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Interview

Charges against fragmentation

For Michel Vovelle, it is time to reencounter a sense of history

SOCIOLOGY

Men are (still) in charge

Study shows how unemployment affects the structure of the family

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Leadership in luminous signals

New multiplexer leads equipment industry to dominate 60% of the market

ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Controlled by factory noise

Company develops sensors to control industrial machines

chemistry

Thin, sensitive and selective mixture

Research produces filters through the junction of metallic oxides and cellulose

BIOELETRIONICS

Skin pigmentation in batteries

Compounded with melanin increases the useful life of electronic devices

MEDICINE

Alcohol increases accidents and general violence

The presence of drugs in the injured treated at the Hospital das Clínicas

BIOCHEMISTRY

An advance in the study of peptides

Work of Brazilian group is internationally recognized

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Natural insect bank

Collection of fungi, viruses and bacteria help combat agricultural pests

ecology

A treasure on the banks of São Francisco River

Study of the formation of new species in the dunes of the São Francisco River

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GENOME CANCER

Partnership Brazil-USA moves ahead

Joint work with the Americans enters a more ambitious phase

Sleep disturbances

For a better quality of sleep

Center for Sleep Studies will invest In the development of new technologies

Optics

Shedding more light on various areas of knowledge

Center for Research to develop projects with state of the art technology

Cellular Therapy

The use of cells in the treatment of illnesses

Center for Research brings the relationship with the public sector closer

Cepid

Concentration of income and violation of civil rights

Study will analyze the Relation between violence and poverty and impunity

CEPID

Tightening the ring around a powerful enemy

Information from the Genona Cancer will be used in research

Medicine

The key to new medicines

Biology center will create demands for R&D in the pharmaceutical industry

CEPID

Investigating genetic disorder

Center for Studies of the Human Genome investigates genetic diseases

CEPID

Medicines from snake poison

Center to do research into the pharmaceutical use of animal toxins

CEPID

In focus, the urban problems of São Paulo

Center is seeking to research and propose solutions for the metropolitan region

CEPID

A diversified and very promising market

Center for Ceramic Materials will invest in the preparation of professionals

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A new paradigm for the organization of research

Cepids will have the mission of bringing science and society closer together

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Opinion

More visibility for Brazilian science

More visibility for Brazilian science

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Letter from the editor | 57

The outlook for the future and a reassessment of the past

The outlook for the future and a reassessment of the past

FINE ARTS

What history is this?

Research intends to bring shape to a critical history of Brazilian art

ECONOMY

An industry that had a cure

National pharmaceutical sector was born strong and had State support

AGRONOMY

Tuned to the weather

An apparatus controls humidity and permits the correct use of fungicides

INCUBATORS

From the laboratory to the market

Researchers build a bridge between research and the business world

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AIR QUALITY

Buildings’ health under examination

The concentration of harmful gases creates “sick” buildings in cities

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The asymmetry that made possible the creation of our material universe

There was a little more matter than anti-matter in the Big Bang. It was a fortuante thing!