Issue # 337 _ March 2024
Cover
- Brazil improves its supercomputer infrastructure
- Upgrades to the Santos Dumont supercomputer and acquisition of new machines by UNICAMP, INPE, and a consortium of São Paulo universities will increase the country’s high-performance computing power By Domingos Zaparolli
- The exaflop era
- With the power to perform 1 quintillion mathematical operations per second, Frontier has set a new standard in data processing By Domingos Zaparolli
Equality
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Consortium maps gender inequality in science across 16 countries and proposes response
Researchers seek to remove structural obstacles that are harmful to women
By Fabrício MarquesFunding
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Fund to identify organizations that support the Black population with Black leadership
Initiative seeks to collect data on inequality and philanthropy
By Maurício OliveiraImmunology
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Mechanism that keeps the immune response in check also aggravates malaria
By Renata FontanettoNeurology
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Study identifies rare form of Alzheimer's acquired through treatment no longer used
By Ricardo ZorzettoZoology
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Wildcats from the Andes and Central America differ to those found in Brazil
By Maria GuimarãesPaleontology
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Fossil lineage found in Rio Grande do Sul survived the world’s biggest extinction event
By Gilberto StamComputing
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AI systems could monitor animals crossing highways
Study tested the performance of computer vision models
By Giselle SoaresAstrophysics
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Sun emitted more high-energy gamma rays than usual during its last peak of activity
Much of the radiation was produced at the star's magnetic poles in June 2014
By Marcos PivettaAstrophysics
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Merging of neutron stars generates second-largest gamma-ray burst
Phenomenon produced rare earth metals in space
By Marcos PivettaEnergy
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Brazilian research center develops prototype nuclear battery
Device can generate energy for hundreds of years without needing to be recharged
By Yuri VasconcelosTechnology
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Biodegradable menstrual pad offers a less polluting alternative
Decomposing in up to six months, the product aims to reduce plastic waste and pollution
By Carolina Schwartz