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Physics

Zoology

Sound absorbing wings

Microscopic structures on the scaled wings of two moth species are able to absorb many of the ultrasound waves emitted by bats

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Careers

The many perspectives of physics

Brazilian scientist from São Paulo, head of a research group at Utrecht University, recognized by the European Physical Society

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Interview

Recognized effort

The director of the International Center for Theoretical Physics at UNESP receives award for his leadership role in Latin American physics research

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Geophysics

Hidden light

Brazilian group identifies rare light in the upper atmosphere over northeastern Brazil, created by the Moon passing in front of the Sun

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Photolab

In the eye of a giant

Upon entry into operation, the Manacá beamline at the Sirius laboratory was directed at crystals of the 3CL protein, part of the mechanism by which the SARS-CoV-2 virus multiplies

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Careers

Quantum biology

Emerging field demands interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge of both chemistry and physics

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Astrophysics

Holes of every size

Gravitational waves reveal black holes of new sizes

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Physics

Light-based circuits

New material made of gold nanoparticles can modify the properties of laser light and be used to make photon transistors

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Astrophysics

Where the “day” lasts half a minute

Brazilians discover the fastest white dwarf star, which completes one rotation on its axis in less than 30 seconds

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Interview

Luiz Davidovich: Towards a more interactive education

President of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and professor at the UFRJ Physics Institute questions compartmentalization at universities

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Astronomy

Heading for Mars

The United Arab Emirates launched its first interplanetary space probe from a space center in Japan

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Obituary

The aggregator of knowledge and people

Physicist Roberto Salmeron was a professor at École Polytechnique and one of the founders of UnB

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Physics

How to create a skyrmion

Microscopic metal structures produced and controlled by short-lived magnetic pulses could be used to store data

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INTERVIEW

Ricardo Magnus Osório Galvão: The physicist who would not bend

Almost a year after being dismissed, the former director of INPE continues to warn that deforestation is out of control in the Amazon

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SpaceX

A historic flight

On May 31, American astronauts arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month mission

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Astronomy

A moon on the move

Titan, the largest of Saturn's 82 moons, is moving away from the planet almost 100 times faster than previously estimated

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Interview

Sergio Machado Rezende: Together against COVID-19

The physicist is one of the coordinators of the Scientific Committee for the Fight against Coronavirus in the Northeast, which advises the region's governors

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Retrospect

At the atom’s core

Born 100 years ago this year, theoretical physicist Jayme Tiomno studied particle interactions in the atom’s nucleus

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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

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Microbiology

Fighting infections with graphene

Nanomaterial enables low doses of light to eliminate bacteria

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physics

Big data and new materials

Scientists turn to digital mining techniques and huge databases of compounds in efforts to accelerate the discovery of new structures

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Interview

Augusto Damineli: Stellar interpreter

An astrophysicist recounts his discovery that the most-studied star beyond our Sun undergoes periodic dips in luminance, and is actually a system composed of two stars

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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

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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

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Physics

Germanium energy

New material could increase the durability and safety of lithium batteries

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Physics

The unexpected power of friction

Brazilian and German scientists explain the unexpected motion of the barrel in the explosive ping-pong ball experiment

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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

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Physics

The first images

In its initial test, Sirius, Brazil's newest synchrotron light source, produces microtomographic images of a rock and a heart

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Physics

Cooling with a twist

Cooling systems based on twisting and untwisting fibers can reduce water temperature by 7 °C

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Nobel

A prize for men

This year, the six Nobel Prize categories honored 14 people

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