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Interview
Francisco Salzano: A geneticist of polemic opinions
Francisco Salzano recalls his work with the Indians, speaks about the concept of race and defends research with transgenics and stem cells.
Intellectual Property
To disseminate knowledge
FAPESP gives up being owner of the patents generated by research projects
Physiology
Masking drunkenness
Energy drink conceals some effects of alcoholic drinks and amplifies others
Public health
Through the wall
Viruses and bacteria propagatefreely on the frontier between US and Mexico
Domestic accidents
Living with the danger
Few mothers know how to avoid their children suffering accident at home
Cosmology
The daringness of challenging Einstein
Another way of explaining the expansion of the Universe
Cover
My kingdom for one more point
The mystery of the elections that make a thousand speak for millions
By Carlos Haag
Petrochemical industry
Amplified energy
Thematic networks are going to receive R$ 1 billion
Materials engineering
Colored and sensitive
Films control changes in the luminosity of the environment
Pharmacology
Powerful sand
Silica associated to a vaccine induces the organism to produce more antibodies
Zootechnology
Mini pigs in the laboratory
Researchers can already count upon pigs for scientific experiments
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Science, cinema and celebrations
Science, cinema and celebrations
Economy
Wings of desire
Varig's crisis reveals precarious situation of Brazilian civil aviation
By Carlos Haag
Interview
We and the monkeys
The Director of the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology researches what makes us different from the chimpanzee