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Astrophysics
Bars feed supermassive black holes at center of galaxies analogous to Milky Way
Bars are huge elongated clusters of stars resulting from gravitational instabilities. The study provides novel insights into the process of star formation and galactic evolution.
Public Policies
New census and housing program for the homeless population
A federal plan supported by scientific evidence is being launched to reduce the homeless population, a global problem.
Innovation
São Paulo state accounts for more than 50% of Brazil’s S&T based startups, according to a new report
Of the 875 deep techs mapped nationwide, 28% have received funding from PIPE-FAPESP, says the report produced by consultancy Emerge in partnership with Cubo Itaú, an important private sector incubator.
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Brazil dries up
Climate change gives rise to a region with an arid climate, previously non-existant in the country.
Supercomputers
Capable of complex operations, machines enable to investigate matters such as the effects of deforestation on climate and Milky Way evolution.
Teacher blackout
To improve its basic education, Brazil needs to renew undergraduate courses that prepare students to teach, as well as to create policies that make the teaching career attractive.
Field Diary – Negro River series
Agência FAPESP followed the DEGy Negro River Expedition in search for I. caiana, an electric fish species whose only four specimen known to science were collected in 1968 at an inaccurately-described site.
Public Health
Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of superbacteria defying science and health systems.
PublicationS
FAPESP Annual Activity Report - 2023
In 2023, FAPESP approved 56 proposals to purchase large items of research
equipment resulting from three calls issued in 2022 and corresponding to an aggregate investment of $ PPP 184.4 million.
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