Issue # 305 _ July 2021

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A virtuous cycle
Demographic censuses have offered insight into Brazilian society and fueled research in academia By
A country in transformation
Modern census methods can now better capture the reality of Brazilian society By
Mutually reinforcing
Combined with census data, new technologies are expanding the reach of demographic studies By

 

COVID-19

Vaccines in the real world

CoronaVac and Covishield effectiveness tested in Serrana and Botucatu, two towns in the state of São Paulo

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COVID-19

Warning from the deep

Monitoring the novel coronavirus in sewage systems improves epidemiological surveillance in Brazilian cities

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LEGISLATION

Boost for startups

Government passes bill to encourage investment in small innovative companies in Brazil

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COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS

Connections for innovation

Universities obtaining more patents through partnerships with private companies

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Research funding

Learning to edit the genome

Brazil’s Crop Science Institute launches experiments with “gene scissors” to improve sugarcane, coffee, and citrus crops

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ASTROPHYSICS

Star fossil

New survey of celestial bodies finds rare and ancient star over 10 billion years old

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NEUROSCIENCE

A statistical brain

Experiment involving structured sequences of sounds and silences corroborates long-held conjecture that the brain uses probabilistic models to anticipate events

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Medicine

Breathing microplastics

Tiny and potentially harmful polymer particles and fibers found in human lungs

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Agriculture

New biological pest control agents

Natural tick control and lacewings could help fight pests in Brazil’s cattle and coffee industries

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HEALTH

Digital diagnosis

Software capable of identifying skin cancer with greater than 90% accuracy

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Interview

Edilson Osorio: A Brazilian startup in Estonia

A São Paulo entrepreneur expands into the Baltic nation and leads the digital governance sector

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Education

Universal educator

On the 100th anniversary of Paulo Freire's birth, researchers discuss his intellectual legacy

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Interview

Benjamin A. Cowan: Brazil and the new right

North American historian launches book about religious conservatism in the 20th century

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