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Microelectronics
Microchip plant
Integrated circuits transforms the Brazilian micro-electronics industry
History
With no ideas in mind and a gun in hand
Lampião knew how to use his image to create an immortal myth
By Carlos Haag
Optical Fiber
A history of glass and light
Optical fiber expanded in Brazil until cover 1 million km
Synchrotron light
Plunging into the invisible universe
The particle accelerator expands the partnerships with companies
Innovation
Passport to foreign markets
PIPE celebrates 10th anniversary and is strengthened for phase 3
Agricultural Engineering
Death by dehydration
Soybean oil and saccharose-based biopesticide eliminate agricultural pests
Dissemination
Warehouse of Ideas
Partnership takes transcriptions of the Roda Viva talk show to the Internet
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Investigating the myth
Investigating the myth
Biotechnology
United against cancer
Company and institute inaugurate Monoclonal Antibodies Laboratory
Retrospect
Alcohol conversion
Of the three cars that crisscrossed the country to publicize the new fuel in 1976, only one is still standing
Sérgio Mascarenhas
Sérgio Mascarenhas: Physics in the current world
The impact of condensed matter physics on the contemporary world
Communication
Is there an audience for a public TV channel?
This month the government defines the establishment of new television network
By Carlos Haag
Dissemination
The origin of the controversy
São Paulo exhibition shows Darwin's path to the theory of evolution
Archeology
Fragments of the past
Amazon housed vast and complex communities before the Europeans arrived
climate change
Technology versus global warming
Brazil takes the lead with ethanol, biodiesel and direct planting
Public policy
Predictions for the forest
Models show that part of the Amazon is going to turn into savannah
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From politics to esthetics
From politics to esthetics
Interview
Esper Abrão Cavalheiro: The reconstruction of man
Given its potential for profoundly altering human performance, the new convergence of technologies must be debated by the scientific community
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
Sociology
The joyful dictatorship
Intellectuals defend changes to save Bahia’s most traditional celebration