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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

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Cover

No advances without them

Experiments with animals are still being conducted

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Letter from the editor | 144

Obvious choices

Obvious choices

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Immunology

First movement

Enzyme that may cause arthrititic inflammation and its pain discovered

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Genetics

Muscle tone to order

Activation of gene transforms stem cells into muscle cells

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Ethology

Tricks of a seducer

Male harvestmen that take care of the eggs and attract the attention of females

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Astronomy

In the depths of the Cosmo

Gigantic black holes convert part of the matter they capture

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Physics

Black or white

Computer simulations explain how different opinions spread among the population

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Oceanography

An almost dead sea

Pollution in the Bay of Santos leads to areas with no marine life

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Genomics

Data under questioning

Scientists highlight inadequacies in a study on contamination by transgenics

Ecology

Re-planting the Forest

Farmers and local administrations are bringing forests back to life

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Interview

Fernando Haddad: Against fragmentation

Minister explains the Education Development Plan

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Political Science

The olive-green forest

Studies analyze military thoughts on the Amazon region

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Communication

The war that appeared on TV

Group studies media narrative as building a general view of criminality

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Art

The Tropicália movement, according to Hélio Oiticica

Oiticica based ideas that revolutionized the Brazilian culture in the 1960's

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Agribusiness

Embrapa’s Growth Acceleration Program

Institutional innovation should consolidate Embrapa's presence in the world

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Bureaucracy

Undoing the knots

Authorities facilitate the importing of research material

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Information

Traveling Revolution

Exhibition brings advances in genome science to Brazil

Biofuel

Sweet cassava ethanol

Sweet root reduces the number of stages in the production of fuel alcohol

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Robotics

Technological literacy

Robots will be available to 60 thousand students this year

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Chemistry

Antichagas Disease

Antichagas Disease

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Biochemistry

You only need to open your mouth

A company uses saliva to measure stress caused by exhaustion

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Paleobotanics

Grain from the past

Fossilized pollen suggests a damp climate 15,000 years ago

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Electronic engineering

Evolution of the screen

New FED monitors generate quality images while saving energy

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Design

Fiber light

Rio de Janeiro company develops new street lighting system

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Telemedicine

Glucose under control

Software monitors diabetes by cell phone

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Biofuels

Magnetic power

Electromagnets increase the production of ethanol

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Medicine

Alternative routes

Nanotechnology opens up the way for bio-compounds

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Retrospect

In earth as in heaven

Christian festivals and calendar are based on astronomy

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Cover

A break in Brazil’s history

Bicentenary of the royal family's arrival demands a reflection

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