Issue # 316 _ June 2022

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Challenges faced by young people in Brazil
To grow, the country needs to improve education and help young people enter the job market By
The uncertainties of new secondary education
Reform seeks to make the curriculum more attractive, but its implementation is marked by inequalities By

 

COVID-19

Anti-coronavirus semiconductors

Nanotechnological materials emerge as promising alternatives in the battle against SARS-CoV-2 and future pandemics

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Funding

FINEP grant failed to increase corporate innovation

Erratic flow of funding has compromised the program's investment capacity in recent years

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EDUCATION

Scientist school

Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials creates interdisciplinary undergraduate course to train high-level researchers

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ACADEMIC CAREERS

Academic résumés change to highlight impactful contributions

Funding agencies require researchers to write narrative summaries of their academic careers

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FAPESP – 60 YEARS

Book on cutting-edge science in seven fields celebrates 60 years of FAPESP

ACIESP initiative will also look at research opportunities in these areas for the coming years

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PUBLIC SPENDING

SUS to save money as patent extensions come to an end

Expenditure on nine drugs could be reduced by R$3.9 billion, according to UFRJ estimates

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MEDICINE

Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome suffer developmental delays in motor, cognitive, and language skills

Neurological damage caused by the virus impairs the ability to move, learn, and talk

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NEUROSCIENCE

Study maps brain evolution over a lifetime

Collection of MRI images shows that the organ grows rapidly in the first three years of life and slowly declines during adulthood

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HEALTH

Mysterious childhood hepatitis

A new disease of unknown causes has already caused outbreaks in more than 20 countries, including Brazil

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INTERVIEW

Brazilian astrophysicist explains how the first image of the black hole in the Milky Way was created

Lia Medeiros is part of the team that produced an image of the radio source known as Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy

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ECOLOGY

Biodiversity of tropical trees is highest in South America

The continent's rainforests are home to four times as many tree species as Africa’s

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PALEONTOLOGY

Fossil from Bahia classified as new species of camelid

Hemiauchenia mirim lived 20,000 years ago and was related to the guanaco

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TRANSPORT ENGINEERING

Environmentally friendly asphalt

Reusing mining tailings, construction waste, demolition rubble, and other waste reduces the amount of gravel, natural sand, and petroleum derivatives used in paving material

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LIVESTOCK

Company creates system to identify cattle with cameras

The technology can recognize individual cattle with 99.8% accuracy

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MECHATRONICS

Robots disinfect spaces with UV light

Artificially intelligent machines used to stop the spread of viruses, fungi, and bacteria

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Entrepreneurship established as a field of research

Studies confirm the perception that it is difficult to do business in Brazil

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URBANISM

Interactive atlas of Rio de Janeiro

The map of the city shows the geographical and urban transformations since 1500

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LAW

Lawless land

Lack of consensus on the concept of disinformation hinders regulatory efforts to control the spread of false content online

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