Physics
Interview
Michael Boris Green: The tuner of strings
British physicist shares his role in the 1980s reformulation of a theory that aims to describe all that exists in the universe
By Marcos Pivetta and Ricardo Zorzetto
Microbiology
Fighting infections with graphene
Nanomaterial enables low doses of light to eliminate bacteria
Physics
Physicists immobilize glass particle
A research group in Austria cooled the first solid state object—a nanometer fragment of glass a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand
By Redação
Obituary
The machine man
Engineer and physicist Ricardo Rodrigues was the designer of Sirius, the most complex and versatile research instrument ever built in Brazil
Interview
Eunézio Antonio Thoroh de Souza: The voice of graphene
A physicist and opera singer from Minas Gerais has created a research center to turn basic science into high-tech products
By Carlos Fioravanti and Maria Guimarães
Astronomy
Water in the atmosphere of other worlds
A group has identified water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b by studying images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
By Redação
Interview
Daniel Kennefick: The importance of Sobral
An astrophysicist and science historian reports that without the observation of the eclipse in the city of Ceará, the experimental results of 1919 would probably have been inconclusive
By Redação
Astronomy
Gravitational waves generated by a new type of collision?
Gravitational waves detected on August 14 of this year were probably generated by a collision between two different celestial bodies
By Redação
Physics
The flight of the dandelion seed
Researchers used fluid dynamics equations to analyze the flight behavior of dandelion seeds and modeled the airflow patterns that form around the pappus as it floats through the air
By Redação
Video
Profile: Thoroh de Souza
Physicist and classical singer planned a research center aimed at making basic science into high technology products.
By Redação
