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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
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
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
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In the hand-to-hand struggle with society
In the hand-to-hand struggle with society
Materials Engineering
State of resistance
Use of plasma expands the useful life of prostheses and industrial tools
Retrospect
News from the New World
Before the naturalists, there was already a concern with describing Brazil's animals and plants
Pharmacology
Clean-up of the arteries
Compound dissolves plaques that obstruct blood vessels
By Dinorah Ereno and Ricardo Zorzetto
Biotechnology
Secrets of sweetness
Study intends to identify the genes responsible for the sucrose in cane
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Input for development
Institutes develop projects for solving social problems
By Claudia Izique and Fabrício Marques
Statistical Physics
The little homeland in soccer shoes
Only three degrees of separation are interposed between all Brazilian players
Biochemistry
Form and function
New equipment place the country in the front line of the study of proteins
innovation
At the market doorway
Companies supported by PIPE will have Finep to consolidate business