International issue | January 2019

S&T Policy

INTERVIEW

Edgar Dutra Zanotto: One eye on science, the other on industry

An engineer provides insight into how artificial intelligence will help develop novel types of glass and explains his new definition of the material

MANAGEMENT

A strategy for research data

Researchers are being encouraged to better manage and share the data they produce

INNOVATION

Precocious entrepreneurs

OECD study places Brazil among the countries with the largest number of startups founded by students or recent graduates

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Closer links with industry

UNICAMP is Brazil’s highest ranked university for patent applications, and USP is highest ranked for licensing royalties

BIOENERGY

On the frontiers of ethanol made from sugarcane

Project outlines scenarios to increase biofuel production in Africa and Latin America

Science

Public health

A parasite reaches the big city

Difficult diagnosis and a warmer climate facilitate the advance of visceral leishmaniasis toward large urban centers

ECOLOGY

Underwater Forest

Coral reefs at the mouth of the Amazon River may be larger, deeper, and more complex than expected

ENVIRONMENT

Contamination beyond the mines

Areas of the Amazon flooded by dams may lead to an increase of the mercury levels in fish consumed by local residents

Evolution

Male or female?

The mystery unfolds Amazonian frog species has more sex chromosomes than any other vertebrate

INTERVIEW

Robert Shelton: Partnership between giants

President of the GMT telescope explains why he joined with competitor TMT to secure funding from the National Science Foundation

Physics

Creative turbulence

Stimulating random fluctuations may increase energy production in nuclear fusion reactors

Physics

Frozen light

Theoretical study proposes a new way of stopping light

Technology

Computer science

A world that is controlled by algorithms

Logical computer systems have a growing impact on everyday life

Entrepreneurship

The land of the unicorns

First billion-dollar startups begin to emerge in Brazil

Aeronautical Engineering

A more efficient jet

Embraer’s new aircraft delivered better-than-expected performance in certification tests

Aeronautical Engineering

A blimp over the forest

A pilotless aircraft built in Brazil will monitor environmental reserves in the Amazon

Humanities

Music

The (almost) unknown Villa-Lobos

Analysis of his musical oeuvre, particularly the symphonies, reveals the Brazilian composer’s com-plex creative process

Demography

Entry strategy

In less than a decade, new dynamics in migration flows and key features of legislation have led to a 34-fold increase in requests for asylum in Brazil

EDUCATION

Science and video games

Researchers discover new uses for computer games

CINEMA

A Swedish filmmaker in Copacabana

Research reveals the Brazilian dimension of the work of Arne Sucksdorff, best known for documentaries about nature