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Economy
Wings of desire
Varig's crisis reveals precarious situation of Brazilian civil aviation
By Carlos Haag
Materials engineering
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Colored and sensitive
Films control changes in the luminosity of the environment
Pharmacology
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Powerful sand
Silica associated to a vaccine induces the organism to produce more antibodies
Zootechnology
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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
Cover
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My kingdom for one more point
The mystery of the elections that make a thousand speak for millions
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
Materials engineering
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Beautiful, smooth and impermeable
Company develops a material that substitutes granite, marble and steel
Communication
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Who has power over the fourth power?
Blogs demystify journalism and dictate the news
By Carlos Haag
Literature
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In the shadow of the past
The 125th anniversary of the birth of Stefan Zweig
By Carlos Haag
Interview
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Angelita Habr-Gama: Victory in a mine field
MIGUEL BOYAYANThe medical doctor Angelita Habr-Gama has three personality traits common to successful professionals: perseverance, a huge capacity for work and contagious optimism. Together with these qualities is an enormous talent in her specialty, surgery of the digestive tract, which is sufficient to separate out professor Angelita from the role of the highly successful person... View Article
Visual arts
The design of an era
The growing concern with the visual conception of graphic arts in Brazil
Public Policies
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The metropolis begins to breathe
Control of pollutants emission saves lives in Sao Paulo
Scientific Divulging
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At the head of the news
José Hamilton Ribeiro wins a prestigious award in journalism
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The art of seeing that which was invisible
The art of seeing that which was invisible