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Revising the numbers
Get to know the anatomy of the human brain, especially how researchers got to a figure of 86 billion neurons, instead of the 100 billions previously estimated. Mor details in the story (in...
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A Life of Science: Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
The professor, doctor and researcher Eduardo Moacyr Krieger tells us about his trajectory over 60 years between clinical medicine and scientific workbench. Read the complete interview on Pesquisa...
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Eta Carinae: more than an eclipse
The brutal and periodic nature of the loss of brightness of the enigmatic giant star Eta Carinae, which every five years and a half stops shining for approximately 90 consecutive days in certain...
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Science to build a nation
Cândido Rondon, head of the Strategic Telegraph Line Commission from the State of Mato Grosso to the State of Amazonas (CLTEMTA), which was to build a telegraph line between Cuiabá and Santo Antonio...
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A Life of Science: Roberto A. Salmeron
The professor Roberto Salmeron, 90 years-old, built a major international career in the field of elementary particle physics and has made decisive contributions to improve the policy for science and...
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Biota Education focuses the cerrado
The biological diversity of the cerrado was the theme of the conferences on May 16th, in São Paulo. The speakers were Vanderlan Bolzani, professor at the Paulista State University (Unesp) at...
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Biota V: Researchers talk about Caatinga’s biodiversity and evolution
The caatinga is a dry forest which ranges over about 845.000 square quilometers, accupying 11% of the Brazilian territory. Rainfall there may not reach 1.000 millimeters a year, and drought can last...
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‘Biodiversity: concept, values and threats’ in Biota Education
February was the beginning of the Conference Cicle Biota-FAPESP Education. Result of an initiative of the Biota-FAPESP Program, together with Pesquisa FAPESP, the talk series aims to contribute to...
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Biota Education II deals with pampa biodiversity
Fire and farming have had an important role in maintaining the pampa’s biological diversity. Seems strange? This unusual view of environmental conservation was the subject of the second meeting of...
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Biota Education III focuses on the pantanal
The occupation and land use by farming in the areas next to the pantanal plains are one of the main threats to conservation of the local biodiversity. This is what José Sabino, from the Anhanguera...
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Driverless vehicle may be a reality in 20 years
Picture a driver reading the day’s news while commuting. This would happen inside the moving car, without risking a collision or veering off the road. The scene, which may seem out of science...
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Analysis of the Voynich manuscript
Brazilian physicists used their own text analysis technique to study the Voynich manuscript, a mysterious book supposedly written in early 15th century in an unknown alphabet. The expectation is to...
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Atlantic Forest is the theme of the 6th Biota Education
One of the most degraded ecosystems in Brazil, the Atlantic Forest is also one of the richest and most diverse environments in the world. That is why it has been included in the biodiversity...
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Biota-FAPESP Education discusses importance of Amazonian forest
On September 19th, the biota-FAPESP Conference Cycle focused on the importance of the Amazon, the planet’s largest remaining block of tropical forest. On this video, the speakers stress the most...
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Biota-FAPESP addresses marine and coastal environments
The second to last meeting of the Biota-FAPESP Conference Cycle addressed marine and coastal environments: areas composed of beaches, rocky intertidal zones, dunes and cliffs extended over a coastal...
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Biota: Biodiversity in areas altered by man
The ninth and last meeting of the Biota-FAPESP Education Conference Cycle addressed environments which have been altered by human action, such as cities and rural zones. Although degraded, those...
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Laboratory Sun
Light patterns that show up around the Sun, technically called parhelia, are a natural phenomenon that has fascinated mankind for at least 2300 years, since Aristotle’s time. In cold regions,...
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Suspended by sound
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) have developed a device capable of levitating objects using sound. Compared to previous levitators, the newly developed allows greater control of...
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Geogenomics
Geogenomics is a new discipline aimed at explaining biological diversity in tropical rainforests. With projects focused on the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest, biologists and geologists explain how...
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