Workshop highlights technological requirements, solutions and need for partnerships between oil companies, universities and startups.
Study shows that deforestation, loss of biodiversity and economic damage done to communities living near dams have not been factored into the cost of these projects. Large dams also ignore the effects of climate change.
A study conducted in Brazil showed protective effects of flavonoid rutin against bleeding and inflammation due to snakebite.
Brazilian researchers used biogeographic analysis to study trilobites, arthropods that became extinct over 252 million years ago. The study was published in Scientific Reports.
Upgrading fuel cells is one of the possible technological applications of a theoretical study led by the young Brazilian researcher Luana Sucupira Pedroza.
Researchers show that up to 15 million hectares of forest risk losing protection owing to a new clause in the law under which state governments can reduce the extent of protected areas within private properties.
The compound called GA-Hecate also acts on bacteria, fungi and cancer cells and will be tested against Zika and yellow fever viruses.
Brazilian startup Omni-eletronica’s technology uses artificial intelligence to optimize physical store operations.
