Highlights

Anthropology

Between raw and cooked food

Intellectual Biography of Lévi-Strauss reveals a life full of dilemmas

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Linguistics

Network of intrigues

Urban legends spread through the internet bring panic to the web

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Zoology

Unexpected vessels

Mysteries of the Portuguese man-of-war challenge biologists

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Bio-security

In waiting mode?

Minister from Supreme Court supports research on embryonic stem cells

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Research Funding

New frontier

Expansion of Brazil's ethanol production depends on investment in science

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Memory

Fungus in the air

Adolpho Lutz published two articles describing a new disease, 100 years ago

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Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro

Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro: The “undesirable” race

Concern with racial prejudice hides the historical anti-Semitism in Brazilian society

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Cover

Mortal drama

Different scenarios can make tuberculosis worse

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Civil engineering

Green concrete

Agricultural waste can reduce the use of cement and CO2 emissions

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Pharmacology

War in the cells

Discoveries show how to help the immune system fight generalized infections

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Cell Biology

The deconstruction of Proteins

Compartments that deconstruct proteins identified in the cell nucleus

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Genetics

Kidnapping the mailman

Artificial RNA kills the parasite that causes schistosomiasis

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Nanotechnology

Well-grounded Beauty

Group of researchers and companies prepare nanocosmetics with a variety of uses

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Physics

Seeing what is invisible

Carbon nanotube increases the microscope's resolution

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Chemical Engineering

Clean lighting

Company develops system for recycling components in fluorescent lights

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