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Ecology
Shadows over the forest
Clouds of smoke from forest clearing fires cool down the Amazon forest
Paleontology
Under the palm trees
The discovery of a deposit of dinosaur fossils in the interior of Maranhão
Genomics
On the trail of a vaccine
Brazilians sequence the genome of the bacterium that causes leptospirosis
Nanotechnology
Atoms for doing calculations
Brazilian physicists in the worldwide race in search of the quantum computer
environment
Protection for biodiversity
Biota-Pará Project draws up list of species threatened with extinction
Mega Science
Network of life
Software permits the integration of data banks with biological information
Cattle ranching
The advance of the cattle herds
Widening Brazil's competitive advantage in the international beef market
Letter from the editor
The best of the science made in Brazil
The best of the science made in Brazil
S&T Policy
Articles in the spotlight
With 134 magazines, the SciELO Brazil library gains more visibility and attracts new sponsors
Cover
The quantum leap of Brazilian science
National research goes professional, incorporating group work and improving its world ranking
Technology
Molecule factory
Partnership between the Applied Toxinology Center and a pharmaceutical company results in an analgesic that is more potent than morphine
Technology
A fiber for all handiwork
Dry Curauá leaves have wide use; from car parts to clothes and medicines
Technology
Deep Stability
Researchers from USP develop an unprecedented project for a platform to extract oil on the high seas
Technology
From nature to the drugstore
An anti-inflammatory made from the extract of a plant from the Atlantic Rainforest, is ready to go on the market
Technology
Sparkling whiteness
Partnership between a university and company makes the production of a new pigment for the paints industry possible
Technology
Nanotubes on the market
Tiny carbon parts are already on sale for universities and companies
Retrospect
News from the New World
Before the naturalists, there was already a concern with describing Brazil's animals and plants
Administration
The tranquil succession
Governor Geraldo Alckmin quickly appointed the Foundation's new executives
Popularizing science
On the radio waves
Partnership brings listeners the best of Brazilian science
Environment
Green capitalism
Conservation actions will only bear fruit with a long term view of profit
Interview
Ruth e Victor Nussenzweig: A chemistry that worked out
The couple talks about the advances in the search for vaccines against malaria and of the life of a scientist, here and in the United States
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In the hand-to-hand struggle with society
In the hand-to-hand struggle with society