Brazilian inventions and discoveries are items, processes, techniques or discoveries which owe their existence either partially or entirely to a person born in Brazil or to a citizen of Brazil.
Physics Pion by César Lattes, one of the discoverers
Mathematics Costa's minimal surface by Celso José da Costa in 1982 Introduction to the concept of spectrum in topology, by Elon Lages Lima in 1958 Nachbin's theorem, by Leopoldo Nachbin Peixoto's theorem, by Maurício Peixoto in 1959
Medicine Diseases Bradykinin by Mauricio Rocha e Silva, Wilson Teixeira Beraldo and Gastão Rosenfeld Chagas disease, pathogen, vector, host, clinical manifestations and epidemiology discovery, by Carlos Chagas Epidemic typhus, pathogen discovery, by Henrique da Rocha Lima Schistosomiasis, disease cycle discovery, by Pirajá da Silva
Procedures, techniques or medicines Chest photofluorography by Manuel Dias de Abreu Jatene procedure by Adib Jatene Anti-ophidic serum by Vital Brazil, he is also credited as the first to develop anti-scorpion and anti-spider serums, in 1908 and 1925, respectively
Engineering and electronics Electric shower, by Francisco Canhos Navarro. Orelhão by Chu Ming Silveira. Leme panoramic camera by Sebastião Carvalho Leme
Computing Lua programming language created in 1993 by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, and Waldemar Celes from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro: Science and Technology Center (CTC: Tecgraf). Elixir (programming language) created in 2012 by José Valim from a research and development project at Plataformatec. Pix a fast, free payment system developed by the Central Bank of Brazil
Miscellaneous Brazilian jiu-jitsu martial art and combat sport created in the 1920s. Vanishing spray a substance applied to an association football pitch to provide a temporary visual marker, was created by Brazilian inventor Heine Allemagne. Participatory budgeting (PB) first developed in Porto Alegre, Brazil as 1986.
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