Energy
Energy and Materials
New Director for the CNPEM
Carlos Américo Pacheco takes over as general director of the CNPEM
By Redação
Solar energy
Layered solar panel
Materials could make it easier to produce photovoltaic cells more efficient
By Redação
Fernando de Noronha
The dance of sun and wind
Alternation of wind and sun allows combined use for energy generation
By Redação
mirai
Tank full of hydrogen
Toyota presents a car that generates its own power from hydrogen
By Redação
alternative energy
Boats under the sun
Teams from Santa Catarina win the Brazil Solar Challenge competition
By Redação
FAPESP Week
Productive conversations at the University of California
Event took place at the Berkeley and Davis UC campuses
By Redação
sustainability
The second generation is arriving
Plant starts to make ethanol from sugarcane harvest leftovers
By Redação
Radioactive waste
Radioactive waste
German virtual laboratory tests destinies to nuclear power plants' waste
By Redação
nanogenerator
Energetic movement
Cellphone recharging without wires and outlets may be a reality
By Redação
Alternative energy
Hybrid generates energy
Hybrid device between solar and fuel cells could be an option
By Redação
Bioenergy
The electric power of bacteria
Bacteria, sunlight, and wastewater may lead to a hydrogen gas production system
By Redação
cooking and biodiesel
More oil in leaves
Mutation may increase oil production of soybean, olive and palm plants
By Redação
Jatropha curcas
Genetics of the Jatropha curcas plant
Low genetic diversity limits cultivation success
By Redação
Electronics
The challenge of the Sun
New flexible cells tries to increase the use of photovoltaic energy
Technoscience
Where’s the lignin in sugarcane bagasse?
Where’s the lignin in sugarcane bagasse?
By Revisor
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Multinational partnerships
Brazil participates in automotive development
Automobile Industry
Ethanol savings
Dual-fuel engines get good mileage from ethanol
Petroleum Industry
Refined Methods
A computer program helps to improve refinery production
Naval engineering
Deep-water challenges
Studies facilitate advances in oil exploration on the high seas
Corporate research
Mining expansion
Vale invests in projects with a focus on mining and sustainable development
Brazilian silicon
Brazilian silicon for solar cells
Solar cells obtained with same purity as imported ones
Sustainable flying
Biofuels for aviation
Partnership study for adoption of biofuels in aviation