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The rich rewards of research
The rich rewards of research
Physiology
Interrupted nights
Inflammation blocks the hormone that tells the body that it's time to sleep
Physics
Moving sculptures
Computer simulations explain how the giant dunes on Mars emerge and evolve
Interview
Claudia Bauzer Medeiros: Computer science in the future
MIGUEL BOYAYANResearcher Claudia Bauzer Medeiros leads quite a busy academic life: a professor at the Computer Science Center of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) for the last 20 years, her extensive academic output has involved over 30 projects in the field of scientific databases, mainly as applied to biodiversity and agro-environmental planning. “The Unicamp... View Article
By Fabrício Marques and Mariluce Moura
Literature
What’s life like without dragons?
Harry Potter is a good reason to discuss the current desire for enchantment
By Carlos Haag
History
The citizen who smelled like a king
Profiles show that Pedro II was more interested in the essence of power
By Carlos Haag
Development aid
At the cutting edge of knowledge
Partnership with Microsoft Research brings about a model for basic research
Partnerships
Research and Innovation Inc.
Embrapa and private enterprise want to create a technology firm for ethanol
Financing
Consolidated budget
Ministry of Science and Technology to increase grants in strategic areas
Biosecurity
When does life begin?
Federal Supreme Court had experts convene before voting the use of stem cells
Memory
Always in the vanguard
Carmen Portinho helped to change architecture and the arts in Rio de Janeiro
Cover
Africa in the genes of the Brazilian people
DNA analysis reveals regions that fed the slave traffic
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Encounters and stimulating discoveries
Encounters and stimulating discoveries
Genetics
The DNA of the Pampas (grassy plains)
Guarani and Charrua Indians are among the Gaucho's ancestors
Biochemistry
Another use
A new mechanism through which vitamin C combats free radicals is identified
Mathematics
Creativity in chaos
An award reveals successes in the building of an theory about dynamic systems
Interview
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz: Almost blacks, almost whites
Anthropologist Lilia Schwarcz discusses the link between science and racism in Brazil
By Carlos Haag
Sciences of religion
Between the Cross and The Cauldron
How the relationship between the Vatican and the Brazilian Church developed
By Carlos Haag