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fomentation

The new strategies of the CNPq

The objective is to strengthen the regional participation in S&T

Biotechnology

Attack on the parasite

Genetic discoveries and new drugs fight the Trypanosome

Energy

Efficiency under the sun

Researchers from Rio Grande do Sul develop more productive solar cells

Robotics

Arm under control

Researchers study how to correct failings in industrial robots

Geology

Ten tremors a day

Study reveals intense movement of the crust in the central region of Brazil

biodiversity

New seafood

Biologists discover 52 species of animals that live on the bottom of the ocean

pharmacology

Pressure under control

Molecule that fight hypertension is removed from the brains of rats

Medicine

Modulated defense

Advances against leishmaniasis involve controlling the immune response

Music

The return of Gomes’s wicked woman

Joanna de Flandres is recovered in two projects

Sociology

The pen that beats the sword

Thesis shows the power of discourse for criminalizing social movements

Interview

Nuno Pires de Carvalho: In defense of biodiversity

Wipo adopts the term biosquatting for acts of appropriation of traditional knowledge

funding

Investments in the forest

The Bank of Amazonia invests into research for expanding the regional market

scientific magazines

Free access at no charge

Scientists found virtual publishing house and plan to launch electronic titles

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Brazilian science on the screen

Brazilian science on the screen

sanitation

Cleansing reactors

New equipments are prepared for the treatment of effluents

Forest engineering

Rapid and economic drying

Researcher from Embrapa develops method for treating wood

Ecology

The land of the birds

Eight species of birds that only live between the Xingu and Tapajós rivers

bioinformatics

The dance of the genes

Mathematical model defines the limit for alterations and evolutions of genomes

Genomics

Revelation in details

Genes may help in the fight against the bacterium that causes yellowing disease

Genetics

Strengthened defense

Sugarcane protein may help to hold back the advance of human diseases

psychiatry

Greater risk

Variation in a gene may aggravate mental illnesses

aesthetics

Not meaning to

Modern artists have discovered a new form of making art

History

Journey reading

A book narrates how the Portuguese Royal Library arrived in Brazil

Internet 2

Targets rearranged

ANSP network will be used as a test bed for the Tidia projects

Indicators

New figures for R&D

Private sector employs 37% of Brazilian researchers

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Harsh indicators, urgent actions

Harsh indicators, urgent actions

industry

Patents in action

FAPESP does the first licensing of a product generated in a program

chemistry

Samples of health

Study on propolis results in patenting a method for analysis

Physics

Valuable impurity

Behavior of atoms might mean new applications for semiconducting materials

meteorology

The enigmas of the storms

Experiment investigates luminous phenomenon similar to lightning