Highlights

Cover

The weakness of stem cells

A possible cause of poor results in treating Parkinson’s disease

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Biochemistry

Bromeliad measures pollution

Bromeliad species is used to capture heavy metals in the air

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Digital Protection

Reinforced networks

New approach enhances internet and airport safety

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Intelligent Packaging

Color in fungi

Sensitive film warns consumer about food deterioration

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Cosmetics

Successful partnership

Outside researchers help Natura to innovate

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Memory

(Almost) forgotten knowledge

Study brings back a centuries-old technique to build in stone

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Financing

The weight of the treasury

How Brazil and the US face up to cuts in funding for science and technology

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Financing

Spanish reform

New law in Spain seeks to bring together science and the production sector

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Human Resources

Shortcuts to university

New strategies for attracting students from public schools

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Globalization

In English, per favore

Italian universities create courses in English to win over students from abroad

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Tribute

Amélia’s paths

Works ranges from physics to education, from memory to scientific policy

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Ecology

The limit of the forest

Group identifies signs that precede extinction in the Atlantic rainforest

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International Year of Chemistry

Molecules, problem and solution

Talks in April discussed alternative energy sources and climate change

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Geochemistry

Pre-Columbian fertilizers

Ancient Indians contributed to the fertility of black soil

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Medicine

The fight against cancer

Antihypertensive medication halts growth of tumors

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