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Innovation

Aerospace engineering

Amazonia in space

Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 ready for launch

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Environment

Drones map Brazilian forests

Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to quickly and efficiently monitor rainforests in great detail

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Entrepreneurship

Supply-side research constraints

Small local manufacturers struggle to gain foothold in Brazilian scientific supplies market

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Video

How drones chart forest biodiversity

Unmanned aerial vehicles are used to monitor tropical forests in a speedy, efficient and detail-rich manner | 4'34

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Interview

Silvio Meira: A hopeful realist

Creator of one of the most important ecosystems of innovation in the country, the computer scientist discusses the emergence of the digital era in Brazil

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COVID-19

The era of genetic vaccines

The vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna result from historical investments in messenger RNA technology leading to the creation of new products

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Medicine

Microneedles to treat cancer

A dressing made up of hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve in the body promises to improve skin cancer treatment with photodynamic therapy

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Biometrics

Security at your fingertips

Startup creates system to take better quality fingerprints of newborn babies

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Innovation

Growth strategy

Companies supported by FAPESP’s RISB program are the target of acquisitions

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Assessment

Research impact

New survey confirms positive outcomes from FAPESP programs supporting small businesses, international collaborations, and researcher training

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Development

Multiplying returns

New formula to calculate the effects of investment in innovation

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Innovation

A place in the sun

A thriving generics industry and government funding have helped to boost research and development spending among Brazilian pharmaceutical companies, study shows

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COVID-19

Antiviral plastic

Researchers have developed an adhesive plastic capable of inactivating 99.8% of novel coronavirus particles in two minutes

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Nanotechnology

A water-cooled chip

A group has proposed and manufactured a semiconductor chip equipped with an internal cooling system that works by pumping water through a three-dimensional network of microchannels

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Data

Brazil climbs four places in the Global Innovation Index1

Between 2019 and 2020, Brazil climbed from 66th to 62nd in the list of 100 countries ranked by the Global Innovation Index

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Funding

Scientific entrepreneurship

São Paulo-based venture capital fund announces new investment cycle in radical innovation

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Technology

A drone that counts trees

Researchers from Brazil and the USA have developed a drone capable of flying autonomously through a forest and mapping the trees

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Algorithms

Artificial intelligence to help the heart

New computer software could improve the speed and efficiency of heart-disease diagnosis and treatment

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Interview

A builder of startups

Computer scientist Nivio Ziviani, from Minas Gerais, has founded five startups and sold one to Google

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Technology

Nanocellulose sensors

Microbial nanocellulose could be used to make electrochemical sensors that attach to the skin to monitor health conditions or physical performance

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Architecture & urban planning

Digitizing monuments

Although expensive, laser scanning technology can be a valuable tool for documenting and preserving historical and cultural heritage

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COVID-19

A SARS-CoV-2-proof fabric

Researchers from São Paulo–based company Nanox have developed a fabric containing silver nanoparticles that can inactivate the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2

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Innovation

From cocoons to bones

A team has developed a potentially simpler, faster, and cheaper strategy for producing a biocompatible material that can be used as a scaffold for repairing long bones

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technology

Companies and researchers against racism

Amid the anti-racism demonstrations that took place in June after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, USA, multinational tech company IBM decided to suspend development of all facial recognition systems

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Archaeology

Archaeology without excavation

Archaeologists have mapped an entire Ancient Roman city without carrying out a single excavation

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Covid-19

SARS-CoV-2 Tracker

In just two days, a group of Brazilian researchers designed and developed a cell phone application capable of reading the result (positive or negative) of a COVID-19 rapid test

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Covid-19

Growing lung cells

São Paulo–based startup TissueLabs has created a platform that mimics the environment of the pulmonary epithelium to allow scientists to study how the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, affects the lungs

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Medicine

Gelatin optical fiber

Researchers used agar, a type of gelatin extracted from algae, to develop a biodegradable and biocompatible optical fiber

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Obituary

Skillful surgeon, resourceful inventor

Domingo Braile developed medical devices and introduced heart surgery in small-town São Paulo

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Biotechnology

Clothes made of bacteria

Biofabrics made from microbes are crawling their way into the fashion industry

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