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Antonio Paes de Carvalho: Stepping stones

MIGUEL BOYAYANThere is no exaggeration in describing him, 70 years old, as an obstinate man. Nor in regarding him as a visionary. After all, Antonio Paes de Carvalho offered proofs of obstinacy and of vision of the future when, 20 years ago, he idealized the first biotechnology complex in the country, facing the skepticism of... View Article

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Luís Henrique Dias Tavares: A war in Bahia

A war in Bahia

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Bernardo Galvão: The battle against Aids and other fights

The battle against Aids and other fights

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Elliot Kitajima: Images for Brazilian science

MIGUEL BOYAYANAn esthete against plant pathogens. This is how, perhaps in a reductionist way, one could describe the work of São Paulo researcher Elliot Kitajima, who for over four decades has dedicated himself to recording images in electron microscopy of agents that attack plants, in particular viruses. Born 69 years ago, from Japanese parents,  in... View Article

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Miguel Nicolelis: The man of multiple connections

A worldwide point of reference in neuroscience, restless Miguel Nicolelis, a citizen of São Paulo who has been living for over 15 years in the United States, is getting ready to enjoy his first sabbatical year. It will be quite a year. And the program for the next few months is now ready. He is... View Article

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Interview: Leôncio Martins

Interview: Leôncio Martins

"It is easy to be ethical in the opposition"

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José Murilo de Carvalho: An antidote against republican brutalization

An antidote against republican brutalization

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Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa: The lively prose of a master scientist

Listening to 88-year-old Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa, one of the pioneers of genetic medicine in Brazil, it becomes easy to understand why his qualities as a professor are celebrated by researchers of several generations who have been amongst his pupils. If in the classroom he availed himself of a delicious, multicolored narrative, full of wit and always... View Article

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Isaias Raw

Isaias Raw: A battling scientist

A battling scientist

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Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz: An optimist with method

An optimist with method

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Carlos Augusto Monteiro: From privation to excess of food

From privation to excess of food

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Mayana Zatz: One eye on reason, the other on the heart

One eye on reason, the other on the heart

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Jefferson Cardia Simões: The ice is ours as well

Researcher who has been at the South Pole says that Antarctica is more important for Brazil than for the USA

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Diógenes de Almeida Campos: Official stones and bones

Paleontologist affirms that Brazil could be as important as China and criticizes fossil contraband

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José Fernando Perez: A route of opening up to society

A route of opening up to society

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Ismail Xavier: Visions on stage

The critic and professor analyzes the dialog between the Brazilian cinema and the Nelson Rodrigues theater

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Ruth e Victor Nussenzweig: A chemistry that worked out

The couple talks about the advances in the search for vaccines against malaria and of the life of a scientist, here and in the United States

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Roberto Figueira Santos: Observations of an engaged spectator

Observations of an engaged spectator

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Jorge Wagensberg: Inside the skin of the scientist

For the director of the innovative Barcelona Science Museum it is essential to awaken scientific emotion without losing a grip on reality

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Gilberto De Nucci

Gilberto De Nucci: The medicine radical

The medicine radical

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Bertha Koiffmann Becker: The Amazon without extremism

The Amazon without extremism

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José Ellis Ripper Filho: Alternatives for learning

Marcos de Oliveira and Neldson Marcolin

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Roberto Salmeron: A high-energy physicist

MIGUEL BOYAYANTime appears not to be of much importance to the physicist Roberto Salmeron to judge by the manner with which he ignores it. His routine would devastate any schedule, whether it be in Brazil or France. His most common activities include conferences, lectures and courses, participation in official commissions, support for Brazilian physicists in... View Article

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Fernando Reinach: An announced revolution

An announced revolution

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Iván Izquierdo: Recollections and omissions

Neuroscientist talks about the importance of memories and also of forgetting

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Roberto Schwarz

Roberto Schwarz: A critic on the periphery of capitalism

A critic on the periphery of capitalism

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Mayana Zatz: One eye on reason, the other on the heart

One eye on reason, the other on the heart

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Otavio Frias Filho

Otavio Frias Filho: A gateway for new newspaper readers

The editorial director of the explains why journalistic interest in science tends to increase

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Ismail Xavier: Visions on stage

The critic and professor analyzes the dialog between the Brazilian cinema and the Nelson Rodrigues theater

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José Arthur Giannotti: Playing on the fringe

The philosopher thinks that Brazil should avoid bumping into the currentcomplex of monopolizing technoscience

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