Issue # 322 _ December 2022

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Ethnographic museums reframe collections
Institutions are establishing dialogues with Indigenous peoples, identifying new meanings behind their collections By
History museums discover treasures in technical archives
Artifacts from Candomblé places of worship and objects from everyday life are on display for the first time, offering renewed interpretations of society By
Brazilian museums propose new curatorial approaches
Advances in scientific knowledge push institutions to rethink curatorial proposals By

 

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Retracted scientific articles continue to be cited by other scientists as reliable sources

The phenomenon affects the integrity of academic work, polluting the scientific literature with erroneous and false knowledge that can even put people's lives at risk

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SCIENTOMETRICS

Previously low-impact studies gained new attention in the pandemic and contributed to the fight against the novel coronavirus

Many of the papers in question relate to the mechanism of action of SARS-CoV-1, which causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and to possible ways of treating the disease

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Health

The falling cost of DNA sequencing and our increasing ability to interpret data are bringing genetic testing closer to clinical practice

DNA analysis is already being used to diagnose rare diseases and guide cancer treatment

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Archaeology

Neanderthals were highly carnivorous

They lived in family groups and ate almost exclusively meat

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Ecology

"Talking" turtles suggest acoustic communication arose more than 400 million years ago

The sending of messages by sound originated in a common ancestor of terrestrial vertebrates and fish with lungs

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AGRICULTURE

Increasing soy productivity is essential to curbing deforestation

Measures could prevent 5.7 million hectares of vegetation in the Amazon and Cerrado from being converted into cropland over the next 15 years

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Science

Pig farming has the biggest environmental footprint

Study determines the pressure placed on natural resources by food production worldwide

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Physics

Exotic phase of matter could be useful in the development of quantum computers

Magnetic compound in a state known as spin liquid appears to be more stable than previously thought

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Artificial intelligence in healthcare

AI-based technologies are already being used in medicine, but there are hurdles still to overcome before they can be incorporated on a larger scale in Brazil

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INDICATORS

Indicator links company growth to ability to innovate

Group proposes methodology for measuring the impacts of innovation based on the performance of businesses that create many jobs

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Technology

Simplicity drives frugal innovation

Developed in collaboration with users, frugal innovation is becoming better known, leading to more efficient and cost-effective products

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COMPUTER SCIENCE

The legacy of the Ugly Duckling

The first Brazilian computer was developed 50 years ago at USP’s Polytechnic School and changed the teaching and national industry of technology

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SPORT

Fan behavior and social role form the basis of studies on soccer

In the last half a century, studies on sport by the human sciences have transformed from a small niche to a structured and multidisciplinary field

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LITERATURE

Erotica in the work of Mário de Andrade

Aspect of the modernist's work remains taboo and rarely studied, say experts

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