Physics

Entrepreneurship

Victorious path

Vladimir Airoldi exports synthetic diamond drill bits and wins an Finep award

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topological insulating materials

Superficial magic

Brazilians begin investigating a new promising material

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Computational Modeling

The defeat of the highlanders

Growing old can be an adaptive advantage

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without mirrors

Laser amplified by rubidium gas

Laser amplified by rubidium gas

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What is it?

What is it?

Dark energy

Center of the galaxy

An X-ray lamp

Gas disk around a black hole lights up every seven days

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Solar system

Why Uranus spins sideways

Crashing into large objects has tilted the rotation axis by 98°

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Extreme events

A compass for tsunamis

Earth’s magnetic field may warn of arrival of giant waves

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Fractals

Jagged coastlines

Physicists try to explain why coastlines vary so much

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Dermatology

A double dose of stimulation

Physical exercise with LEDs improves the health of post-menopausal

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Physics

Rather similar

Neutrinos and antineutrinos actually seem to have the same mass

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Physics

Energy from the stars

Brazilians and Europeans seek control of nuclear fusion

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Forestry resources

Vegetable identification

Beam of light recognizes the chemical composition of species

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Statistics

The life of words

The evolution of the vocabulary of on-line communities

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Cover

The magnetic history of Brazil

Magnetic field in South America is weakening, analysis points out

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Physics

Graphene in the new electronics

Material might form the basis of a hypothetical quantum nanotransistor

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Tribute

Amélia’s paths

Works ranges from physics to education, from memory to scientific policy

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Astrophysics

A mirrored black hole

Cone of ions reflects image of mysterious object at the center of the galaxy

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José Israel Vargas

José Israel Vargas: from crisis to opportunity

Former minister remembers his career as scientist and policy maker

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Atomic Energy

Safety in the spotlight

Accident in Japan reopens the debate on the future of nuclear research

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Mineralogy

The past in grains of sand

Radioactive material allows to track the geological origin of the beaches

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Astrophysics

A slight flicker

Survey finds 900 new magnetic white dwarfs, a rare type of star

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Geophysics

The Earth molded by gravity

Accurate measurements deform the perfect sphere seen from space

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Astrophysics

The Milky Way revisited

The galaxy's arms may be closer and not as spiral-shaped as had been thought

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Physics

Restless neighborhood

Strategy allows evaluation of the magnetic interaction between nanoparticles

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Integration

The map of light

Researchers interact with Nobel laureates and plan experiments

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Homage

Empty spaces in Brazilian science

Farewell Jayme Tiomno, Victória Rossetti and Lynaldo Cavalcanti

Astrophysics

On a safe course

Simulation explains why the Earth did not collide with the Sun

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Physics

Electrons at high speed

Particle accelerator designed and built at the USP Physics Institute

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Astrophysics

Gravitational kick

Fusion of galaxies expels black hole from its nucleus

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