Former Ilum student turns undergraduate thesis into scientific paper on green hydrogen

The undergraduate final project developed by Raphaella Gonçalves during her studies at Ilum School of Science, the CNPEM (Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials) undergraduate program, went beyond the classroom and teaching laboratory. Completed at the end of 2024, the project focused on the development of new materials for green hydrogen production and has…

No-plastic B.A.R.B.I.E.: project offers an innovative solution to remove microplastics in domestic filters

Named after the world’s most famous doll, CNPEM team goes to Paris for an international synthetic biology competition Combining Barbie and microplastics is probably not the first thing to comes to mind as the solution to an environmental problem. But the doll’s name is actually an abbreviation for an ecologically correct and revolutionary filter that…