Issue # 285 _ November 2019

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Cover

The rainforest: The Amazon carries water to other regions of Brazil and even other continents
Two Amazons: The dry season is getting longer in the southern Amazon, where most deforestation occurs, while the northwest remains wet
Growth without destruction: Sustainable development of the Amazon will require changes in traditional agricultural methods and improvements to agroforestry resource extraction

Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years

Early inoculants

The first products made with nitrogen-fixing bacteria for soybean crops date back to the 1960s

Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years

Deconstructing myths

Pesquisa FAPESP followed the development of pioneering research on the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government in Brazil

S&T Policy

Innovation

Benefits from collaboration

Long-term collaboration with industry makes research groups 20% more productive, study finds

Interview

Richard Sever: Speeding up scientific communication

Biochemist suggests all researchers should be required to publish draft manuscripts on public repositories

Development

Midlife crisis

The FNDCT, the main federal funding body for research, is going through a period of recession and uncertainty

Education

Creating clean water

Team learning and the search for sustainable solutions highlight science competition at UNICAMP

Science

Genetics

Jacobina controversy

Authors divided over article on the spread of DNA from transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes used in an experiment in Bahia

Public health

The challenge of diagnosing Zika

There is no scientific consensus that any of the 48 approved laboratory tests can differentiate between Zika and the dengue virus

Immunology

Clues about the origin of type 1 diabetes

Changes in intestinal microbiota may be associated with onset of the disease

Astronomy

Cosmic pretzel

Image shows system formed of two young stars entwined within discs of gas and dust filaments

Physics

Cooling with a twist

Cooling systems based on twisting and untwisting fibers can reduce water temperature by 7 °C

Technology

Electric Mobility

Lithium batteries made in Brazil

New initiatives set to propel Brazil into the growing market for automotive energy storage systems

Agriculture

Plant-microbial collaboration

EMBRAPA launches first Brazilian-made product formulated with microorganisms that enhance phosphorus nutrition

Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years

Early inoculants

The first products made with nitrogen-fixing bacteria for soybean crops date back to the 1960s

Humanities

Education

Expanded knowledge

The presence of the first generations of indigenous people in graduate studies broadens the scope of scientific investigations

Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years

Deconstructing myths

Pesquisa FAPESP followed the development of pioneering research on the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government in Brazil