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October 2009 Contents - Issue 164
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Editorial
Environment, celebrations and thoughts
Interview
Unjustified fear
Expert on plant microorganisms says only 1% of fungi and bacteria cause problems
Memory
Hans Staden, the naturalist
Author of classic work on Brazil was the first to describe stingless bees 452 years ago
Policies
Collaboration :: Important partnership agreements
FAPESP enters into cooperation agreements with UK research councils and university
Education :: Integrated work
Project shows how public schools can become an arena for reflection
Management :: Better public health
USP Medical School project encourages training family doctors and looks for ways to improve SUS
Epidemiology :: The origin of illnesses
Six states join together in a major survey, to find out how heart diseases and diabetes develop
Science
Cover :: The future of nature and agriculture
Mathematical models help predict the effects of global warming in Brazil
Cover :: Dry land, full rivers
The circulation of air masses can harm even those areas that are far away from deforested regions
Physics :: Entangled colors
São Paulo group achieves the quantum entanglement of three beams of light of different wavelengths
Rebellious particles
Atom behavior may harm the working of the quantum computer
Astronomy :: Inhospitable land
The smallest planet discovered to date outside the Solar System has a rocky surface and extreme temperatures
Neurophysiology :: Effects of Aversion
Repulsive situation increases attention and visual perception
Botany :: On top of the mountain range
Rare plants grow in isolation in the highlands
Technology
New materials :: Colored gold
Gold powder mixed with other metals results in a variety of colored alloys for the manufacturing of jewelry
Materials Engineering :: Fine and flexible
Brazilian researchers create multimedia screens made from foldable, transparent paper
Energy :: Vegetable kerosene
Researchers from Unicamp develop high purity biofuel for airplanes
Agriculture :: Soil details
System integrates satellites and sensors to prepare a detailed map of farmland
Biotechnology :: Protection from leishmaniasis
Protein used in recombinant vaccine induces cellular response in dogs and reduces transmission of visceral disease
Humanities
Music :: Nostalgia for Jeca in the 21st century
Studies analyze country music and reveal an accurate image of Brazil: willing to move forward but always looking back
History :: Years of lead online
The project Revealed Memories will post documents about repression in the military dictatorship onto the Internet
Foreign Policy :: A blast that continues to echo two decades later
Discussion on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall reveals its impact on the current global crisis