Issue # 303 _ May 2021

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Education at risk
Prolonged school closings and unequal access to distance learning is causing increased student dropouts and learning-acquisition gaps By
In search of improvement
Investing in the training of teachers and the sharing of knowledge between schools helps improve student performance By

 

COVID-19

Patent waivers under debate

Suspending intellectual property rights for vaccines needs to overcome technology and production hurdles if it is to be successful

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COVID-19

All eyes on ButanVac

New vaccine candidate uses a more stable version of the spike protein

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COVID-19

In real time

Academic initiatives are collecting personal accounts of memories and mourning experienced during the pandemic

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

Transgenics under the magnifying glass

Over the last 25 years, CTNBio has approved more than 150 genetically modified products for use in Brazil

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INVESTMENT

Whence the money

A new study analyzes scientometric data to track the sources of funding for Brazilian research and assess the level of internationalization

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Good practices

Trust and transparency

Studies focus on conflicts of interest in medical science

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Genetics

Family ties

Roughly 46,000 years ago, modern human beings ventured into the heart of Europe and interbred with Neanderthals

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Biology

The colors and songs of evolution

Varying plumage hues and song patterns lead to the formation of new species in certain bird groups

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Climate change

Risk of more natural disasters

Global warming may lead to more flash floods and landslides caused by extreme rainfall in the South, Southeast, and Northeast of Brazil

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Environment

Fighting global warming

US academies of science propose a research program to study the feasibility of Earth cooling measures

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Aviation

Turbulence in the air

Embraer banks on its successful aircraft portfolio and investment in innovation to navigate one of the most difficult chapters in its history

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Interview

Ivair Gontijo: On Martian time

A Brazilian engineer is one of those responsible for monitoring NASA's robotic jeep Perseverance, as it searches for traces of life on Earth's closest neighbor

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Oil & gas engineering

More efficient pre-salt production

A new method could help engineers to better manage the flow of oil and natural gas from deepwater oilfields

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Demographics

Latin American longevity

Brazil and Mexico have the shortest average life expectancies, a study in nine Latin American countries finds

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Iconography

Gazing at the other

Using photographs, a researcher analyzes the phenomenon of human zoos

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