Electric vehicles powered by ethanol
January 10, 2022 4:03 pmSeveral research groups are working on technologies that would allow the sugarcane-based fuel to be used in electric vehicles
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Devourers of worlds
January 10, 2022 3:52 pmAt least a quarter of Sun-like stars may have swallowed Earth-like planets
Relevant rocks
January 10, 2022 3:46 pmScientists identify 36 areas in Brazil with highly diverse geological structures and natural landscapes
Rainforest marsupials
January 10, 2022 3:43 pmStudy suggests opossums emerged in the Amazon about 40 million years ago
Greatest threat to global health
January 10, 2022 3:36 pmEditorial published in more than 200 medical journals highlights the risks of ignoring climate change
Pollution that causes global cooling
January 10, 2022 3:35 pmAerosol particles that worsen air quality and damage human health also reduce global warming by a third
Renato Janine Ribeiro: There is no development without science
January 10, 2022 3:32 pmThe new president of SBPC says Brazil lacks an awareness of the influence of research on economic and social prosperity
Gears of knowledge
January 10, 2022 2:58 pmReport provides new data on the characteristics of Brazilian science
Rapid response to an extreme crisis
January 10, 2022 2:54 pmWith funding from FAPESP, São Paulo’s scientific community came together to confront the health emergency, shows 2020 Activities Report
Impact on science
January 10, 2022 2:47 pmGreater inclusion of black and mixed-race students in higher education is leaving its fingerprints on science output
A formula for equity
January 10, 2022 2:41 pmAffirmative action has broadened black people’s access to the most competitive undergraduate programs in Brazil, but the impact on black jobs has been limited
Carlos Alfredo Joly: It’s time to focus on biodiversity
January 10, 2022 2:25 pmBotanist who created the Biota program states that defending the preservation of biological wealth is key to fighting climate change
Oxygen supply
January 10, 2022 2:23 pmBrazilian startups offer new ways of monitoring essential medical supplies for patients with respiratory failure
First DNA-based vaccine
January 10, 2022 2:21 pmIndia has developed and approved the first COVID-19 vaccine based on DNA technology
Still too soon for booster doses
January 10, 2022 2:19 pmAn international group of scientists argued against the idea of giving the majority of the population COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
Less working remotely
January 10, 2022 2:18 pmResearchers are trying to estimate the impacts on employee communication and the dynamics of collaboration
Study outlines COVID-19’s profile in African countries
January 10, 2022 2:18 pmStudy outlines COVID-19's profile in African countries
Another potential route to brain infection
January 10, 2022 2:14 pmThe nose may not be the only way the novel coronavirus reaches the brain
The protective effect of masks
January 10, 2022 2:14 pmWidespread and proper use of masks reduces transmission of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 cases, according to the largest study ever conducted on the subject
Arrival in the northwest of the Amazon
January 10, 2022 2:11 pmAccording to the dating of seeds and carbonized material, the first humans settled in northwestern Amazonia at least 12,600 years ago
Food and greenhouse gases
January 10, 2022 2:11 pmGlobal food production accounts for about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions associated with human activity, and foods of animal origin are the worst polluters
FAPESP President reappointed for second term
January 10, 2022 2:06 pmSão Paulo State Governor João Doria, has reappointed physician Marco Antonio Zago as president of the FAPESP Board of Trustees and thus president of the Foundation
A 100-year-old Brazilian patent
January 10, 2022 2:06 pmA century ago, chemist and photographer Ubaldo Conrado Augusto Wessel (1891–1993) patented a new formula in the country for bathing photographic papere
Earth’s climate in the distant future
January 10, 2022 1:56 pmA team used computer simulations of the movement of tectonic plates to investigate what Earth's climate might look like in the distant future
CO2 extraction plant
January 10, 2022 1:54 pmThe largest plant designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere began operating in Ireland on September 8
Astronomical Society gives open access to its journals
January 10, 2022 1:54 pmThe six journals edited by the AAS will make all of their articles available in open access, free of charge to readers, from January 1, 2022
Waiting for a ride
January 10, 2022 1:54 pmAfter an unsuccessful attempt in August, NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance collected two samples of Martian rock in early September
The Battle of the Fossils
January 10, 2022 1:53 pmThe State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe in Germany announced that it has no plans to return the original fossil of Ubirajara jubatus to Brazil
RISB and the fourth industrial revolution
January 10, 2022 1:52 pmIndustry 4.0 is revolutionizing the means of production through coordinated use of the information generated and managed by production monitoring systems
Jailed for clinical trial fraud
January 10, 2022 1:50 pmA federal judge in the US state of Florida sentenced Eduardo Navarro and Nayade Varona to prison for falsifying clinical trial data for a drug being tested against irritable bowel syndrome