Issue # 308 _ October 2021

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A formula for equity
Affirmative action has broadened black people’s access to the most competitive undergraduate programs in Brazil, but the impact on black jobs has been limited By
Impact on science
Greater inclusion of black and mixed-race students in higher education is leaving its fingerprints on science output By

 

COVID-19

First DNA-based vaccine

India has developed and approved the first COVID-19 vaccine based on DNA technology

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COVID-19

Oxygen supply

Brazilian startups offer new ways of monitoring essential medical supplies for patients with respiratory failure

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Indicators

Rapid response to an extreme crisis

With funding from FAPESP, São Paulo’s scientific community came together to confront the health emergency, shows 2020 Activities Report

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Scientometrics

Gears of knowledge

Report provides new data on the characteristics of Brazilian science

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Interview

Renato Janine Ribeiro: There is no development without science

The new president of SBPC says Brazil lacks an awareness of the influence of research on economic and social prosperity

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Atmosphere

Pollution that causes global cooling

Aerosol particles that worsen air quality and damage human health also reduce global warming by a third

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Atmosphere

Greatest threat to global health

Editorial published in more than 200 medical journals highlights the risks of ignoring climate change

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Biology

Rainforest marsupials

Study suggests opossums emerged in the Amazon about 40 million years ago

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Heritage

Relevant rocks

Scientists identify 36 areas in Brazil with highly diverse geological structures and natural landscapes

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ASTROPHYSICS

Devourers of worlds

At least a quarter of Sun-like stars may have swallowed Earth-like planets

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Automotive engineering

Electric vehicles powered by ethanol

Several research groups are working on technologies that would allow the sugarcane-based fuel to be used in electric vehicles

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Agriculture

Bees for hire

Startup based in São Paulo State connects rural producers to beekeepers with the aim of sustainably increasing productivity

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Urban planning

3D favelas

How researchers are using laser scanning technology to digitally map informal settlements in Brazil

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Neuroscience

The archaeology of the mind

Supported by mathematical models, study investigates the development of human thought over thousands of years

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Demography

Invisible subjects

Researchers investigate the challenges faced by immigrant and refugee children and adolescents, a topic still widely underexplored by Brazilian universities

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Literature

A multifaceted author

New research and an exhibition about Carolina de Jesus demonstrate the writer's versatility beyond her celebrated work Child of the Dark

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