Innovation

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

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Research funding

Demand-side innovation

Newly released guidance aims to expand public technology procurement in Brazil

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Medicine

Wireless sensors for babies in the ICU

Researchers has developed a wireless, battery-free sensor for monitoring babies in Intensive Care Units

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Interview

Fabrício Bloisi: Local with a global mindset

The president of Movile speaks about the future of iFood, which received funding totaling US$500 million, and encourages the internationalization of innovative companies

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Indicators

2017 report

The Activities Report shows that FAPESP increased funding for innovative research and business partnerships

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Careers

Reducing roadkill

Biologist wins environmental conservation award for her wildlife monitoring and management startup

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Civil engineering

High-tech construction sites

New technologies, digital tools, and mass production aim to raise productivity

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Astronautics

The private conquest of the Cosmos

A capsule of the company SpaceX flies to the International Space Station and may give the United States the capacity to put humans in orbit

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Interview

Peretz Lavie: Building an innovation ecosystem

The president of Technion talks about the principles and guidelines that led an Israeli university to becoming a global benchmark

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INNOVATION

Proliferating startups

Innovative life science companies attract investment in Lausanne, Switzerland

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Publications

Articles animated

Scientific journals publish videos to make research and experimental results more transparent and educational

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STEM education 

Giving wings to curiosity

Seventeenth edition of Brazilian Science & Engineering Fair brings together top science projects from across the country

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Nanotechnology

Fabric that controls heat and repels insects

Brazilian researchers and businesses are using textile fibers that contain nanometric particles to develop fabrics with special properties

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Innovation

2019 Péter Murányi Prize Winners

The Péter Murányi Foundation awarded its top prize for 2019 to the SOS Chuva mobile app

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Technology

A fabric that keeps you cool in the heat and warm in the cold

A high-tech fabric is capable of altering its structure depending on heat and humidity, thus helping to maintain a stable body temperature

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Careers

Recognition for innovation

Business administration graduate wins prizes for the startup she created to solve problems faced by rural producers

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Aeronautical engineering 

Faster than a bullet

Brazilian researchers develop aerial vehicle capable of hypersonic flight

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Entrepreneurship

Healthcare innovation

Award recognizes science projects with potential applications in medicine

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Intellectual property

The challenge of knowledge transfer

While Paraíba is a leader in patents pending, researchers and the production sector argue about licensing technology

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Interview

David Cox : The power to transform the world

American neuroscientist says health and cybersecurity are just some of the areas that stand to benefit from advances in artificial intelligence

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Cover

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

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INTERVIEW

Fabrício Bloisi: Local with global mindset

The president of Movile speaks about the future of iFood, which received funding of US$500 million, and encourages internationalization of innovative companies

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Biometrics

Brazilian technology at the Pentagon

Brazilian identification systems company Griaule has won two contracts in the United States worth a total of US$82.5 million—one with the Department of Defense

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R&D

Testing at natural scale

CIMATEC’s new facility in Camaçari, Bahia, will have capabilities to build pilot plants and can support research at a national scale

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Indicators

2017 Report

Activities Report shows that FAPESP increased funding for innovative research and business partnerships

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Innovation

A Babel of startups

A startup support program in Santiago, Chile, is attracting entrepreneurs from around the world

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CAREERS

Showcasing yourself as a scientist

Market analysis can help researchers create a strong academic résumé, increasing research opportunities

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Entrepreneurship

The land of the unicorns

First billion-dollar startups begin to emerge in Brazil

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INNOVATION

Precocious entrepreneurs

OECD study places Brazil among the countries with the largest number of startups founded by students or recent graduates

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Cover

Leaping towards brilliance

In its final stage of construction, the latest-generation synchrotron light source could elevate the quality of Brazilian research

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