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Digitizing monuments

January 26, 2021 1:48 pm Published by

Although expensive, laser scanning technology can be a valuable tool for documenting and preserving historical and cultural heritage

Protecting the turtles

January 26, 2021 1:40 pm Published by

Combined use of sound recordings, aerial images, and environmental data improves monitoring of endangered Amazon species

A difficult return

January 26, 2021 1:32 pm Published by

Brazil seeks health and education parameters for planning the resumption of in-person classes in its school systems

Saving time

January 26, 2021 1:27 pm Published by

Brazilian research centers negotiate deals to import vaccine production technology

Looking for shortcuts

January 26, 2021 1:26 pm Published by

International teams use eight different techniques to create 150 COVID-19 vaccine candidates in six months

Risk of increase in child labor

January 26, 2021 1:23 pm Published by

The reduced income and increased economic insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a rise in child labor rates in Latin America and the Caribbean

A SARS-CoV-2-proof fabric

January 26, 2021 1:23 pm Published by

Researchers from São Paulo–based company Nanox have developed a fabric containing silver nanoparticles that can inactivate the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2

3.1 million lives saved in Europe

January 26, 2021 1:22 pm Published by

The strict social distancing and lockdown measures implemented in 11 European countries before May 4 may have prevented 3.1 million COVID-19 deaths

At risk of disappearing

January 26, 2021 1:21 pm Published by

Hundreds of species of reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals are at risk of disappearing in the next two decades as a result of environmental degradation caused by humans

In space and the deep sea

January 26, 2021 1:21 pm Published by

American geologist, oceanographer and former astronaut Kathy Sullivan, 68, is the first person to walk in space and to dive to the deepest point of the ocean

From cocoons to bones

January 26, 2021 1:20 pm Published by

A team has developed a potentially simpler, faster, and cheaper strategy for producing a biocompatible material that can be used as a scaffold for repairing long bones

A historic flight

January 26, 2021 1:20 pm Published by

On May 31, American astronauts arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month mission