Highlights

Genetics

Jacobina controversy

Authors divided over article on the spread of DNA from transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes used in an experiment in Bahia

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Education

Creating clean water

Team learning and the search for sustainable solutions highlight science competition at UNICAMP

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Development

Midlife crisis

The FNDCT, the main federal funding body for research, is going through a period of recession and uncertainty

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Interview

Richard Sever: Speeding up scientific communication

Biochemist suggests all researchers should be required to publish draft manuscripts on public repositories

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Innovation

Benefits from collaboration

Long-term collaboration with industry makes research groups 20% more productive, study finds

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Interview

Lauro Barata: The network of natural wealth

A chemist promotes connections in order to turn plant substances into applied products

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Cover

Growth without destruction

Sustainable development of the Amazon will require changes in traditional agricultural methods and improvements to agroforestry resource extraction

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Interview

Paulo Moutinho: Standing in the forest

Biology, economics, and biking trips help the ecologist think about sustainable development in the Amazon

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Cover

Two Amazons

The dry season is getting longer in the southern Amazon, where most deforestation occurs, while the northwest remains wet

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Cover

The rainforest

The Amazon carries water to other regions of Brazil and even other continents

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FAPESP

New FAPESP vice president

Chemist Ronaldo Aloise Pilli has been named the new vice president of FAPESP

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Nobel

A prize for men

This year, the six Nobel Prize categories honored 14 people

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Atmospherical Science

Have you ever heard of a stormquake?

A new geological phenomenon has been identified by American researchers

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Environment

Climate change could lead to bread shortages

Severe and frequent droughts could become common by the end of this century as a result of climate change

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Pharmacology

Personalized medication

Researchers in the USA have created a custom drug tailored specifically to an american girl with a rare and fatal genetic disorder

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