Innovation

ENGINEERING

A robot guide dog for the blind

Startup from Espírito Santo launches robotic guide dog to help the blind

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Aeronautical engineering

For the short haul

Brazilian startup to manufacture aircraft specially designed to operate out of underserved small-town airports in Brazil

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Education

Video games in the classroom

Interactive and immersive games can serve as teaching aids

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Neuroscience

Epilepsy in vitro

Researchers use lab-grown mini-brains to simulate a type of epilepsy that is unresponsive to treatment

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Medicine

Walking again thanks to new implant

Pacients with spinal cord injuries were able to walk after implanted with special electrodes

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Collaboration

USP launches innovation center in partnership with China

USP launches innovation center in partnership with China

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Careers

Healthy innovation

Researcher from Minas Gerais recognized for studies on diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases

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Medicine

An unprecedented heart transplant

An unprecedented heart transplant

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COVID-19

New coronavirus drugs

Pharmaceuticals announce orally administered drugs designed to treat the disease caused by SARS-Cov-2

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Health

Focus on the bacillus

Fast, portable, and sensitive, a new test could be a useful tool for preventing leprosy and helping with early diagnosis.

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COVID-19

The quest for a Brazilian vaccine

Researchers are testing a range of technologies, but few initiatives will receive the funding needed for costly phase 3 clinical trials

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Scientific initiation

An exercise in curiosity

São Paulo private school science fair attracts projects from other regions and abroad

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Urban planning

3D favelas

How researchers are using laser scanning technology to digitally map informal settlements in Brazil

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Agriculture

Bees for hire

Startup rents out bees to improve agricultural productivity

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COVID-19

Oxygen supply

Brazilian startups offer new ways of monitoring essential medical supplies for patients with respiratory failure

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COVID-19

First DNA-based vaccine

India has developed and approved the first COVID-19 vaccine based on DNA technology

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Data

RISB and the fourth industrial revolution

Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing the means of production through coordinated use of the information generated and managed by production monitoring systems

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Obituary

Science administrator

Marco Antonio Raupp led and helped establish important research institutions in Brazil

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Aerial robotics

Out of sight

Drone manufacturer in São Paulo first in Brazil authorized to make flights higher than 120 meters above the ground and as far as 30 kilometers from the takeoff point

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Development

Innovation enablers

Limited public and private investment in strategic and potentially disruptive technologies threatens competitiveness in Brazilian industry

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Cover

INPE under pressure

Brazil’s most important space research center celebrates its 60th anniversary with a reduced budget, research projects facing uncertain futures, and major challenges ahead

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COVID-19

Universal vaccine

Researchers are trying to develop a broad-spectrum vaccine capable of protecting people against all types of coronaviruses and their variants

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COVID-19

Biosensors detect the coronavirus

Researchers have developed a biosensor that detects the novel coronavirus and can be incorporated into masks and clothing

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Innovation

Wireless pacemaker dissolves in the body

Researchers have developed a wireless, battery-free pacemaker

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space tourism

Billionaires initiate the age of space tourism

Billionaires initiate the age of space tourism

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HEALTH

Digital diagnosis

Software capable of identifying skin cancer with greater than 90% accuracy

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COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS

Connections for innovation

Universities obtaining more patents through partnerships with private companies

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LEGISLATION

Boost for startups

Government passes bill to encourage investment in small innovative companies in Brazil

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Innovation

Earth-controlled temperature

A technology developed at the São Carlos School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo uses heat exchange between the subsoil and the foundation piles to acclimatize a building's interior

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Careers

High speed

Brazilian scientist sets world record during fiber optic connection studies

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