Science and technology in Brazil

The Aeronautics Technological Institute (Instituto Tecnólogico de Aeronautica - ITA) is a federal public academic institution located in São José dos Campos, Brazil. ITA is rated as one of the top and most prestigious engineering college university in the country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aeronautics Technological Institute"

The Brazilian Academy of Sciences ( Portuguese: Academia Brasileira de Ciências or ABC) is the national academy of Brazil. It was founded in 1916 in Rio de Janeiro, the then- capital of the country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Academy of Sciences"

The Brazilian Aerospace Technical Center (Centro Técnico Aerospacial - CTA) is the national military research center for aviation and space flight of the Federative Republic of Brazil and subordinated to the Brazilian Air Force. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Aerospace Technical Center (CTA)"

Brazilian science and technology has achieved in the last decades a significant position in the international arena. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian science and technology"

Brazilian Silicon Valley is an epithet commonly applied to the city of Campinas, Brazil, because of its similarity to the 'original' Silicon Valley, located in California in the USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Silicon Valley"

Created in November 1983 in Campinas, during the First Brazilian Congress on Health Informatics, this professional society has the mission of promoting the development and the interchange of ideas and results in the fields devoted to the information technologies applied to the health sciences ( Medical informatics, Telemedicine, Bioinformatics, etc.). ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Society for Health Informatics"

The Centro de Excelência em Tecnologia Eletrônica Avançada (CEITEC - Excellence Center for Advanced Electronic Technology) is a Brazilian technology center specialized in project development and fabrication in microelectronics, i.e. integrated circuits, or "chips". This center is one of the agents for the Brazilian Microelectronics Program (PNM - Programa Nacional de Microeletrônica). ...more on Wikipedia about "CEITEC"

The Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações (CPqD) is a Brazilian research and development institution in telecommunications. It is located in the district of Barão Geraldo in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil, near the State University of Campinas central campus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações"

Ciência e Cultura is a scientific journal published by the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science ( Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ciência e Cultura"

The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (National Council of Scientific and Technological Development -- CNPq) is a organization of the Brazilian federal government under the Ministry of Science of Technology, devoted to funding of science and technology in the country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico"

The Edumed Institute for Education in Medicine and Health is an international research and development and education non-profit organization based in Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edumed Institute for Education in Medicine and Health"

The Eldorado Research Institute (In Portuguese: Instituto de Pesquisas Eldorado) is a non-profit research, development and innovation institution located in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded in 1999. It is located in the high tech area known as Brazilian Silicon Valley. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eldorado Institute"

The Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Brazilian Enterprise of Agropecuary Research) is a state-owned company affiliated to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, which is devoted to pure and applied research on agriculture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária"

Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto in Portuguese) is a medical school of the University of São Paulo located in the city of Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, Brazil, founded 1952. It is considered one of the three best medical schools in the country and a premier medical research center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto"

The Federação das Sociedades de Biologia Experimental (Federation of Experimental Biology Societies, in Portuguese language, acronym is FeSBE) is a Brazilian scientific association which federates a number of the mainstream specialized societies in experimental biology and medicine. It was founded in 1985 and currently has the following member societies: ...more on Wikipedia about "Federação das Sociedades de Biologia Experimental"

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo, or FAPESP) is a public foundation located in São Paulo, Brazil, with the aim of providing grants, funds and programs to support research, education and innovation of private and public institutions and companies in the state of São Paulo. It was founded in 1962 and is maintained by endowments by the State government which are guaranteed as a fixed percentage of the State's tax income, besides the income generated by the financial fruition of its considerable assets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo"

The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) is the Brazilian aerospace research agency. Being a civilian entity, the institute is subordinated to the Science and Technology Ministry. ...more on Wikipedia about "INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais"

The Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (Agronomical Institute of Campinas -- IAC) is a research and development institution affiliated to the Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (São Paulo Agency of Agrobusiness Technology), of the Secretary of Agriculture of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with headquarters in the city of Campinas. It is the oldest institution of its kind in Latin America, having been founded by Emperor Dom Pedro II in 1887 as the Imperial Agronomical Station of Campinas. In 1892 it was transferred to the state government. ...more on Wikipedia about "Instituto Agronômico de Campinas"

Instituto Butantan is a Brazilian biomedical research center affiliated to the São Paulo State Secretary of Health. It is located near the campus of the University of São Paulo, in the city of the same name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Instituto Butantan"

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz is a scientific institution for research and development in biomedical sciences located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded by Dr. Oswaldo Cruz, a noted physician and epidemiologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Instituto Oswaldo Cruz"

Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS) is the Brazilian National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light, a research institution on physics located in the subdistrict of Barão Geraldo of the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron"

The Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro is a centenarian museum and research institution, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museu Nacional (Brazil)"

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi is a Brazilian research institution and museum located in the city of Belém, state of Pará. It was founded in 1866 as the Pará Museum of Natural History and Ethnography, and later named in honour of Swiss naturalist Émil August Goeldi, who reorganized the former institution and was its director from 1894 to 1905. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi"

The Núcleo de Informática Biomédica (in English, Center for Biomedical Informatics) of the State University of Campinas (NIB), in Campinas, Brazil, was an interdisciplinary center for research, development and education in medical informatics, founded July 1983 by the University, under the deanship of Dr. José Aristodemo Pinotti. Its founder and first director was Dr. Renato M.E. Sabbatini. NIB closed down in February 2004, after the retirement of Dr. Sabbatini. ...more on Wikipedia about "Núcleo de Informática Biomédica"

The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, PUC-SP) is one of the largest private universities in the State of São Paulo. It's mantained by the Catholic Archdiocesis of São Paulo, and it is comprised by four campi, three of them in the city of São Paulo and other in Sorocaba, where the Medicine College is placed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo" www.shortopedia.com never sleeps.

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