Innovation
Biometrics
Security at your fingertips
Startup creates system to take better quality fingerprints of newborn babies
By Tiago Jokura
Innovation
Growth strategy
Companies supported by FAPESP’s RISB program are the target of acquisitions
COVID-19
Antiviral plastic
Researchers have developed an adhesive plastic capable of inactivating 99.8% of novel coronavirus particles in two minutes
By Redação
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
Algorithms
Artificial intelligence to help the heart
New computer software could improve the speed and efficiency of heart-disease diagnosis and treatment
By Suzel Tunes
Technology
Nanocellulose sensors
Microbial nanocellulose could be used to make electrochemical sensors that attach to the skin to monitor health conditions or physical performance
By Redação
Architecture & urban planning
Digitizing monuments
Although expensive, laser scanning technology can be a valuable tool for documenting and preserving historical and cultural heritage
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
Archaeology
Archaeology without excavation
Archaeologists have mapped an entire Ancient Roman city without carrying out a single excavation
By Redação
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
By Redação
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
By Redação
Medicine
Gelatin optical fiber
Researchers used agar, a type of gelatin extracted from algae, to develop a biodegradable and biocompatible optical fiber
By Redação
Biotechnology
Clothes made of bacteria
Biofabrics made from microbes are crawling their way into the fashion industry
Interview
Luiz Eugênio Mello: Even something good has room for improvement
The new scientific director of FAPESP on his plans and the challenges for research as a result of the pandemic
By Fabrício Marques, Neldson Marcolin and Alexandra Ozorio de Almeida
Coronavirus
Research during the quarantine
“I put my epidemiologist’s hat back on” Three years ago, I became dean of the Federal University of Pelotas and pressed the pause button on my scientific life in order to dedicate myself 100% to leading the university. Until the new coronavirus pandemic began, that is. I was wearing my dean’s hat, but I couldn’t... View Article
By Redação
Cover
Vital ventilators
Brazil’s hospitals scramble to buy ventilators for ICUs, while a FAPESP-supported firm closes a deal to supply 6,500 units to the Brazilian Ministry of Health
By Yuri Vasconcelos and Frances Jones
Innovation
More agile drones
Engineers have developed a system that allows drones to detect and quickly avoid moving objects in the air
By Redação
Photolab
Working overtime to defeat Covid-19
Researcher create face shields using a 3D printer
By Redação
