Innovation
Technology
Fire-resistant drone
Drone resistant to high temperatures could be used to assess the source of fires from up close
By Redação
Materials engineering
Glass against cancer
Researchers have developed composite materials with the potential to kill carcinogenic cells and regenerate bone
By Suzel Tunes
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Obstacles to innovation
Knowledge about Zika and Chikungunya resulted in several patents, but few products within public reach
Innovation
Lower X-ray doses
Material used in solar panels can detect smaller X-ray doses with better accuracy than existing medical equipment
By Redação
Mobility
Lithium battery–powered bus in Argentina
A new type of lithium battery–powered electric bus, the first in the country, begins operations in Argentina
By Redação
Aeronautic engineering
EMBRAER’s flying car passes decisive test
Startup Eve Air Mobility makes advances in its development of a Brazilian flying car
By Redação
VETERINARY SCIENCE
App helps recognize pain in animals
Free tool created at UNESP determines level of suffering and advises on the need for analgesic treatment
By Suzel Tunes
AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY
New capabilities for space exploration
More Brazilian companies are investing in locally developed nanosatellites for commercial applications
Environment
New tools to track forest products
In efforts to curb deforestation in the Amazon, environmental agencies, universities, and NGOs are developing technologies to trace the origins of wood
By Tiago Jokura
OPTICS
Sharper images
US company launches a system developed at UNICAMP to improve light collection performance in scanning tunneling microscopes
By Suzel Tunes
FAPESP
Five new RIDCs
FAPESP announces five new Research, Innovation, and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs)
By Redação
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Scientists design Wi-Fi-connected intracranial pressure sensor
The new device, still under development, will send real-time data to the smartphones of the medical team
Materials engineering
Bioactive glass could be used to treat bone cancer
Composite material has potential to simultaneously kill cancer cells and regenerate bone
By Suzel Tunes
Entrepreneurship
New products for rural property owners
Startups develop food and improve agricultural management and sales, according to EMBRAPA analysis
RESEARCH ITINERARIES
New latex technology in the hands of a São Paulo native
Chemist Juliane Pereira dos Santos talks about industrial scientific production