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Chemical Industry

Unbreakable

Resins using nanotechnology results in plastics that are more resistant

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Behavior

Outsourced children

Changes in the concept of family are affecting infant-juvenile education

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Sociology

“Where do these people come from?”

Inequality will not be resolved through Brazil's economic growth

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Political Science

The “h” of Bahianity

Antonio Carlos Magalhães would represent the zeal to modernize Bahia

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Retrospect

The emperors and the mummies

The owner of Latin America's largest Egyptian collection, Brazil looks for resources to excavate in Tanis

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Cover

New attacks on dengue

Transgenic insects is one of the innovations for controlling dengue disease

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Various faces of modernization

Various faces of modernization

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Medicine

Magnetism against depression

Technique shows itself to be efficient in the treatment of depression

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Nutrition

Bodies under pressure

Gymnasts and actresses suffer from the same dramas as models

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Epidemiology

Risky journey

Macho culture of truck drivers contributes towards disseminating Aids virus

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Physics

The dance of the metals

Alloy of gold and silver reveals unexpected behavior of the atoms

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Meteorology

The GDP from the clouds

Mathematical model analyzes the impacts of the climate changes

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Interview

Thomaz Farkas: Optimist and raving, but not too much

EDUARDO CESARIn a 15-minute documentary made by Walter Lima Júnior in 2004, at one point Thomaz Farkas, 82 years old, tells that he ought to have been born in Brazil, because in 1924 his parents were already living over here. Without many resources, when the moment of the birth drew close, they asked Farkas’s maternal... View Article

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Digital inclusion

Revolution in the classroom

Government defines the model of laptop intended for pupils at public schools

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Development

Complex equation

Recipe for entering the knowledge society is complex

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Innovation

Partnership in (dis)harmony

Seminar evaluates legislation and demands new paradigms for research

Public Policies

Time to replant

São Paulo prepares new regulations for the reforestation of degraded areas

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Biochemistry

Very special antibodies

Artificial substances will facilitate the production of new medicines

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Energy

Advances with the fuel cell

Ipen develops equipment that generates electricity with ethanol

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Engineering

More free time

A machine for ironing clothes intends to retire the steam iron

Retrospect

Indigenous cartography

Some 62 years ago, Curt Nimuendaju completed his Mapa Etno-Hist

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Cover

The pathways of change

Countries are preparing themselves to confront global warming scenarios

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Less discussion, more action

Less discussion, more action

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Public Health

Behind the smoke screen

A study shows how to identify and treat high risk smokers

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Pharmacology

The trails of coke

Compound helps to elucidate cocaine's action on the brain

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Genetics

Secrets of Nobility

Biologists try to understand how the genes act in order to differentiate bees

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Diversity

Mammals to the surface

Biologists find an average of eight new species of mammals a year

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Botany

Open, Sesame!

Bacteria contend with plants to control the pores of the leaves

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Anthropology

The DNA from the caves

Genome of Neanderthal man brings clues about our origin

Interview

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro: Violence without limits

A UN study coordinated by a Brazilian sociologist reveals that children are the victims of mistreatment and aggression throughout the world, at all classes and environments, whilst society accepts the phenomenon with complacency

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