Engineering
Agricultural engineering
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New sensors help to optimize use of irrigation in the field
Devices developed in Brazil were designed to measure soil moisture
By Suzel Tunes
Data
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Admissions to engineering and computing courses
Survey shows changes in number of admissions to engineering and computing courses
By Redação
Good practices
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Compromised peer review leads to retraction of 209 articles
Publishing company Sage has announced the retraction of 209 scientific articles
By Redação
Obituary
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Ice and fire
Environmental engineer Alberto Setzer led Brazil’s Antarctic meteorology project and INPE’s fire monitoring program
Acknowledgment
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Three awards for Brazilian scientists
Biologist, parasitologist, mechanical engineer, and computer scientist receive the Bunge Foundation Award
By Redação
Materials engineering
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Glass against cancer
Researchers have developed composite materials with the potential to kill carcinogenic cells and regenerate bone
By Suzel Tunes
Technology
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India plans national research agency with US$6 billion budget
India planning to create a national funding agency to stimulate research at the country's universities, institutes, and laboratories
By Redação
Engineering
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Jamaicans behind British iron
Wrought iron production method was invented by Black metalworkers in Jamaica before being taken to England
By Redação
Space mission
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Evidence of ancient rivers on Mars
New images from Perseverance show signs of what might have been a river on Mars
By Redação
Aeronautic engineering
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EMBRAER’s flying car passes decisive test
Startup Eve Air Mobility makes advances in its development of a Brazilian flying car
By Redação
Acknowledgment
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FAPESP appoints new scientific director
Agronomist Márcio de Castro Silva Filho appointed new scientific director of FAPESP
By Redação
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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Scientists design Wi-Fi-connected intracranial pressure sensor
The new device, still under development, will send real-time data to the smartphones of the medical team
Materials engineering
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Bioactive glass could be used to treat bone cancer
Composite material has potential to simultaneously kill cancer cells and regenerate bone
By Suzel Tunes
photolab
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Prenatal combat
Electron microscopy shows the result of a method for combating maize pest while the larva is still inside the egg
By Redação