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Opinion

Metrology is Life

The science of measuring is also that of competitiveness

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Letter from the editor | 59

The new sugarcane cycle

The new sugarcane cycle

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Sociology

Mob injustice

Database shows the tragic pattern of lynching in Brazil

ARCHITECTURE

The best house at the lowest cost and least space

Study shows how modern Brazilian architecture is associated with development

New materials

High quality cement with rice husk

Process extracts silica from agricultural waste for use in concrete

Biotechnology

Light inside the living cell

Laser tweezers and scalpel manipulate various biological particles

Innovation

The benefits of a partnership

Projects by the academic and business worlds give good results

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ecology

The hidden fish of the upper Paraná

Survey discovers new species of fish in the upper Paraná basin

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Fine Chemistry

Reagents prominent around the world

Group synthesizes selenium and tellurium for medications and agrochemicals

Interview

Always paying attention to Brazil

Interview with Warwick Estevam Kerr

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CONGRESS

The support of genetics for the history of the Brazilian people

The study of DNA Shows the scope of miscegenation

Agriculture

Another victim of the Xylella

Evidence is building up of the bacterium infestation in coffee trees

Medicine

Viruses passed on to children

Infection of the newborn is still high

cover

This relief moves

Group researches geological changes over the last 15 million years

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RECOVERY

A renewed look at the history of Brazil

Researchers present their findings in USP’s History Amphitheater

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RECOVERY

São Paulo now has its history in its hands

The documents about the Captaincy of São Paulo is handed over

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infrastructure

More memory, less waste

Program to finance archive collections and management of waste

Personage

The legacy of Johanna Döbereiner

A decisive contribution to Brazilian farming

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Opinion

From the academy to the company

A proposal to turn researchers into businessmen

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Letter from the editor | 58

Revelations, reassessments and profits

Revelations, reassessments and profits

Interview

Charges against fragmentation

For Michel Vovelle, it is time to reencounter a sense of history

SOCIOLOGY

Men are (still) in charge

Study shows how unemployment affects the structure of the family

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Leadership in luminous signals

New multiplexer leads equipment industry to dominate 60% of the market

ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Controlled by factory noise

Company develops sensors to control industrial machines

chemistry

Thin, sensitive and selective mixture

Research produces filters through the junction of metallic oxides and cellulose

BIOELETRIONICS

Skin pigmentation in batteries

Compounded with melanin increases the useful life of electronic devices

MEDICINE

Alcohol increases accidents and general violence

The presence of drugs in the injured treated at the Hospital das Clínicas

BIOCHEMISTRY

An advance in the study of peptides

Work of Brazilian group is internationally recognized

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Natural insect bank

Collection of fungi, viruses and bacteria help combat agricultural pests

ecology

A treasure on the banks of São Francisco River

Study of the formation of new species in the dunes of the São Francisco River

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