Issue # 273 _ November 2018
S&T Policy
Global warming

Hotter and drier cities
Modeling indicates temperatures will rise and rainfall will be halved in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Santos by the end of the century
By Marília CarreraFunding

Reap what you sow
With ambitions to quadruple capital invested, São Paulo investment fund backs 20 innovative companies
By Fabrício MarquesInnovation

A Babel of startups
A startup support program in Santiago, Chile, is attracting entrepreneurs from around the world
By Carla AranhaIndicators

2017 Report
Activities Report shows that FAPESP increased funding for innovative research and business partnerships
By Fabrício MarquesInfrastructure

Floating laboratory
Brazilian Navy survey vessel to receive R$75 million in funding under new agreement
By Bruno de PierroScience
Archaeogenetics

When indigenous people occupied Lagoa Santa
Ancient DNA reveals rapid human colonization of South America 14,000 years ago
By Maria GuimarãesBiology

Misleading similarities between species
Animals and plants that share a great likeness do not always have similar evolutionary histories
By Carlos FioravantiPhilosophy of Science

New origins
Brazilian versions of the Charles Darwin classic puts into context the development of evolution theory
By Maria GuimarãesHeritage

First items salvaged
A rare meteorite and fragments of Brazil’s most ancient human fossil have been found in the rubble of the National Museum
By RedaçãoCollections

A foundation under threat
With scientific collections numbering 600,000 items, the Zoobotanical Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul is struggling for survival
By Marília CarreraPhysics

International meeting point
Instituto Principia will bring together researchers from across Brazil and abroad through projects with a maximum duration of six months
By Marcos PivettaInterview

Francis Halzen: In pursuit of neutrinos and cosmic rays
Lead scientist at IceCube observatory comments on the recent discovery of high-energy particles
By Marcos PivettaTechnology
R&D

New perspectives for industry
Network of 21 applied research institutes funded by SENAI provided more than 500 projects of interest to the production sector
By Domingos ZaparolliR&D

Testing at natural scale
CIMATEC’s new facility in Camaçari, Bahia, will have capabilities to build pilot plants and can support research at a national scale
By Domingos ZaparolliMetallurgical engineering

Two centuries of Ipanema
Steel pioneer represented the beginning of the country’s First Industrial Revolution
By Yuri VasconcelosHumanities
Linguistics

Toward the survival of indigenous languages
With the help of technology, researchers work to prevent the disappearance of native languages in Brazil
By Luisa Destri