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Space Engineering
Impulse in space
Researchers construct a new version of a thruster rocket for satellites
FOODSTUFFS
From villain to hero
Snacks enriched with flour from bovine lungs help in combating anemia
Microelectronics
Conductor in the oven
New materials increase the memory of computers by as much as 250 times
Feminine contribution
Disguise unveiled
Studies on the parasite that causes Chagas’s disease is awarded
By Revisor
Astrophysics
The new rays from the Sun
Team detects the most intense radiation from solar explosions
Pharmacology
Iron against tuberculosis
A metallic compound kills Koch’s bacillus with fewer side effects
Biosafety
The news from the East
South Koreans extract stem cells from a human embryo and reopen polemic
Memory
From the pharmacy to the classroom
First Pharmacy School of the Americas was created 165 years ago
Letter from the editor | 97
Against the shadows of the imagination
Against the shadows of the imagination
Mechanical Engineering
Without risks
Ultrasound checks structures of oil pipelines and nuclear power stations
Dentistry
Light in the arches
Researches are making headway with laser and equipment in dental treatment
geosciences
Strategic information
System identifies with maps and photos the origin of telephone calls
Chemistry
Mimetism in the laboratory
Synthetic substances imitate the behavior of biological compounds
Environmental Engineering
Back in production
Plasma-based equipment guarantees economic and environmental gains
International issue
From genomics to samba, a scientific view
From genomics to samba, a scientific view
Economy
The other side of fortune
Studies try to understand what makes a rich man rich
By Carlos Haag
Interview
Mayana Zatz: One eye on reason, the other on the heart
One eye on reason, the other on the heart
Retrospect
Among the stars
The work of César Lattes, who died at eighty years, was fundamental for the detection of the pi meson
