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
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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
Flawed theory retracted
February 19, 2020 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsThe idea that HIV may not be the cause of AIDS was suggested in the 1990s, but completely discredited when drugs were created that prevented replication of the virus and eliminated the symptoms of the syndrome
Purdue researcher admits fraud
February 19, 2020 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsAt a US district court, Qingyou Han, director of Purdue University's Center for Materials Processing Research, admitted defrauding the NSF, the USA's largest research funding agency
More information about predatory journals
February 19, 2020 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsScientific integrity researchers attempt to overcome the challenges of classifying fraudulent journals
Formal employment in engineering
February 19, 2020 4:45 pm Leave your thoughtsCrisis leads to drop in formal employment in engineering
MBAs in the 21st Century
February 19, 2020 4:43 pm Leave your thoughtsChanging curriculums reflect efforts by business schools to adapt to new times
The tapir whisperer
February 19, 2020 4:43 pm Leave your thoughtsResearcher from São Paulo and world-renowned expert on the mammal known as the "gardener of the forest" wins awards for her work
Why does Brazil need a scientific station in Antarctica?
February 17, 2020 7:39 pmResearchers speak on the importance of being present on the continent, and on the projects being run there | 9'20
The life of an insect
February 5, 2020 3:42 pm Leave your thoughtsBiologist from Paraná wins Marsh Award from the Royal Entomological Society of London
Straight to the point
February 5, 2020 3:42 pm Leave your thoughtsClearer and simpler posters increase potential dissemination
Anatomy lessons
February 5, 2020 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsA 1613 dictionary written by a Brazilian Jesuit priest recorded the Tupi's knowledge of the human body
Deconstructing myths
February 5, 2020 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsPesquisa FAPESP followed the development of pioneering research on the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government in Brazil
Expanded knowledge
February 5, 2020 3:34 pm Leave your thoughtsThe presence of the first generations of indigenous people in graduate studies broadens the scope of scientific investigations
Early inoculants
February 5, 2020 3:33 pm Leave your thoughtsThe first products made with nitrogen-fixing bacteria for soybean crops date back to the 1960s
Plant-microbial collaboration
February 5, 2020 3:31 pm Leave your thoughtsEMBRAPA launches first Brazilian-made product formulated with microorganisms that enhance phosphorus nutrition
Lithium batteries made in Brazil
February 5, 2020 3:29 pm Leave your thoughtsNew initiatives set to propel Brazil into the growing market for automotive energy storage systems
Cooling with a twist
February 5, 2020 3:26 pm Leave your thoughtsCooling systems based on twisting and untwisting fibers can reduce water temperature by 7 °C
Cosmic pretzel
February 5, 2020 3:12 pm Leave your thoughtsImage shows system formed of two young stars entwined within discs of gas and dust filaments
Clues about the origin of type 1 diabetes
February 5, 2020 3:12 pm Leave your thoughtsChanges in intestinal microbiota may be associated with onset of the disease
The challenge of diagnosing Zika
February 5, 2020 3:10 pm Leave your thoughtsThere is no scientific consensus that any of the 48 approved laboratory tests can differentiate between Zika and the dengue virus
Jacobina controversy
February 5, 2020 3:09 pm Leave your thoughtsAuthors divided over article on the spread of DNA from transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes used in an experiment in Bahia
Creating clean water
February 5, 2020 3:08 pm Leave your thoughtsTeam learning and the search for sustainable solutions highlight science competition at UNICAMP
Midlife crisis
February 5, 2020 3:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThe FNDCT, the main federal funding body for research, is going through a period of recession and uncertainty
Richard Sever: Speeding up scientific communication
February 5, 2020 3:06 pm Leave your thoughtsBiochemist suggests all researchers should be required to publish draft manuscripts on public repositories