Engineering

Bioengineering

Made-to-measure prostheses

Institute produces titanium implants for people who have lost skull or face bones

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aeronautical engineering

Aircraft nursery

Approximately 20 manufacturers of small aircraft operate in Brazil

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MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Tire recycling

Two projects suggest alternatives for reusing rubber

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Physics

Da Vinci and friction

A researcher has retraced da Vinci’s work of the principles of friction

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Fast

Chinese super telescope

A Chinese radio telescope should be up and running in three months

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Soar

Focus on primordial stars

Spectrograph may be able to observe elements of the first stars in the Universe

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NanosatC-Br1

Two years in operation

the first Brazilian nanosatellite completed two years of operations in space

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Listening to the market

Startups supported by FAPESP receive training on how to prepare business plans

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INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

Less-polluting cars

PSA Group in Brazil works to develop parts made with recyclable materials

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NAVAL ENGINEERING

Underwater vehicles

Underwater robots are tested in oil exploration and research

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Careers

Career paths that complement each other

Civil engineer reconciles the demands of academic and professional life

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Breakthrough Starshot

A spaceship bound for Alpha Centauri

A spaceship expected to be propelled by laser beams to Alpha Centauri

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Serpens

Nanosatellite mission accomplished

Brazilian nanosatellite completed its space mission after six months

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BIOENGINEERING

Enhancing autonomy

New technologies aim to improve the lives of people with disabilities

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Human Media Lab

Flexible, bendable cell phone

A flexible cell phone can fit into pockets and mold itself to the pressure

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NANOGEOSCIENCE

More productive oil wells

Nanoparticles can increase the oil and gas extracted from reservoirs

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Energy

Towards the development of natural gas

FAPESP and the BG Group open a research center in São Paulo

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ITA

New president takes office at the ITA

Engineer Anderson Ribeiro Correia is named the new president

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Economics

Good news for sugarcane

Increase in ethanol production improved people’s lives in the countryside

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ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Drones over the field

Advances expand the possibilities for using unmanned aircraft in agriculture

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Aerospace engineering

A Brazilian satellite

Amazonia 1 will monitor natural resources and help fight deforestation

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Vinasse to generate energy

Ethanol waste can be used to produce electricity

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Carlos Moedas

Carlos Moedas: Diversity is required for excellence

European Commissioner talks about partnerships and Big Data

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SOCIETY

Altered cities

Building a hydroelectric plant does not benefit the surrounding area

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TRANSPORTATION

More sustainable buses

A Brazilian company launches a cleaner hybrid electric vehicle

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Corporate Research

Advanced Testing

Spectra designs and builds flight simulators and testing laboratories

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nanosatellite

SERPENS reaches the ISS

SERPENS arrives at the International Space Station

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Memory

The first shapes of the province

The first large map of São Paulo facilitated the layout of streets

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Concorde 2

A successor for the Concorde

A supersonic plane would reach a 5,500 kilometers per hour

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AUTOMATION

The driverless future

New technology guarantees truck and car autonomy

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