Issue # 332 _ October 2023

Browse the magazine

Cover

Teaching degree crisis
Policies designed to improve the attractiveness of a teaching career and reformulate curriculums aim to reverse the teacher shortages in Brazilian primary education By
Teaching profession at risk
Low salaries, lack of structure in schools, and absence of social appreciation damage interest in the career By

 

INFRASTRUCTURE

New research facilities

Federal government includes six projects of interest to scientific community in Growth Acceleration Plan

By

HUMAN RESOURCES

From public school to university

In its seventh edition, the USP knowledge competition exclusively for students from the state education system has a record number of registrations and seeks to encourage young undergraduate students

By

INDICATORS

Expanding opportunities for researchers

Annual Report shows that FAPESP increased funding in 2022 and sought to recover from losses caused by the pandemic

By

PHYSICS

Supposed room-temperature superconductors fail to convince critics

Independent experiments have been unable confirm the claims that, even outside controlled conditions, the materials are capable of transmitting electricity without energy loss

By

COVID-19

Nonpharmaceutical interventions helped reduce the impact of COVID-19

Dossier provides evidence on the effectiveness of wearing masks, social distancing, and other measures

By

BIOLOGY

Yellow fever virus has been circulating uninterrupted in southern Brazil for seven years

The disease vector arrived in the country’s southeast two to three years earlier than previously thought

By

GENETICS

Avian flu virus spreading across Brazil came from the coast of Chile or Peru

Pathogen obtained from a dead bird in Espírito Santo is genetically similar to the one circulating in the two neighboring South American countries

By

ECOLOGY

Orchid uses trick to trap pollinators

Specialized structures guide flies through passages where the insect exchanges pollen between flowers

By

EVOLUTION

The long history of bees

The pollinating insects are estimated to have appeared 120 million years ago on the Western Gondwana supercontinent, formed by what is currently South America and Africa

By

CONSERVATION

The effects of subsistence hunting in sustainable-use reserves in the Amazon

Impacts on animal populations are greater within five kilometers of human communities

By

ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics found along the Brazilian coastline

The Santos estuary is one of the locations that suffers most from microplastic waste, which has been found on the beach, in the water, and at the bottom of the sea, from Pará to Rio Grande do Sul

By

ENVIRONMENT

The impacts of microplastics on human health

Studies using different cell cultures show that microplastics can cause structural and inflammatory lesions

By

ENERGY

The challenge of recycling lithium batteries

Research groups in Brazil work on new techniques to separate and reuse the metals contained in these energy-storage modules

By

BIOTECHNOLOGY

Modified cardboard sensor with gold particles could monitor water quality

The objective is for the public to use the device to check that the water supplied to their home is fit for consumption

By

PUBLIC POLICY

Traffic deaths increase by 13.5% in the last decade

Roads are less safe in Brazil, largely due to motorcycle accidents, with road improvements and educational campaigns desperately needed

By

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Records kept at Brazil’s Federal Revenue help map evangelical expansion in the country

Researcher created an algorithm that shows where places of worship were built between 1922 and 2019

By

PHOTOGRAPHY

Research examines the activities of Italian photographers in Brazil between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Almost-forgotten professionals had a major impact on the early days of Brazilian photography

By