Engineering
Human Media Lab
Flexible, bendable cell phone
A flexible cell phone can fit into pockets and mold itself to the pressure
By Redação
NANOGEOSCIENCE
More productive oil wells
Nanoparticles can increase the oil and gas extracted from reservoirs
Energy
Towards the development of natural gas
FAPESP and the BG Group open a research center in São Paulo
ITA
New president takes office at the ITA
Engineer Anderson Ribeiro Correia is named the new president
By Redação
Economics
Good news for sugarcane
Increase in ethanol production improved people’s lives in the countryside
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Drones over the field
Advances expand the possibilities for using unmanned aircraft in agriculture
Aerospace engineering
A Brazilian satellite
Amazonia 1 will monitor natural resources and help fight deforestation
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Vinasse to generate energy
Ethanol waste can be used to produce electricity
Carlos Moedas
Carlos Moedas: Diversity is required for excellence
European Commissioner talks about partnerships and Big Data
TRANSPORTATION
More sustainable buses
A Brazilian company launches a cleaner hybrid electric vehicle
Corporate Research
Advanced Testing
Spectra designs and builds flight simulators and testing laboratories
Memory
The first shapes of the province
The first large map of São Paulo facilitated the layout of streets
Concorde 2
A successor for the Concorde
A supersonic plane would reach a 5,500 kilometers per hour
By Redação
Astrophysics
Made in Brazil
Mechanical quadrupod for telescopes to be installed in gamma-ray observatory
SANITARY ENGINEERING
Recycled water
Treating wastewater is an alternative in the fight against water shortages
Euler computer cluster
High-performance computer cluster
Computer system is the fastest operating at São Paulo universities
By Redação
Cover
The aircraft nursery
Manufacturers of small aircraft invest in collaboration with universities
BIOENGINEERING
Made-to-measure prostheses
Titanium implants for patients who lost skull or face bones
Freightliner Inspiration Truck
Self-driving truck
First autonomous semi truck is granted road use license in USA
By Redação
Smart tags
Smart tag for metals
A tag identifies metallic objects through radio frequency
By Redação
Data
Training for engineers in Brazil
Undergraduate engineering programs in Brazil: courses, incoming and graduating students, public and private networks and total (2000-2013)
By Redação
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Flexible connectors
New method contributes to the production of flexible electrical conductors
By Redação
Energy and Materials
New Director for the CNPEM
Carlos Américo Pacheco takes over as general director of the CNPEM
By Redação