Highlights

Political Science

The police under the surveillance by the law

In spite of boycotts by some authorities, ombudsmen have made some progress

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Psychology

Profession: Ambiguity

Study reveals complexity of the identity of low-income transvestites

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Astronomy

The Sun that protects us

Study identifies a type of magnetic bubble that surrounds our Solar System

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Biology

Live compasses

Lagoon in Rio de Janeiro is home to magnetic bacteria made up of cells

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Entomology

Empty beehives

Mysterious syndrome wipes out bees in Europe and North America

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Molecular Biology

Genetic Apartheid

Racial segregation hampered miscegenation in the United States

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Mental health

A hard legacy

The development of children of schizophrenics is impaired

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Water resources

The risk of scarcity

Researchers from six countries are working on new technologies to manage water

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Deforestation

Slow convalescence

Seventy years is the minimum amount of time needed to restore forest biomass

Retrospect

Alcohol conversion

Of the three cars that crisscrossed the country to publicize the new fuel in 1976, only one is still standing

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Sérgio Mascarenhas

Sérgio Mascarenhas: Physics in the current world

The impact of condensed matter physics on the contemporary world

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Optical fiber

Information in a laser beam

FAPESP and Padtec search for innovative telecom solutions

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Optical Fiber

A history of glass and light

Optical fiber expanded in Brazil until cover 1 million km

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Innovation

Passport to foreign markets

PIPE celebrates 10th anniversary and is strengthened for phase 3

Dissemination

Warehouse of Ideas

Partnership takes transcriptions of the Roda Viva talk show to the Internet