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currency crisis

The impact on science

FAPESP will allow import of consumer goods for ongoing projects

indicators

Escalating production

Articles by Brazilian authors already represent 1,44% of world science

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scientific disclosure

Science at a rap rhythm

Futura Channel launches new program for the young public

ethics

Pertinent knowledge

International Council wants scientists involved with social demands

patent

An appeal for flexibility

Rules for intellectual property step up debate between countries

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telecommunications

The strength of fiber

Optic amplifiers that are going to improve telephony and the Internet

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Computing

Software from the hinterland

A company exports database systems and keeps a relationship with the university

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CIVIL ENGINEERING

Expanded concrete

Researcher finds in aluminum slag a new ingredient for producing mortar

Clinical Analyses

Precision in diagnosis

A new kit allows the identification of parasites with greater efficiency

Agronomy

Spittlebug attacks

Biological control kills the insect that has become a pest due

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Retrospect

Where it all began

Reform of the University of Coimbra educated the first Brazilian researchers

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Cover

Jatoba against pollution

Tropical trees may clean the atmosphere if the greenhouse effects increase

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Surprises from the plant world

Surprises from the plant world

Genetics

Feathered history

Study associates the evolution of birds with transformations in the planet

biophysics

Like the sea waves

Researchers unveil movements to fight parasites on the surface of cells

Epidemiology

The tones of the difference

There may be more than one transmitter of visceral leishmaniasis

Medicine

Danger at the table

Bracken consumed in Minas Gerais favors reproduction of tumor- linked virus

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Neurology

Connection reactivated

Electrical stimuli help the recovery of patients with spiral cord injuries

Chemistry

Light abysses

Synthesis of molecules should facilitate the production of optical devices

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astrophysics

Explosion of energy

Combination of techniques allow to identify weaker sources of gamma rays

Interview

Andrew Peterson: Simulators of the future

Environmental modeling programs the effects of climatic changes and the expansion of disease in the world

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Education

The time to learn The Indian program

The series is the result of a project that discusses indigenous education

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CEPID

The unveiling of the hidden poverty

A CD-ROM and a Map Server gives a real outline of São Paulo's social needs

patrimony

Technology in the mansion of the Penteado family

The century old mansion will house the high-tech library of FAU-USP

History

The vital Brazil with a ‘Z’

Project recovers the memory of the scientist Vital Brazil

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investment

Advances and problems

Federal government creates research institutes as an emergency measure

Genomics

Brazilian model

English sociologist highlights Brazil's participation in the world research

public policy

Health in first place

Projects from the fourth call also attend to education and the environment

Internet

Education and fiber-optic

Canadian network consolidates distance learning projects

Agriculture

Shedding light on orange trees

A technique uses the laser in the identification of citrus canker

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