Highlights

Energy

Stored electricity

Company develops a battery for electric vehicles and solar and wind systems

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Energy

Multielectricity plant

Itaipu Binacional produces electric vehicles in a partnership with Fiat

Transport

Environmental bus

Coppe builds a vehicle driven by hydrogen and batteries

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national stent

Now made in Brazil

First stent produced in Brazil to correct narrowed arteries has a market

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new material

Resistant and flexible

Carbon nanotubes result in more versatile products

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Anthropology

The invention of Indians in Brazil

Analysis deconstructs the notion of the anthropologist as a translator

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Demographics

Brazilian diversity

Census will reveal how many ethnic groups and languages exist in Brazil

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Literature

A genius of the essay

Study states that essayist Nelson Rodrigues was "Brazil's Montaigne"

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Gerhard Malnic

Gerhard Malnic: The handyman in the laboratory

The professor from USP talks about the evolution of renal physiology in Brazil

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Public health

Patient at the other end of the line

Smartphone tested for collecting field data to feed online medical records

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Public policies

Increasing demand for energy

Using idle land could expand biofuel and food production

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Environment

Jungle democracy

Reconciling exploitation and conservation brings groups together

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Disseminating information

Diverging paths

Partnership between scientists and journalists are still far apart

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Planning

Points of agreement

National conference seeks ways to improve policies

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Memory

The botanist who wrote books at Court

Books were written 210 years ago about the problems of Brazil as a colony

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