Evidence of the union of two supercontinents
February 19, 2019 2:59 pm Leave your thoughtsCalcareous rocks in the northeastern state of Maranhão contain fossil records of the oldest plant groups in Brazil
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The limitations of a genome editing technique
February 19, 2019 2:59 pm Leave your thoughtsThe CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique is less accurate than previously thought
A high-tech dressing for chronic wounds
February 19, 2019 2:57 pm Leave your thoughtsA prototype smart dressing that monitors the wound and releases precise doses of antibiotics when needed, facilitating the regeneration of damaged tissue.
West Nile virus isolated in Brazil
February 19, 2019 2:56 pm Leave your thoughtsThe West Nile fever virus was isolated in Brazil for the first time by researchers at the Evandro Chagas Institute
Northern Hemisphere suffers from heatwave
February 19, 2019 2:56 pm Leave your thoughtsClimate change is believed to have contributed to the recent heatwaves in Europe
PhDs awarded between 1997 and 2017
February 19, 2019 2:55 pm Leave your thoughtsThe number of PhDs awarded per year in Brazil increased from 20,603 in 2016 to 21,393 in 2017
Monitoring misconduct investigations
February 19, 2019 2:54 pm Leave your thoughtsA report suggested establishing a committee to monitor university investigations into misconduct
Czech politicians resign over academic plagiarism
February 19, 2019 2:53 pm Leave your thoughtsTwo government ministers in the Czech Republic have recently resigned amid accusations of having plagiarized their university theses
The specter of predatory journals in Brazil
February 19, 2019 2:52 pm Leave your thoughtsStudy shows how many researchers in the country are publishing in suspicious journals
Public health challenges
February 19, 2019 2:52 pm Leave your thoughtsAn article recently published in The New York Times (“Anti-Vaccine Activists Have Taken Vaccine Science Hostage,” August 5) warns that... View Article
Aquatic Forest
February 19, 2019 2:51 pm Leave your thoughtsLoxopholis ferreirai is endemic to the Amazon rainforest
Promising winds ahead
February 4, 2019 3:08 pm Leave your thoughtsToday, wind power energy is the third source of Brazil’s primary energy supply
High-level delivery
January 28, 2019 2:01 pm Leave your thoughtsAkaer Group poises to become a global provider of aerospace systems and components
Lab-made art
January 23, 2019 5:27 pm Leave your thoughtsArtists use tools from science to craft their work
The sea’s advance
January 21, 2019 2:05 pm Leave your thoughtsBrazilian beaches under erosive processes have increased from 40% to 60% since 2003.
How graffiti tensions art
January 17, 2019 6:22 pm Leave your thoughtsGraffiti movement gave rise to São Paulo's own language
From the barracks to the laboratory
January 17, 2019 5:25 pm Leave your thoughtsResearcher Adolfo José da Mota pursued a military career in the Air Force before becoming a professor at the Federal University of Amazonas
A Mother’s Résumé
January 17, 2019 5:24 pm Leave your thoughtsResearch project estimates the impact of motherhood on scientific careers
German engineering
January 17, 2019 5:23 pm Leave your thoughtsGermans boosted the development of the urban infrastructure in São Paulo in the 19th century.
John Kincaid and Paolo Dardanelli: Power balance
January 17, 2019 5:20 pm Leave your thoughtsResearchers investigate the relationship between federal, state, and local governments
Between transgression and art
January 17, 2019 5:20 pm Leave your thoughtsA research project analyzes how the pixação graffiti movement in São Paulo developed its own language of expression and became a force in art circles
International pregnancy
January 17, 2019 5:20 pm Leave your thoughtsDemand for assisted reproduction increases foreign genetic material in Brazil
Fernando Martins: Digital agriculture
January 17, 2019 5:18 pm Leave your thoughtsEngineer explains how agribusiness benefits and grows with the support of new tools like the internet of things
Surveillance at sea
January 17, 2019 5:18 pm Leave your thoughtsRadar designed to detect ships beyond the curvature of the earth uses a new tracking system developed in Brazil
Battles never ending
January 17, 2019 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Society works to gain recognition for researchers and plays an active role in some of the great science debates in Brazil
A meteorite in Serra Pelada
January 17, 2019 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsFragments of one of the largest asteroids in the solar system recovered by researchers in Amazonia
Underwater Forest
January 17, 2019 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsCoral reefs at the mouth of the Amazon River may be larger, deeper, and more complex than expected
José Goldemberg: From nuclear physics to ethanol
January 17, 2019 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsResearcher speaks of his major contributions to science
Energy to change
January 17, 2019 5:14 pm Leave your thoughtsConference discusses the role of biofuels in fighting global warming
A more varied menu
January 17, 2019 5:09 pm Leave your thoughtsLeafcutter ants can grow and eat various species of fungi, not just one, as had been previously thought