Issue # 306 _ August 2021

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INPE under pressure
Brazil’s most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead By
Institute renowned for its pioneering spirit
Over the course of its history, INPE has become known for its important contributions to various scientific fields By

 

COVID-19

Mixed protection

Preliminary studies suggest that combining two different vaccines could be useful in the fight against the pandemic

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COVID-19

Universal vaccine

Researchers are trying to develop a broad-spectrum vaccine capable of protecting people against all types of coronaviruses and their variants

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Academic mobility

A limited horizon

Scientists who spend their entire careers at the same institution tend to have less ambitious research agendas and low-impact results, says study

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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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Patents

The end of an era

The end of the FAPESP intellectual property protection program indicates there has been progress in the passing of scientific knowledge onto society

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Environment

The Amazon is losing gas

Studies indicate that the east of the rainforest, which has suffered greater deforestation, has become a source of carbon dioxide in the last decade, while the west is trying to remain a carbon sink.

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Genetics

Refuge under threat

Loss of native vegetation in the Amazon, home to nearly half of the world's jaguars, is putting the species at risk

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Oceanography

The Saga of the Paratethys

The world's largest lake formed 12 million years ago and then disappeared, giving rise to the Caspian and Black Seas

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Molecular biology

Urban germs

A genome survey has identified 31 bacteria as the predominant microorganisms in public places in 60 cities worldwide

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Information technology

Brazil's electronic voting machine comes of age

Going digital brought agility and stability to a process that has been marked by fraud and distrust in the past

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Aerial robotics

Out of sight

Drone manufacturer in São Paulo first in Brazil authorized to make flights higher than 120 meters above the ground and as far as 30 kilometers from the takeoff point

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Economics

Drawing wealth from nature

How biodiversity can drive a new cycle of industrial development in Brazil

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Architecture

Life is construction

Biographies map the trajectory of the multifaceted Lina Bo Bardi, whose fame continues to grow in Brazil and abroad

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