Engineering

Justice

Automation in law

A new type of startup, known as legaltech, is developing technological systems for the legal field

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Naval engineering 

Renewing the fleet

The Brazilian Navy launches the Riachuelo, the first of five submarines that will set a new technological benchmark for the national naval industry

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Information technology

Deciphering blockchain

System created to support cryptocurrency is now being used in a number of other applications

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Civil engineering

High-tech construction sites

New technologies, digital tools, and mass production aim to raise productivity

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Astronautics

The private conquest of the Cosmos

A capsule of the company SpaceX flies to the International Space Station and may give the United States the capacity to put humans in orbit

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Engineering

Recognition for creators of GPS

Four engineers who created the first Global Positioning System (GPS) have received The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

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Video

Characterizing ecosystems through sound

Acoustic information portrays environments and set natural changes apart from those caused by human action | 7'46"

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Engineering

The advancement of 3D printing

Health and industry applications drive this additive manufacturing technique to grow 25% per year

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Food science 

Microorganisms of flavor

Study identifies the bacteria that give 11 types of Brazilian artisan cheese their distinctive traits

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Chang'e 4

China lands probe on dark side of the Moon

China has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon

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Aeronautical engineering 

Faster than a bullet

Brazilian researchers develop aerial vehicle capable of hypersonic flight

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Archaeogenetics

Tracking the ancestry of corn

DNA reveals a complex domestication history largely set in Mexico and the Amazon

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Interview

David Cox : The power to transform the world

American neuroscientist says health and cybersecurity are just some of the areas that stand to benefit from advances in artificial intelligence

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Cover

Mimicking the brain

Artificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s

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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

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Good practices

Systematic violations in peer-review process

Twenty-six scientific articles by electrical engineer Antonio Orlandi have been retracted

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Metallurgical engineering  

Two centuries of Ipanema

Steel pioneer represented the beginning of the country’s First Industrial Revolution

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R&D

Testing at natural scale

CIMATEC’s new facility in Camaçari, Bahia, will have capabilities to build pilot plants and can support research at a national scale

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Infrastructure

Floating laboratory

Brazilian Navy survey vessel to receive R$75 million in funding under new agreement

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Aeronautical Engineering

A blimp over the forest

A pilotless aircraft built in Brazil will monitor environmental reserves in the Amazon

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Aeronautical Engineering

A more efficient jet

Embraer’s new aircraft delivered better-than-expected performance in certification tests

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INTERVIEW

Edgar Dutra Zanotto: One eye on science, the other on industry

An engineer provides insight into how artificial intelligence will help develop novel types of glass and explains his new definition of the material

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Cover

The race for the best light

Sirius will compete with a fourth-generation facility inaugurated in 2016 in Sweden and another planned to begin operating in 2020 in France

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Cover

Leaping towards brilliance

In its final stage of construction, the latest-generation synchrotron light source could elevate the quality of Brazilian research

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Video

Sirius, the largest and most complex Brazilian laboratory

Last generation source of synchrotron light may improve the quality of Brazilian research

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JUSTICE

Automation in law

A new type of startup known as legaltechs is developing technological systems for the legal field

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INTERVIEW

Robert Shelton: A partnership between giants

President of the GMT telescope explains why he joined together with competitor TMT to secure funding from the National Science Foundation

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Innovation

A high-tech dressing for chronic wounds

A prototype smart dressing that monitors the wound and releases precise doses of antibiotics when needed, facilitating the regeneration of damaged tissue.

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

High-level delivery

Akaer Group poises to become a global provider of aerospace systems and components

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RETROSPECT

German engineering

Germans boosted the development of the urban infrastructure in São Paulo in the 19th century.

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