Energy
Solar energy
Solar energy for cold climates
New technology is indicated for colder and less sunny climates
Environment
Innovation reduces carbon emissions
The end of the gas reservoir in flex-fuel cars reduces greenhouse gases
Chris Somerville
Christopher Roland Somerville: Alternatives under development
Universities, companies and government take joint action to make biofuels
Bioenergy
Ethanol that mobilizes the world
Conference shows the search for new ways to produce biofuels
Flavio Alterthum
Flavio Alterthum: Lessons about Brazil’s ethanol
The co-author of the best-known basic microbiology book in Brazil
Budget
The battle for pre-salt
Scientific societies go to Brasilia to try and reverse the loss of resources
Energy
Electricity from the Sun
Brazil turns to a more wide-ranging use of solar panels
By Dinorah Ereno and Marcos de Oliveira
International Year of Chemistry
Molecules, problem and solution
Talks in April discussed alternative energy sources and climate change
Atomic Energy
Safety in the spotlight
Accident in Japan reopens the debate on the future of nuclear research
Electrical Engineering
Waste-free
New software improve control of power losses in the electrical sector
Energy
Stored electricity
Company develops a battery for electric vehicles and solar and wind systems
Energy
Multielectricity plant
Itaipu Binacional produces electric vehicles in a partnership with Fiat
Nanotechnology
Squeezing electricity
Researchers develop a material that generates electricity under pressure
Sustainability
Energy of the future
Latin America will play a fundamental role in the supply of renewable fuels
Petroleum engineering
Free of sand
Companies develop filter to extract oil from the bottom of the sea