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biotechnology

Scylla’s turn

Votorantim Ventures invests in bioinformatics company

sectoral funds

Incentive for innovation

Decree incorporates more funds in the Green-Yellow Fund

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Science, politics and football

Science, politics and football

veterinary medicine

Noble animals

LinkGen does DNA test for horses and cattle

Computing

Health at the touch of a button

Incor places at the disposal information and patients' medical records

Production engineering

Purchasing Power

The influence of carmakers upon the companies that supply parts is greater

Genetics

Gene Hunters

The DNA chip technique could facilitate the diagnosis of illnesses

pharmacology

Wide spectrum

The Guaco has more therapeutic properties than previously supposed

Biology

Reversing the game: plants against the sauba ant

Natural defenses kill off fungi and the leaf-cutting ants

environment

An alert on the pollution of the Amazon rivers

Survey confirms the impact of deforestation on rivers

Visual Arts

University museum with a national stature

USP's Contemporary Art Museum gains importance and visibility

Education

From home, by computer

Research investigates distance learning techniques

Scientific Literature

A skeptic causes polemics

Book that reassesses environmental problems arouses criticism from researchers

Homage

Brazil’s centenary roots

The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Sérgio Buarque de Holanda

genetic

From Xylella to Alellyx

Researchers create a biotechnological company with Votorantim Ventures

teaching

Good Job

Californian children write letters to Brazilian scientists

intellectual property

The power of the transnationals

A study analyses 60 years of the history of patents in the chemical sector

computerization

On-line accounts

FAPESP widens the communication network with researchers

health

Combat front against tuberculosis

Network-TB brings together experts in search of tests to identify tuberculosis

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From fear to hope

From fear to hope

materials engineering

More competitive plastics

Partnership produces high resistance polypropylene and easy to recycle

Biomedical engineering

Proven efficiency

Equipment uses birds retina to test medicines with neurological action

chemistry

Less pollution

Nanocatalyst created in UFRGS eliminates aromatic compounds from petroleum

Electronic engineering

Innovative technical assistance

Equipment speedily detects problems and repairs modules in switching centers

engineering

Organic with a green seal

Laboratory prepare certification of foods produced without use of chemicals

environment

An island’s lost ice

Map shows shrinking glaciers on King George Island

personality

A complete physicist

Dead at 96, Bernhard Gross coupled theory and practice with rare brilliance

Cattle

A sure shot

Vaccine ensures that only animals infected with disease be slaughtered

Genomics

The map of the paper tree

New eucalyptus genes drives the search for increased productivity

Visual Arts

Movement in bronze

Research analyses the sculpture collection of Edgar Degas