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Paper in ceramics
Adding paper scraps to the composition of single-fired ceramics and using them to make ceramic tiles is a new idea presented in a study conducted at the graduate studies department of the School of...
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This engineer is different
Eduardo Tomanik, a mechanical engineer, works for Mahle, a multinational German auto parts company. His graduate work was at the University of São Paulo (USP) and he gave his name to an...
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Restriction of Disputed Articles
The journal Meccanica, affiliated with publisher Springer, announced the retraction of 11 scientific articles written by Alberto Carpintieri, a professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin and...
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The career path for engineers
From 2000 to 2010, the number of job offers in the field of engineering rose, and salaries were up as well. The study entitled Career paths in engineering for young Brazilians in the formal market...
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New Director for the CNPEM
Carlos Américo Pacheco, an engineer, left his post as chancellor of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) in São José dos Campos (SP) to take over as general director of the Brazilian...
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Flexible connectors
Electronic circuits printed onto elastic material can be stretched Researchers from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in the United States, have developed a new method to facilitate the...
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Smart tag for metals
Device developed at Unicamp has a read range of more than 8 meters A radio frequency identification tag (RFID) that operates in the ultra high frequency band (UHF) and can be attached to metallic...
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Self-driving truck
Highway Pilot helps drivers regulate speed, deploy brakes, and avoid collisions on highways In May 2015, the Freightliner Inspiration Truck became the world’s first autonomous semi truck to be...
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Made-to-measure prostheses
Tomography images of patient, 3D model of the skull and made-to-measure prosthesis designed on software A made-to-measure titanium prosthesis transformed the life of a 23-year-old student, Jessica...
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A voyage to Pluto
First image of the Plutonian atmosphere, obtained seven hours after the closest approach: hazier and higher than expected The successful completion of the first mission to Pluto has received...
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The aircraft nursery
Wind tunnel for testing at UFMG, and aircraft drawings made by the university’s students In May 2015, an electric airplane flew for the first time in Brazil, earning this country a place among the...
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High-performance computer cluster
The Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences Applied to Industry (CeMEAI), one of the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDC) supported by FAPESP, has inaugurated a Euler computer...
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After Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope is slated to have a successor in 2018, when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be launched, equipped with a 6.5-meter mirror. Hubble has not yet entered...
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Recycled water
Aquapolo Industrial Water Production Plant: exclusively for non-potable purposes In September 2015, Sanasa (Sociedade de Abastecimento de Água e Saneamento), the water utility responsible for...
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Made in Brazil
Prototype of 12-m telescope: structure designed in Brazil, made up of silver-colored tubes, connects the mirror to the camera The metal quadrupod responsible for supporting and positioning the...
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The driverless future
Autonomous truck: radar and GPS on the roof and cameras on the front Driverless cars do not get tired, do not get distracted and do not get drunk. They promise to transform urban mobility. Such cars...
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A successor for the Concorde
Design for the potential “Concorde 2”: three types of engines and maximum speed of 5,500 km/h (3,000 knots) From London to New York in one hour, six hours fewer than would be needed today for the...
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SERPENS reaches the ISS
Nanosatellite SERPENS: arrival at the International Space Station On August 24, 2015, the nanosatellite SERPENS, developed by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) in partnership with federal...
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Advanced Testing
Affonso Ferro, Guilherme Gibertoni, Jonas Dourado, João Boaventura, Aurelio Da Dalt and Amanda Shiokawa Anyone passing in front of the Spectra Tecnologia building, located on a street in Belenzinho,...
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