Earth-controlled temperature
August 20, 2021 12:04 pmA technology developed at the São Carlos School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo uses heat exchange between the subsoil and the foundation piles to acclimatize a building's interior
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The oldest spiral galaxy
August 20, 2021 12:03 pmAstrophysicists have identified the oldest spiral galaxy ever observed
A giant water and food vacuum
August 20, 2021 12:03 pmAfrican elephants are able to fill their nostrils with 3.7 liters of water in just 1.5 seconds
Public R&D funding
August 20, 2021 11:52 amGovernment expenditure on R&D in relation to GDP
Academy expels researchers for sexual harassment
August 20, 2021 11:50 amThe US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has expelled researchers accused of sexual harassment
The weight of academic misconduct in German politics
August 20, 2021 11:50 amAcademic misconduct has become a sensitive political issue in Germany, the European Union country with the highest percentage of members of parliament that have a doctorate, at 17%
New wave of hijacked journals
August 20, 2021 11:50 amCloned journal websites continue to deceive unsuspecting authors, leading researchers to offer tips on how to identify fakes
The harvestman with eight canes
August 20, 2021 11:47 amOf all the harvestman species found in Brazil, Giupponia Chagasi is the best adapted to living in caves—a trait known as troglomorphism
No census
August 19, 2021 2:29 pmEvery 10 years, IBGE researchers visit every household in Brazil to carry out the national census, collecting demographic and socioeconomic... View Article
A weak spot on Earth’s magnetic field hovers over Brazil
August 1, 2021 2:00 pmLearn how the planet's invisible shield works, and what is the South Atlantic Anomaly | 3'34
High speed
July 20, 2021 6:04 pmBrazilian scientist sets world record during fiber optic connection studies
Settling accounts
July 20, 2021 6:02 pmNewly qualified accountants are abandoning tradition to become business decision-makers
The shadow of the white plague
July 20, 2021 6:00 pmTuberculosis persists, even 100 years after its vaccine was invented
In theory and in practice
July 20, 2021 5:54 pmAn enthusiast of empirical research, Leôncio Martins Rodrigues helped to pioneer social-science studies in Brazil
Learning at the turn of the century
July 20, 2021 5:52 pmResearch examines enrollment and attendance rates to measure Brazil’s progress in education
The visible and the invisible
July 20, 2021 5:42 pmDespite attempts to erase the iconography of slavery, it has left its mark on both the people and the land
Health under construction
July 20, 2021 5:29 pmResearchers propose a collaborative model to help prevent workplace accidents
Epileptic seizure warning
July 20, 2021 5:09 pmSão Paulo startup develops wearable device designed to identify seizures half an hour before they occur
Start, fall down, get up, start over
July 20, 2021 5:01 pmThis describes the lives of entrepreneurs facing continuous unforeseen events on the road to success
Less forest, more agriculture
July 20, 2021 3:34 pmSouth America loses natural vegetation while livestock and crops gain ground over the last three and a half decades
The muon enigma
July 20, 2021 3:27 pmTwo recent experiments reveal anomalous behavior in these mysterious particles that, if confirmed, could lead to a revision of the dominant theory of matter
The first bonding
July 20, 2021 1:51 pmInstructional home visits by nurses help teen mothers bond with their babies and contribute to child development
Weakened legislation
July 20, 2021 1:00 pmBrazil dismantling environmental protection structures during the pandemic
COVID-19, a battle fought by women
July 20, 2021 12:57 pmNetwork of female researchers looks for solutions to the challenges faced by women during the pandemic and seeks to influence public policy
Broad and equitable research access
July 20, 2021 12:53 pmCAPES’s Portal de Periódicos has connected Brazilian researchers to state-of-the-art research in their fields, but is now faced with uncertainties
A compass for science
July 20, 2021 12:49 pmCAPES and CNPq have each played a central role in building the research ecosystem in Brazil
The American strategy
July 20, 2021 12:42 pmThe United States plans to invest heavily in STI to accelerate its economic recovery and respond to China's threat to its technological leadership
Science on the ropes
July 20, 2021 12:30 pmSuccessive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research
Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement
July 20, 2021 12:20 pmThe physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients
Limited use
July 20, 2021 12:20 pmANVISA authorizes the use of three COVID-19 drugs, but they are expensive and designed only for specific situations