Engineering
CORPORATE RESEARCH
More than just motors
With an extensive and diversified product portfolio, Brazilian-based WEG supplied electromagnets for the Sirius synchrotron light project in Brazil
TEXTILE ENGINEERING
The fine hair of goats
Cashmere fiber produced from Brazilian goats has superior quality to that sold on the international market
Engineering
Guidelines for engineering courses
The Brazilian Ministry of Education has approved a set of guidelines that aims to update the curriculum of engineering degrees in the country
By Redação
Environment
Fuel-efficient only on long trips
Vertical take-off and landing aircraft could help reduce congestion and improve air quality in major cities
By Redação
Information technology
Deciphering blockchain
System created to support cryptocurrency is now being used in a number of other applications
By Redação
Civil engineering
High-tech construction sites
New technologies, digital tools, and mass production aim to raise productivity
Engineering
Recognition for creators of GPS
Four engineers who created the first Global Positioning System (GPS) have received The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
By Redação
Video
Characterizing ecosystems through sound
Acoustic information portrays environments and set natural changes apart from those caused by human action | 7'46"
By Redação
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
By Redação
Aeronautical engineering
Faster than a bullet
Brazilian researchers develop aerial vehicle capable of hypersonic flight
Archaeogenetics
Tracking the ancestry of corn
DNA reveals a complex domestication history largely set in Mexico and the Amazon
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Mimicking the brain
Artificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s
By Suzel Tunes
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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
By Suzel Tunes
Good practices
Systematic violations in peer-review process
Twenty-six scientific articles by electrical engineer Antonio Orlandi have been retracted
By Redação
Metallurgical engineering
Two centuries of Ipanema
Steel pioneer represented the beginning of the country’s First Industrial Revolution
Infrastructure
Floating laboratory
Brazilian Navy survey vessel to receive R$75 million in funding under new agreement
Aeronautical Engineering
A blimp over the forest
A pilotless aircraft built in Brazil will monitor environmental reserves in the Amazon