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ScienceForBrazil.com celebrates the achievements of Brazilian science, identifies research opportunities and funding for foreign scientists working in Brazil, and profiles technology innovation in the academic, public policy, business development and commercial arenas.
Brazil and the “next industrial revolution:” Synthetic Biology
Synthetic Biology is the hot new ticket in Life Sciences and beyond, with research establishments in developed and developing countries piling aboard the new discipline. No surprise then, that Brazil is also climbing onto the bandwagon. The University of São Paulo (USP) has recently set up USP SynBio, a Synthetic …Continue Reading
Spain’s Leading Newspaper Profiles Brazilian Science
“We need scientists and foreigners are welcome” runs the headline to a lengthy article in Spain’s leading daily El Pais, summarising the appeal of a foreign research posting for members of Spain’s cash-strapped scientific community. The report — prepared by the paper’s widely respected science reporter Alicia Rivera — leads …Continue Reading
“Country of Future” is Big Present for Researchers
“We’re inviting Spanish researchers to come to Brazil,” reads the headline in Materia, a leading science website published in Spain. The article suggests that the cynical old saying (attributed to France’s General de Gaulle) that ‘Brazil is the country of the future — and always will be,’ is now being consigned to history as …Continue Reading
Brazil’s Science Roadshow Set For Busy 2013
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE! 2013 is shaping up to be a hectic year for Brazilian scientists heading out to show the world what their country is capable of in terms of R&D — and where the opportunities lie for international cooperation with researchers at centers of learning around the world. After a busy 2012 …Continue Reading
The Long Road to Scientific Recognition
Brazilian scientists spent a week in Spain, explaining the state of knowledge in Latin America’s largest country to their local counterparts in Madrid and the university city of Salamanca. They were also ready to roll out the welcome mat back in Brazil to visiting foreign scientists, with a tempting smorgasbord of research and development …Continue Reading
Brazil Hosts Global Food Security Talks
The Belmont Forum – an international group of funding agencies for global change research – is holding its international scoping workshop on food security and land use change, which will take place in Brazil. The workshop is hosted by São Paulo Research Institute (one of the 19 organisations that are members) and will …Continue Reading
Brazil’s “Boom Times” catch THE’s Eye
Respected education publication Times Higher Education released a detailed feature report December 13th, profiling key establishments of learning in São Paulo state, including University of São Paulo and funding organisation São Paulo Research Institute (FAPESP) Reporter Elizabeth Gibney cites the country’s “generous funding and willingness to team up internationally in a bid to become a …Continue Reading
‘Intense and Fruitful Collaboration’ Unites Scientists across Atlantic
Scientists from Spain and Brazil have been ‘walking the talk’ of creating a global knowledge-based society, by sharing their research findings across a range of disciplines during a symposium in the university city of Salamanca. In the field of political science, academics are developing a theoretical model to measure the quality of democracy in Brazil …Continue Reading
Brazil’s Nature on Show in ‘Mystery and Destiny’
A travelling exhibition of Brazilian botany is making its way across Europe, with stops in Spain and Germany. The exhibit has special relevance for Germany, which in 2013 and 2014 will celebrate its special relationship with Brazil through the theme “where ideas connect.” In Spain the exhibition was inaugurated by Brazil’s former …Continue Reading
Wind Power Play for Northern Brazil
Brazil is redoubling efforts to boost its electricity generation capacity and wind power is now high on both government and corporate sector agenda. Read more here about a new $394 million agreement that will establish 230 wind turbines with an installed capacity of 386 megawatts of energy. Perhaps this is the way Brazil’s government …Continue Reading
Researching in Brazil
Brazil’s best-known scientist, the veteran nuclear physicist José Goldemberg, in September 2015 took office as the president of the São…Read more