Innovation

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PIPE 20 years

With an innovation project contracted every business day, the FAPESP program gave a boost to more than 1,100 small and medium-sized technology companies

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

A leap into the unknown

A leader in the generic segment, drugmaker EMS is now investing in radical innovation

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MICROELECTRONICS

Brazil’s chip-making dream

New Qualcomm packaging facility to place Brazil among global semiconductor producers

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REMOTE SENSING

Help facing the fire

Brazilian states begin using new tools to analyze data on forest fires

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BIOENERGY

Impact on the market

RenovaBio, a new national biofuel policy, will reward efficient producers and promises to expand supply

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A world controlled by algorithms

Logical computer systems are having a growing impact on everyday life

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Flight of the billionaires

SpaceX accelerates private sector space race by putting an electric car into orbit

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Electronics Engineering 

Chip for particle collisions

Brazilian researchers develop and test a device to be installed in the Large Hadron Collider at Cern

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ONCOLOGY

Cancer diagnosis innovation

Startups adopt new screening methods and biotechnology techniques

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ALUMNI

Renewed relationships

Universities use networking platforms to bring former students together and follow their careers in the job market

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Scenarios

Determinants of survival in industry

Experts assess the risks and opportunities created by potentially disruptive technological developments

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Medicine

A capsule that assesses the health of your gut

At about 2.5 centimeters long and 1 cm thick, the capsule is a less invasive way to investigate gastrointestinal health

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High-level engineering

Recognized worldwide for its expertise, the Embraer technical team is a source of envy for American aviation giant Boeing

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Global fight for the skies

The global aviation market is dominated by four manufacturers, but new companies want to enter the contest

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A deal in the air

Boeing and Embraer discuss a business union that could create the largest aviation conglomerate in the world

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

Continuous Innovation

Neger, which has become a benchmark in rural telecommunication, now invests in spectral intelligence

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careers

A new generation of Petri dishes

Biochemist Margaret Magdesian developed an alternative device for growing cells and started her own company in Canada to manufacture it

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Good practices

Software detects errors in cancer genetics articles

Online tool available for testing identifies mistakes in gene sequences

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pipe 20 years

Brazil’s leading innovation support program

PIPE has funded nearly 2,000 R&D projects in São Paulo

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Medicine

A temporary glue to treat eye injuries

A temporary glue to treat eye injuries

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CORPORATE RESEARCH

Digital opportunities

Totvs positions itself as a provider of knowledge management

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AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

More energy


Electric car batteries' energy density is still lower than traditional fuels

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COMPUTING

Robot swarms

Robotics aims to program machines to perform tasks as a coordinated group

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SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION

Dancing for science

Brazilian researcher wins Science magazine’s “Dance Your PhD” contest

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careers

A career built on honey

Pharmacist worked as a researcher before starting her own business

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Careers

Mobile app lets users search for university scholarships

Mobile app lets users search for university scholarships

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ROAD ECOLOGY 

Animals on the highway

New technologies to prevent animals being hit are created in Brazil

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INNOVATION

Shared risk

Model offers companies funding and cooperation with research groups

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retrospect

Innovation during the Empire

First patents law helped encourage innovation in Brazil in the 19th century

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PHOTONICS

Development effected by light

Focusing LED on fertilized chicken eggs causes the embryos to grow faster

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