Highlights

Plastic

Rapid decomposition

Researchers develop a recycled polymer made from PET

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Aerospace engineering

Hypersonic wind

A tunnel to test airplanes that are much faster than the speed of sound

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Chemistry

Intelligent paint

Researchers use nanotechnology to create a pigment that changes color

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Agronomy

Lethal symbiosis

Partnership between bacteria and nematodes used to fight sugarcane pest

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Energy

Advantageous fermentation

New types of yeast may reduce the production costs in sugar and alcohol

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Retrospect

Windmill power

Created in the 19th century, wind-generated electricity is expanding worldwide

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Interview

Claudia Bauzer Medeiros: Computer science in the future

MIGUEL BOYAYANResearcher Claudia Bauzer Medeiros leads quite a busy academic life: a professor at the Computer Science Center of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) for the last 20 years, her extensive academic output has involved over 30 projects in the field of scientific databases, mainly as applied to biodiversity and agro-environmental planning. “The Unicamp... View Article

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Development aid

At the cutting edge of knowledge

Partnership with Microsoft Research brings about a model for basic research

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Partnerships

Research and Innovation Inc.

Embrapa and private enterprise want to create a technology firm for ethanol

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partnership

A well-meaning law

Carlos Américo Pacheco evaluates the effects of the Innovation Law

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Financing

Consolidated budget

Ministry of Science and Technology to increase grants in strategic areas

Biosecurity

When does life begin?

Federal Supreme Court had experts convene before voting the use of stem cells

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Cover

A risky bet against diabetes

Experimental treatment rids 14 patients of insulin injections

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Physiology

Interrupted nights

Inflammation blocks the hormone that tells the body that it's time to sleep

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Etiology

With sticks and stones

Capuchin monkey uses tools to break open fruit or hunt ants

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