Issue # 275 _ January 2019

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Cover

Fertile ground for artificial intelligence: As the use of AI continues to grow, a consortium of researchers has created an institute designed to help establish partnerships between universities and businesses
Mimicking the brain: Artificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s
David Cox : The power to transform the world: American neuroscientist says health and cybersecurity are just some of the areas that stand to benefit from advances in artificial intelligence

S&T Policy

Funding

Changing trend

Science and technology indicators show how the recession affected research and development investment in Brazil in 2016

INTERVIEW

Cristina Russo: Science diplomacy

European Commission director discusses challenges in expanding open access to publicly funded research

Internationalization

Long distance connections

Initiatives that promote networking and knowledge exchange among Brazilian researchers in the United States are on the rise

Intellectual property

The challenge of knowledge transfer

While Paraíba is a leader in patents pending, researchers and the production sector argue about licensing technology

Science

Health

Partnership for a dengue vaccine

A Butantan vaccine in final trials leads to a US$100 million agreement with a US pharma company

Health

Life-saving vaccines

Butantan produces 100 million doses of nine vaccines each year

Psychiatry

Battling persistent depression

Studies suggest that low doses of psychedelic anesthetics may be beneficial to people who do not respond to conventional medication

Psychiatry

The other side of ayahuasca

Research teams from Natal and Ribeirão Preto conduct initial tests on antidepressant properties of ayahuasca tea made of leaves and bark from the Amazon

MEDICINE

Transplantation to treat infertility

Physicians in São Paulo announce the world’s first successful uterus transplant from a deceased donor

Interview

Alexandre Antonelli: At the forefront of science in royal gardens

In February, Brazilian biologist will take the role of scientific director of Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom

Meteorology

From the earth to the sky

Researchers to use German aircraft to investigate how nanoparticles produce storms in the Amazon

Archaeogenetics

Tracking the ancestry of corn

DNA reveals a complex domestication history largely set in Mexico and the Amazon

Technology

ENERGY

Winds of change

Brazilian wind power could provide three times more energy than all other electricity sources put together; it currently supplies 22 million homes

Entrepreneurship

Healthcare innovation

Award recognizes science projects with potential applications in medicine

Aeronautical engineering

Faster than a bullet

Brazilian researchers develop aerial vehicle capable of hypersonic flight

Humanities

Cinema

Remembering everyday life

Research reveals little-known aspects of the life and work of David Perlov, the Brazilian who revolutionized Israeli cinema

Humanities

A tapestry of cordels

Historically marginalized, Brazilian leaflet literature has reached a new level of recognition and institutionalization