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May 7, 2024 3:10 pmMarried meteorologists discuss how studies on the atmosphere in the Amazon have strengthened Brazilian climate science and warn about the challenges ahead
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Teaching profession at risk
May 7, 2024 3:06 pmLow salaries, lack of structure in schools, and absence of social appreciation damage interest in the career
Teaching degree crisis
May 7, 2024 3:06 pmPolicies designed to improve the attractiveness of a teaching career and reformulate curriculums aim to reverse the teacher shortages in Brazilian primary education
David MacMillan: A catalyst for discoveries
April 23, 2024 2:43 pmChemist won the Nobel Prize in 2021 for important innovations in the pharmaceutical industry
The danger of superbacteria
April 21, 2024 12:30 pmIncreasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of resistant bacteria, defying science and health systems | 5'13
Underground garden
March 12, 2024 2:04 pmMicroscopic view of fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants allows us to understand how they grow from leaves
The image as a refuge
March 12, 2024 2:04 pmPhilosopher and anthropologist Janaína Damaceno studies audiovisual materials and investigates photographic archives of the struggle against racism
Social security and 100 years of transformation
March 12, 2024 2:04 pmA review of the origins of Brazil’s pension system offers insight into present-day dilemmas
Public intellectual
March 12, 2024 2:03 pmJosé Murilo de Carvalho reinvigorated the study of the elite and citizenship in Brazil
A leader in research
March 12, 2024 2:03 pmAgricultural engineer Joaquim José de Camargo Engler was dean of ESALQ and FAPESP
New edition of diaries and research reinvigorate the memory of Lúcio Cardoso
March 12, 2024 2:02 pmThe writer with a contradictory personality also dedicated himself to cinema and theater
In times of digitalization and diversity, FGV CPDOC turns 50
March 12, 2024 2:00 pmInstitution created in 1973 to house the Getúlio Vargas archive wants to expand the involvement of women and seeks new forms of classification
Census provides unprecedented data on quilombola and Indigenous populations
March 12, 2024 2:00 pmDue to methodological changes, more advanced technology, and increased levels of self-declaration, survey shows that traditional peoples have experienced a process of rebirth
E-clothing
March 12, 2024 1:59 pmResearchers develop boots, gloves, and special fabrics that can generate heat, recharge smartphones, and even morph into touchscreens
Tilapia skin could be used to treat corneal injuries in dogs
March 12, 2024 1:59 pmUsed as a bio-dressing, the collagen-rich material stimulates cell regeneration and accelerates healing
The challenges of regulating artificial intelligence
March 12, 2024 1:59 pmBrazil discusses legislation to regulate the use of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence helps distinguish spiral galaxies from elliptical ones
March 12, 2024 1:59 pmAI algorithms classify 160,000 groups of billions of stars from images obtained by a Brazilian robotic telescope
Rain, erosion, and dams have shaped the São Francisco river over the last 90,000 years
March 12, 2024 1:59 pmPreviously winding and shallow, the river has straightened and deepened
Humans prey on more species than 19 other large carnivores
March 12, 2024 1:58 pmAlmost 15,000 vertebrates are impacted by human activity through hunting, fishing, or capture for breeding in captivity
Early puberty
March 12, 2024 1:58 pmMaternal and paternal heritages play equal role in genetic disorder causing premature onset of puberty
Falls in uptake of the MMR vaccine occurred at different rates between 2006 and 2020
March 12, 2024 1:58 pmThe declines were greater in poorer municipalities and more intense during the economic crisis and the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
Studies identify actions of immune cells that harm the body during sepsis
March 12, 2024 1:58 pmErroneous response by the immune system as a result of an infection affects 420,000 people per year in Brazil and kills 230,000
Theater company highlights women scientists
March 12, 2024 11:25 amYouTube web series and plays include Brazilian and foreign researchers
More women in the innovation ecosystem
March 12, 2024 11:25 amSupport networks seek to increase female involvement in technology-based entrepreneurship and Brazil’s intellectual property protection system
Brazilian scientific output suffers decline
March 12, 2024 11:25 amPost-pandemic drop in scientific output in Brazil is one of the biggest in the world
Guita Grin Debert: The distinct phases of womanhood
March 12, 2024 11:25 amA scholar of the issues surrounding gender and aging, anthropologist Guita Debert is now investigating the problems of elder care and dependent old age
Temperature variations may cause five million deaths per year
March 12, 2024 11:25 amThe number is equivalent to 9.5% of all global deaths, with 75% of fatal victims living in Asia and Africa
Urban heat islands make even small and midsized towns warmer
March 12, 2024 11:25 amTemperatures can vary by as much as 10 degrees Celsius between areas covered by concrete and neighborhoods with more vegetation
July was the hottest month in recent history and broke temperature records
March 12, 2024 11:25 amGlobal warming shows no signs of letting up, causing forest fires in the Northern Hemisphere’s summer and a mild winter below the Equator
Integrity advisors
March 12, 2024 11:24 amAustralia assesses the impact of specialists responsible for guiding teachers and students on responsible conduct, a model that is gaining ground in other countries