Communication

RESEARCH ITINERARIES

An encounter with Arabic dialects

Felipe Benjamin Francisco and the challenges of linguistic comprehension

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Videos

What is deepfake?

Anderson Rocha, head of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (recod.ai) at the University of Campinas, explains how this technology works, as well as its applications and risks

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INTERVIEW

Virgílio Almeida: A thinker of the digital world

Computer scientist warns of the risk that the internet and its digital tools will increase discrimination and social inequality

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History

Paper battle

Newspapers and political pamphlets spread ideas, questions, and controversies surrounding Brazil’s independence

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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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Biology

A hypothetical fungi language

Computer scientist has mapped what could be a fungi language

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Research during quarantine

“To keep from going crazy, I focused my energies on research and on the classes I teach at public schools”

João Augusto Neves Pires, a doctoral student in history, divided his time between studying the punk movement in São Paulo and the classes he taught using Pesquisa FAPESP as pedagogical material

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Diffusion

Science highlighted by journalism

Study finds that “embargo emails,” which give media professionals advance access to scientific articles, increase mentions on social media and citations in other papers

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Data

Information about science

The demand for reliable scientific information has grown in recent years

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Scientific communication

Clear, precise guidelines

FAPESP's open-access policy states that scientific articles must be freely available within 12 months of publication

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COVID-19

On the trail of misinformation

Users aligned with the conservative right were more engaged in disseminating false news and inaccurate information on Twitter, according to a survey by FGV

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Covid-19

Less working remotely

Researchers are trying to estimate the impacts on employee communication and the dynamics of collaboration

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Open access

Astronomical Society gives open access to its journals

The six journals edited by the AAS will make all of their articles available in open access, free of charge to readers, from January 1, 2022

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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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