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Pharmacology
Racing against time
Team identifies how a brain protein causes cellular death in Alzheimer patients
Molecular biology
Guarana DNA
The guarana's genome provides information about its therapeutic properties
Cover
The art of scanning clouds
Three satellites monitor the Amazon Region's controversial deforestation
Letter from the editor | 145
Revolutions: genomics, ideas and behavior
Revolutions: genomics, ideas and behavior
Alexandre Kalache
Alexandre Kalache: A policy for ageing well
Creator of age-friendly cities says that this issue is important for the country's development
Sociology
Gone are the days when single women looked for company
Study proves that "one can be happy on one's own" and still find love
By Carlos Haag
History
The order of war
The Farc: "a military giant maybe but politically and democratically a dwarf"
By Carlos Haag
Medication
Creative fever
Partnership makes discovery and the development of drugs in England easier
Dissemination
The apotheosis of the double helix
Exhibition unveils DNA, from biodiversity up to the cell's nucleus
Entrepreneurship
Business source
Incubated companies grow in Brazil
Biotechnology
Seeds of dissent
Council of Ministers confirms the release of transgenic corn for sale
Physics
Black or white
Computer simulations explain how different opinions spread among the population
Genomics
Data under questioning
Scientists highlight inadequacies in a study on contamination by transgenics
Retrospect
Rigor and generosity
Simão Mathias was the first student to get a doctorate from the University of São Paulo's School of Philosophy, in 1942
Political Science
The olive-green forest
Studies analyze military thoughts on the Amazon region
By Carlos Haag
Communication
The war that appeared on TV
Group studies media narrative as building a general view of criminality
By Carlos Haag
Agribusiness
Embrapa’s Growth Acceleration Program
Institutional innovation should consolidate Embrapa's presence in the world
Biofuel
Sweet cassava ethanol
Sweet root reduces the number of stages in the production of fuel alcohol