatinum-coated gold nanoparticles could enhance the efficiency of fuel-cell catalysts
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Mapped-out risk
November 14, 2019 4:26 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy identifies the genetic profile of Brazilian patients with a rare disease that causes a specific type of thyroid cancer
Stingless and highly sensitive
November 14, 2019 4:25 pm Leave your thoughtsNative bee larvae are shown to be less resistant to insecticides than the European honeybee Apis mellifera
Likely origin of the fire
November 14, 2019 4:25 pm Leave your thoughtsReport names overloaded air-conditioning system and electrical failures as cause of National Museum fire
Particle super-cooler
November 14, 2019 4:24 pm Leave your thoughtsSão Carlos research group develops simpler method for producing ultracold molecules
Visibility limit
November 14, 2019 4:21 pm Leave your thoughtsInternational radio telescope array produces the first image of a black hole
Marcelo Knobel: Learning from autonomy
November 14, 2019 4:20 pm Leave your thoughtsFor the chancellor of UNICAMP, stable funding and liberty in management boosted the quality of universities in the state of São Paulo
Embracing differences
November 14, 2019 4:20 pm Leave your thoughtsNew management at UNICAMP will bring together initiatives for the promotion of human rights among students, professors, and employees
Demand-side innovation
November 14, 2019 4:18 pm Leave your thoughtsNewly released guidance aims to expand public technology procurement in Brazil
Faster access to equipment and facilities
November 14, 2019 12:21 pm Leave your thoughtsUSP and UNICAMP create portals to expand shared use of core research facilities
The end of the AIDS epidemic?
November 14, 2019 12:20 pm Leave your thoughtsThe US government wants to reduce new cases of AIDS by 90% by 2030, but faces the challenge of reaching vulnerable groups
Antônio Drauzio Varella: The doctor’s message
November 14, 2019 12:17 pm Leave your thoughtsThe oncologist who treated the first AIDS cases in Brazil uses every media platform possible to clarify the issues he considers important regarding public health
Max Langer: How prehistoric life forms are classified
November 14, 2019 12:17 pm Leave your thoughtsPaleontologist explains what makes a reptile a dinosaur and explains why the origin of these animals is so hotly debated
The First Land of the Dinosaurs
November 14, 2019 12:15 pm Leave your thoughtsMany of the oldest known fossils of these reptiles, which lived 230 million years ago, have been found in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, on the border of Argentina
Guidelines for engineering courses
November 14, 2019 12:14 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Brazilian Ministry of Education has approved a set of guidelines that aims to update the curriculum of engineering degrees in the country
Partially revived brains
November 14, 2019 12:14 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers partially revived the brains of pigs four hours after the animals were slaughtered for human consumption
The changing venom of a stingray
November 14, 2019 12:14 pm Leave your thoughtsStingray venom changes as the fish mature
New species of primitive humans
November 14, 2019 12:14 pm Leave your thoughtsHomo luzonensis may have lived in the region more than 50,000 years ago
The gradual degradation of ancient lakes
November 14, 2019 12:10 pm Leave your thoughtsIntensive fishing, sewage, fertilizer runoff, algae, invasions of exotic species, and tourism are altering the world's largest freshwater lakes
What Americans know about science
November 13, 2019 4:36 pm Leave your thoughtsA study has provided an overview of how much Americans understand about scientific concepts and practices
São Paulo universities: 30 years of autonomy
November 13, 2019 4:33 pm Leave your thoughtsProductivity indicators have risen significantly since the three universities in the state of São Paulo (USP, UNICAMP, and UNESP) were granted full financial autonomy in 1989
Researchers are under threat. How can they protect themselves? – Resistance to science (EP1)
November 11, 2019 1:59 pm Leave your thoughtsVideo series discusses the confidence crisis and the atacks on scientific knowledge
Programs track Amazon deforestation
November 8, 2019 2:02 pm Leave your thoughtsPRODES and DETER systems, developed by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), have different and complementary roles. Understand how
Fuel-efficient only on long trips
November 6, 2019 3:23 pm Leave your thoughtsVertical take-off and landing aircraft could help reduce congestion and improve air quality in major cities
Wireless sensors for babies in the ICU
November 6, 2019 3:22 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers has developed a wireless, battery-free sensor for monitoring babies in Intensive Care Units
Gorillas mourn the dead
November 6, 2019 3:21 pm Leave your thoughtsJust like humans and other primates, gorillas exhibit mourning behavior
The day the dinosaurs died
November 6, 2019 3:19 pm Leave your thoughtsA discovery is helping researchers understand the events that followed the huge meteorite impact that hit Earth 65 million years ago
Notre-Dame Cathedral in 3D
November 6, 2019 3:19 pm Leave your thoughtsA digital image created by art historian Andrew Tallon almost a decade ago could help in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral
Article written by priest retracted for plagiarism
November 6, 2019 3:08 pm Leave your thoughts"The Road to Emmaus and the Road to Gaza," published by Canadian priest Thomas Rosica in 1994, has been retracted by the journal Worship
Punishment for deceptive business practices
November 6, 2019 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsOmics International has been found guilty of adopting deceptive commercial policies that violate US law in a suit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission