International issue | December de 2005
S&T Policy
S&T Policy
Articles in the spotlight
With 134 magazines, the SciELO Brazil library gains more visibility and attracts new sponsors
Science
Science
Wide awake
Lack of sleep activates sexuality, increases the sensitivity to pain and damages the liver and heart
Science
Spoan: a new illness
Consanguineous marriages bring about an unknown form of deficiency in a Northeast town
Physics
Friendly chaos
Apparently disorganized behaviors may benefit living beings and chemical reactions
Technology
Technology
Nanotubes on the market
Tiny carbon parts are already on sale for universities and companies
Technology

Sparkling whiteness
Partnership between a university and company makes the production of a new pigment for the paints industry possible
Technology
From nature to the drugstore
An anti-inflammatory made from the extract of a plant from the Atlantic Rainforest, is ready to go on the market
Technology

Deep Stability
Researchers from USP develop an unprecedented project for a platform to extract oil on the high seas
Technology
A fiber for all handiwork
Dry Curauá leaves have wide use; from car parts to clothes and medicines
Technology
Molecule factory
Partnership between the Applied Toxinology Center and a pharmaceutical company results in an analgesic that is more potent than morphine