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Phytochemical

Alternative extraction

Study indicates new ways of using medicinal plants

Biochemistry

Pitomba versus pests

Protein extracted from the fruit eliminates fungi and borers

hematology

Transplant made to measure

Study shows how genetic mutations help to select donors of bone marrow

biochemistry

The danger mapped out

Studies confirm the relationship of free radicals with a series of diseases

Urbanism

A city for all

A kit want to help the population to understand the urban legislation

thematic

Philosophizing in Portuguese

Four major projects from USP's discuss from Aristotle to Habermas

indicators

Limited innovation

Purchase of machinery and equipment is main investment by companies

Genomics

Science and business

Alellyx hires a twenty five more doctors and promises a product in two years

Cover

Hormone on the market

A partnership wants to produce a medicine against dwarfism

Computing

Changes in sight

Hafnium oxide can replace silicon oxide in the production of chips

foods

From the freezing to the oven

Frozen bread may be a novelty in supermarkets and convenience stores

Optics

Calibrated light

Researchers from USP invent a methodology for measuring laser beams

S&T Policy

Good Job

Californian children write letters to Brazilian scientists

Epidemiology

The bases of malaria

Sequencing the genomes of malaria stimulates research into new drugs

Genetics

Fatal mutations

The action of genes responsible for malformation of the head is detailed

Medicine

Magnetic drugs

Research into iron-based compounds capable of treating cancer

Physics

Fleeting matter

Study details the interaction of particles in the atomic nucleus

computation

Corrected landscapes

Mathematical method perfects interpretation of radar images

Geology

More gold under the forest

Two volcanoes in the Amazon may shelter vast reserves of precious minerals

History

The complex formula of modern science

Project intends to discuss the specialization of scientific knowledge

anthropology

The big city on the screen

How the São Paulo cinema covered the city of the decade of the 80's

currency crisis

The impact on science

FAPESP will allow import of consumer goods for ongoing projects

scientific disclosure

Science at a rap rhythm

Futura Channel launches new program for the young public

ethics

Pertinent knowledge

International Council wants scientists involved with social demands

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A different vaccine

A different vaccine

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Expanded concrete

Researcher finds in aluminum slag a new ingredient for producing mortar

Clinical Analyses

Precision in diagnosis

A new kit allows the identification of parasites with greater efficiency

Genetics

Feathered history

Study associates the evolution of birds with transformations in the planet

biophysics

Like the sea waves

Researchers unveil movements to fight parasites on the surface of cells

Epidemiology

The tones of the difference

There may be more than one transmitter of visceral leishmaniasis