Issue # 333 _ November 2023

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The path to sustainable hydrogen
Brazil begins producing the fuel, which is seen as key to the transition to a low-carbon economy By

 

Development

Industrial policy retakes the spotlight

Government and private sector propose missions to combat deindustrialization of the Brazilian economy

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Health

Open innovation to fight diseases

Center for advanced therapies at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein pursues new treatments for genetic, chronic, and malignant diseases

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Communication

The language barrier in scientific communication

Study exposes disadvantages faced by researchers whose first language is not English

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Astrophysics

James Webb data challenges cosmology

Telescope observations fuel debate about the formation of galaxies and the speed at which the Universe is expanding

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Physics

Gravity also attracts antimatter

Gravitational force on antiparticles is equal to the force exerted on particles

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Nobel Prize

Eleven people received a Nobel Prize in 2023

Four were women, the same number as in 2018 and 2020, only lower than in 2009, when there were five winners

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Climate

Droughts worsen in the Cerrado

In the central-north of the biome, rainfall in the dry months has fallen by up to 50% in the last three decades

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Environment

Plastic rocks

A mixture of minerals, animal remains, and synthetic polymers has emerged as another form of pollution and a threat to the marine environment

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Ecology

Parasites that turn spiders into zombies

Infected by fungi, invertebrates climb higher to die

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Genetics

Chikungunya virus caused seven outbreaks in Brazil in 10 years

The agent that causes the disease has already been identified in 60% of municipalities

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Epidemiology

Suicide rate among indigenous people almost three times higher than the general population

The suicide rate is highest in the states of Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul, especially among adolescents and young adults

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Archaeology

Human footprints suggest large population in ancient Amazon

Cutting-edge technology used to identify geoglyphs beneath the forest, while work with current Indigenous peoples suggests terra preta has been intentionally produced since pre-Columbian times

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Paleontology

An iberian pterosaur

Lusognathus almadrava is the first species of winged reptile described in Portugal, with Brazilian participation

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Electronic engineering

Carnaúba: an X-ray supermicroscope

The longest light beamline of Sirius in Campinas, São Paulo State, provides details on fossil histories, interaction of plants with the soil, and impurities in diamonds

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Public policy

Number of gifted people is underreported in Brazil

The country does not have the tools needed to identify and nurture individuals with high skills in different age groups and fields of knowledge

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Music

Book gathers scores by Antonio Madureira

Composer is one of the biggest names of the Armorial Movement, which looked for the intersection between the erudite and the popular

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Literature

Anthologies broaden perspectives on the work of José Paulo Paes

Self-taught intellectual wrote poetry and essays, in addition to translating the works of other important authors

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