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Foods

Charcoal reduces cholesterol in eggs

Hens get modified feed and produce healthier eggs

Education

CD-ROM helps the disabled

Company taking part in the PIPE develops evaluating and teaching software

POLLUTION CONTROL

We already have laser radar

A project presents a new equipment to measure particles suspended in the air

purchasing policy

In the path to innovation

Brazilian industry develops new products for research projects

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Biodiversity

Scientific Committee approves Biota/FAPESP

Scientific Committee approves Biota/FAPESP

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Environment

SinBiota will aid public policies

The system will foresee the impact of changes to biodiversity

Internet 2

Brazil on the web

Agreement connects researchers to NSF at a high-speed

Technological innovation

Community of interests

ConSITec will bring together researchers and companies in common projects

Event

Reaping the benefits

Landmarks and new targets for scientific research are announced

Opinion

A common asset for all men

A clearheaded policy built São Paulo leadership in Brazilian research

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Light on the history of the losers

Light on the history of the losers

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Physics

On the Graviton wave

Brazil joins the race to capture gravitational waves from the Cosmos

biochemistry

Microscope maps channels on living cells

Device paves the way for more efficient medications

medicines

Bovine gene yields medications

Studies on the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) suggest therapeutic potential

Epidemiology

Healthy Math

Simple mathematical tools and statistics help prevent and control epidemics

Genetics

Mystery among rodents

Apparently identical species differ in the number of chromosomes

Genomic

Orestes deciphers the drosophila (fruit fly)

Discovered 91 genes of the model insect thanks to a Brazilian technique

Ecology

A method for measuring shade

Survey looks into five species of tree planted in urban areas

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Medicine

X-rays controlled at a distance

System reduces the costs and the exposureof patients to radiation

Public health

Pozzolanas: the map of the mine

A survey locates precious rocks for the cement industry

LIVESTOCK

Young, good-looking and with the weight of a bull

The Superprecocious Yearling guarantees soft meat and profit

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Physics

Conductor polymers under control

Brazilians dominate the new area of materials technology

nanotechnology

Molecular architects

Research produces compounds such as a sensor for the conserving of wines

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Genomics

In contact with the doctors

New project faces new forms of therapy and diagnosis of cancer

metropolis

A complete radiography pertaining to the city of São Paulo

The environmental chaos in the metropolis, are exposed in the São Paulo Atlas

Genomics

In search of new designer drugs

Structural Genome will have US$ 3.5 million to study genes and proteins

Biography

Newton, the wizard of reason

A biography reveals a passion of the scientist for the occult

Biology

An advance against malaria

Attack of the erythrocyte protozoan parasite is related to melatonin

psychology

The metaphors of Woody Woodpecker

Research analyzes the effects of the ideology of animated designs on children

Genomics

A new network for the viruses

Project studies the genetics of organisms with high incidences in São Paulo