Issue # 132 _ February 2007

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Connection without frontiers
Cutting edge experiments with the brain travel from Duke University to Natal, along with the desire to make science help to transform needy communities By

S&T Policy

Public health

Breathing spell for the vaccine

Specialists declare 2007 the year of the fight against pneumococcal disease

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Human resources

Women wanted

Award granted to researcher from Unicamp calls attention to the fall of women interest in computing

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Evaluation

What are we good at?

Studies indicate 11 areas of knowledge in which Brazilian research shines in the world

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Science

Zoology

The mother of all jararacas

The ancestor of the snakes that cause most accidents in Brazil was small and had a varied diet.

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Physics

Below zero

Computer simulations explain the electrical properties of ice.

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Botany

Textures of the forest

Genetic classification solves the evolutionary mystery of vines and could provide guidance for the preservation of tropical rainforests.

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Biochemistry

Poison in vitro

A Butantan team develops a recipe to cultivate jararaca glands in the laboratory.

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Epidemiology

Bacillus in the tribe

Tuberculosis is 20 times more common amongst Indians than in the rest of the population.

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Plastination

Anatomy Lesson

"Bodies... the exhibition" shows a fascinating and painstaking spectacle of the human anatomy

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Technology

Chemical Industry

Unbreakable

The company Braskem is producing resins using nanotechnology that result in plastics that are more resistant.

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Materials Engineering

Vegetable Styrofoam

Biodegradable foam could substitute various types of plastic

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Electronic engineering

Clinical eye

Safety sensors with optical filters identify the contours of people and animals.

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Insects

In small doses

Unesp researchers develop a less toxic and slow acting bait for the control of ants.

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Humanities

Personality

Philosopher of the possible dialog

Bento Prado Jr. brought the philosophy of literature and of other human sciences closer, resized it in Brazil, and became respected all over the world

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Behavior

One is too few. Two is fine

Studies demystify prejudices about families with homosexual parents

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History

Portrait in black and white

Image of the Black in Brazil was forged with the arrival of photography in the 19th century.

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