Physics

quantum physics

Chip with entangled photons

Component ensures a continuous supply of entangled photons

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UN

Special celebration of light

United Nations declares 2015 the International Year of Light

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Photolab

Nobility in the nanoworld

Nobility in the nanoworld

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Careers

Instruments of knowledge

MIT former student set up an optical workshop at USP and a successful company

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Physics

Molecular kitchen

Team develops recipe for nanoparticles of silver and magnetite

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primordial soup

Expansive solution

Mathematical solution describes the expansion of one drop of quark-gluon plasma

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chemical communication

Moth scents

Physics explains how males in some moth species can detect the scent of females

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Conrado Wessel Award

Winners of the FCW Award

Winners: Protásio Lemos da Luz, José Goldemberg and Fernanda Montenegro

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Physics

Spin engines

How to measure energy variations in atomic nuclei

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circuits

Silver droplet with crystalline interior

solid nanoparticles of silver can be deformed like liquid droplets

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quantum mechanics

Isolated atom

New technique uses magnetic fields to isolate atoms

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Fireflies

Born to shine

Insect needs a lot more energy to fly than to light up their abdomens

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Thomas Maack

Thomas Maack: Memories of a year that never ended

Physiologist on dictatorship, his own career and medical education

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photonics

The light that sees what it couldn’t see

Group takes photographs without using light particles

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cover

Protons and ions in the right amount

Hadron therapy combats tumors more effectively than conventional therapy

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Light

Light deforms water

Photons exert pressure on the objects they reach, like water

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"Higgs Factory"

An LHC for China

China plans to build an underground particle accelerator by 2028

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Shared Quality

Facilities ensure multiple users access to latest generation equipment

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Condensed matter

How to detect an elusive particle

Brazilians propose strategy for verifying fermion existence

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Physics

Storms in a vacuum

Energy in empty space could destroy stars and reveal the nature of dark matter

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Technoscience

Carbon nanopapyrus

Physicists produce carbon nitride made of nanotube

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Water

An ocean at the center of the Earth

Diamond indicates that an ocean may lie deep beneath the Earth surface

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CAREER

From Bavaria to the presidency

German physicist heads one of Brazil’s newest universities

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Physics

At a new frequency

Telescope will detect solar flares from a stratospheric balloon

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INTERNATIONALIZATION

Overcoming barriers

FAPESP Week brings together researchers from Brazil and China

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Statistics

Analysis of the Voynich manuscript

Researchers try to decipher the Voynich code

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Internet 

Remote analyses

Project at laboratory allows users to make measurements economically

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Memory

The structure of matter revealed

UNESCO has chosen 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography

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Leds

Submarine communication

New technology may improve underwater optical communication

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Space Geophysics

Under the Moon’s influence

Moon's gravitational force causes perturbations in the Earth's atmosphere

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