Computation
Good practices
Mysterious and fraudulent authorship
The scientific journal Future Generation Computer Systems recently announced the retraction of a 2018 article
By Redação
Industry 4.0
Digital mining
Technology is helping to enhance productivity and safety in a high-risk industry
Computer Science
Discriminatory algorithms
How artificial intelligence assumes discriminatory behavior and what science can do to prevent it
By Suzel Tunes
Nanotechnology
Carbon nanotube microchips
The new chip, named RV16X-Nano, proved itself capable of running modern software, and could offer an alternative to silicon microprocessors
By Redação
Biomedical engineering
Affordable treatment
Brazilian-developed software aims to expand access to radiation therapy in developing countries
Information technology
Deciphering blockchain
System created to support cryptocurrency is now being used in a number of other applications
By Redação
Cover
Mimicking the brain
Artificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s
By Suzel Tunes
Cover
Fertile ground for artificial intelligence
As the use of AI continues to grow, a consortium of researchers has created an institute designed to help establish partnerships between universities and businesses
By Suzel Tunes
Computer science
A world that is controlled by algorithms
Logical computer systems have a growing impact on everyday life
INTERVIEW
Fernando Martins: Digital agriculture
Engineer explains how agribusiness benefits and grows with the support of new tools like the internet of things
By Neldson Marcolin and Yuri Vasconcelos
I.T.
Particle-tracking challenge
CERN launched a computer science challenge to stimulate the development of artificially intelligent data-analysis programs
By Redação
COMPUTING
A free space for creativity
Hackerspaces—locations that bring technology aficionados together—are multiplying across the country
By Suzel Tunes
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Zika against cancer
The Zika virus is being tested as a tool for treating aggressive tumors of the central nervous system
Computation
Data scientists reconstruct the rhetoric of the French Revolution
Researchers used data mining techniques to analyze transcripts of 40,000 speeches made at the National Constituent Assembly
By Redação
Photolab
Laser faucet
System simulates how light travels through the icy clouds of interstellar media
By Redação