Jurandyr Ross: The three Brazils
May 27, 2021 3:14 pmThe São Paulo geographer proposes an overview of the country’s different environmental, social, and economic realities
The São Paulo geographer proposes an overview of the country’s different environmental, social, and economic realities
Bioethics committees have become increasingly important in solving dilemmas brought about by the pandemic, but few hospitals have them
Epidemiological studies, such as the one led in the town of Serrana, São Paulo, should provide valuable information about the pandemic
Butantan Institute and federal government plan to start human trials of two vaccine candidates in the coming months
Low vaccination rates and lack of control over SARS-CoV-2 circulation is increasing the likelihood that more transmissible and lethal variants will emerge
Aruká Juma, the last person to speak the language of the Juma people, died of COVID-19 on February
Hospital Regional da Asa Norte in Brasília began clinical trials of a mask that contains a biocompatible compound capable of inactivating the novel coronavirus
Despite having enough beds available in intensive care units (ICU) for adults, Sergipe has a 41% shortfall in pediatric beds
The US NIH announced a plan to invest US$1.15 billion over the next four years into research on the long-term effects of COVID-19
The results of computer simulations of how COVID-19 spread on the Australian cruise ship Princess Diamond have finally been published in a scientific journal.
Archaeological records of plants and grains suggest that agriculture sustained large human settlements in northern Chile for many centuries was established in 1438
Across 2019 and 2020, the Pantanal faced the worst drought recorded in the last 50 years
Using an X-ray microtomography scanner, an international team of researchers was able to read the contents of a letter from the Renaissance Period without actually opening it
The British government has announced plans to create a new funding agency in the country, known as the Advanced Research and Invention Agency
Gimli and Nigel are the first recorded examples of dwarfism in wild giraffes
Two São Paulo universities have new deans
The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research has released the first images taken by Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1
Data obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that an exoplanet (GJ 1132 b) was able to develop a new atmosphere after its original was lost
The inhabitants of the archipelagos of French Polynesia were exposed to 2–20 times more radiation than previously estimated
In 2019, 64,368 scientific papers were published1 and indexed by the World of Science base with at least one author based in Brazil
The American Physical Society has adopted new venue selection criteria for its 12 annual scientific events
The Albert Einstein Israeli Institute for Teaching and Research has strengthened training in good research practices for its graduate students
Psychologists continued to cite papers whose results were not confirmed in subsequent research, study shows
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Brazil's response to the pandemic was considered the worst in the world by a survey released in January by the Lowy Institute, Australia
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Brazilian astronomer has been collaborating with NASA for more than two decades and discovered a supernova
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