Guia Covid-19

Communication

Zoology

A very informative gesture

Mountain gorillas may be communicating with other members of their troop when they rise up on their hind legs and beat their chests with their hands to produce a loud, hollow sound

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Scientific education

Seeds of innovation

Award recognizes projects of public school students who seek to solve real problems in society

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Retrospect

Physician, anthropologist, and broadcaster

Inquisitive and inventive, Edgard Roquette-Pinto participated in the country’s antiracial movements and the introduction of radio

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Teaching

Opening up the world of science

Teachers explain how they use Pesquisa FAPESP in the classroom

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Scientific publications

The Plan S labyrinth

In effect since January 1, the open-access initiative reduces ambitions and faces uncertainty about its reach

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COVID-19

Welcome voices

Pandemic leads to greater communication between doctors, scientists, and the general public

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Open access

Disappearing journals

Digital open access scientific journals are vanishing from the internet, leaving no indication that their files are being kept in digital libraries or archives

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Good practices

The impact of predatory journals

A paper analyzed the impact of 10 marketing journals by counting how many times their articles were cited in other periodicals in the same field

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Retrospect

Calculus of a poet

Joaquim Cardozo, from Recife, was responsible for the calculations that made Oscar Niemeyer's innovative Brasília architecture possible

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COVID-19

The content of fake news

Scientific institutions have created websites to combat fake news

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Good practices

The threat of predatory journals in the midst of a pandemic

Despite being rare, articles on COVID-19 published in fraudulent journals serve as a warning

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COVER

Sharing and expanding knowledge

Data sharing has grown amid the pandemic and perceived benefits can drive further growth

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Good practices

Integrity in the midst of a public health emergency

Study examines recommendations for ensuring the quality of peer reviews during the pandemic

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Telecommunications

Rural wireless

Technology developed by INATEL broadens options for private 4G networks in remote areas

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Ecology

Protecting the turtles

Combined use of sound recordings, aerial images, and environmental data improves monitoring of endangered Amazon species

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40th José Reis Award

Pesquisa FAPESP journalist wins José Reis award

Carlos Henrique Fioravanti has been named winner of the most important recognition afforded to professionals reporting on science and technology in Brazil

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Covid-19

Restoring trust

In the midst of the pandemic a new study measures high rates of confidence in science

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Good practices

Publishers team up to identify altered images

Major publishers of scientific journals worldwide have created a working group to create new standards and promote technologies capable of detecting manipulated or duplicate images in papers

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Good practices

Fast error correction

Scientific papers on the novel coronavirus retracted due to misunderstandings and methodological flaws, most committed in good faith

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Careers

The rise of the digital manager

Customer engagement via social media has increased the demand for digital specialists

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Preprints

Preprints and published articles

A study led by researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro compared preliminary scientific manuscripts shared on preprint repositories with their final versions published in scientific journals after peer review

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Collections

Retrieving the history of science

Documents newly digitized by the SBPC Heritage Center provide a fresh glimpse into the Society’s past

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Good practices

The spread of plagiarism

Russian Academy of Sciences uncovers widespread misconduct, leading to the retraction of 869 articles

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Science communication

Breaking out of the bubble

Academic journals in Brazil rarely use Facebook to share their content with the public, study shows

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Communication

A platform for sharing Brazilian science

Agência Bori, an online platform designed to help journalists access Brazilian science, began operating on February 12

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Communication

From science fair to published paper

The Canadian Science Fair Journal has published more than 50 scientific articles written by authors under the age of 18

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Interview

Silvio Crestana: A Matter of Survival

Cost reduction, eco-efficiency, and integration with the supply chain make investment in technology a vital imperative

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Careers

Straight to the point

Clearer and simpler posters increase potential dissemination

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Science reporting

Explaining complexity

Study mapping genetic influence on same-sex sexual behavior uses novel approach to reporting findings

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Communication

Science clubs

One hundred teenagers from Rio de Janeiro participated in an immersive science experience, studying advanced topics under the guidance of young researchers

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