Engineering

Dramatic increase in number of engineers

Engineering branches out

Poli-USP plans to train engineers using multidisciplinary approaches

Autonomous boat

Prototype of a solar-powered vessel carries out measurements

Chip for particle collisions

Brazilian researchers develop and test a device to be installed at CERN

Celebrating Engineering

British award honors creators of digital imaging

João Antônio Zuffo: From electricity to the digital world

Electrical engineer was actively involved in computer science projects

Good news for sugarcane

In addition to environmental benefits, an increase in ethanol production has helped to improve people’s lives in the countryside

More sustainable buses

A Brazilian company launches a cleaner hybrid electric vehicle in line with multinational manufacturing trends

Internet for all

Balloons can help bring connectivity and vigilance to remote areas

This way to Venus

Studies performed by chemist land him a research position at NASA

Warnings against drowsiness

Designed to prevent accidents, special seat warns drivers when they are tired

Pocket Laboratory

Random laser opens the door for the manufacture of low-cost microchips

Hydrogel robots

Hydrogel robots can carry out tasks in water

The arc of survival

A laboratory set up at USP will collaborate on electrical accident research

More efficient metals

Technological innovations enhance performance of steel used in motors

The impact of basic science

The efficiency of smart networks depends on new theoretical models

Diamonds insulate nanowire

Material can produce a semiconducting nanowire three atoms wide

Protection for newborns

A helmet cools the heads of babies whose brains lack oxygenation

Over the horizon

IACIT builds radar capable of detecting vessels at sea

Solutions for wheelchair users

New designs promise to make life easier for those who depend on wheelchairs

Mr. Math

Mechanical engineer gave up teaching to open an applied mathematics company

José Augusto Penteado Aranha: Wave engineer

Studies have resulted in solutions for deep water oil extraction

Bendable LED consumes little energy

Bendable LED screen could be the basis for a hypothetical electronic paper

Lost on Mars

ESA's vehicle sent to Mars crashed onto its surface

The Empire’s river

Halfeld was the first to conduct a survey of the São Francisco River

Combating dry land

Natural polymers can make agricultural crops viable in arid regions

Solutions for the pre-salt layer

Research institutions develop equipment to operate in ultra-deep waters

Simulators for medicine

Dolls produced by 3D printers are changing how surgery is taught and planned

The secret of the memoristor

Researchers try to demonstrate the mechanism behind memoristors

Squishy robot

A soft-bodied robot mimics an octopus