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Theory
The forbidden city
Researchers try to gather the physics of the infinitely small to the large
Experimental physics
Foot on the accelerator
Participation in future CERN experiments should benefit industry
Interview
Cylon Gonçalves: Physicist, politician, executive
Physicist Cylon Gonçalves talks about his experience at university, in government and in private enterprise, and about the difficulties in producing innovation
Diplomacy
The Bones of the Baron
External politics is today a reason for heated and serious discussion
By Carlos Haag
Diffusion
Within the reach of all
Free access to scientific articles changes the strategy of publishing houses
Global warming
Al Gore’s crusade
A film uses marketing to convert skeptics to the defense of the environment
Biomedical Engineering
Light and image
System allows to carry out several skin examinations in a single place
History
A tropical Lady Macbeth
Letters from Dona Leopoldina reveal a political organizer who hated democracy
By Carlos Haag
Sociology
The exorcism of the Internet
Psychologists and lawyers advocate moderation in criticisms of the web
Ethics
Between Virtue and Fortune
How to analyze political ethics without getting lost in moralism
By Carlos Haag
Retrospect
The rebirth of the Patriarch
A project publishes, on-line, documents, books and images brought together about José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
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Innovations of today, great inventions of yesterday
Innovations of today, great inventions of yesterday
Biochemistry
Like a dagger
Poison from the sting of a river stingray causes pain, swelling and necrosis
Interview
Francisco Salzano: A geneticist of polemic opinions
Francisco Salzano recalls his work with the Indians, speaks about the concept of race and defends research with transgenics and stem cells.
Intellectual Property
To disseminate knowledge
FAPESP gives up being owner of the patents generated by research projects
Environment
Buffer Zone
Study that proposed a protection zone for the Cantareira Park inspires a bill