Highlights

Biotechnology

Sweet genetics

Map of sugarcane genes helps to form more productive varieties

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Fruit Growing

Biofactory in the backlands

Sterile males combat fruit flies, which cause exporters serious losses

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Retrospect

In the days of maxambomba

140 years ago, the country's first urban railroad was inaugurated in Recife.

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Interview

Angelo Machado: Between books and dragonflies

GLÁUCIA RODRIGUESResearcher Angelo Machado has the habit of taking big leaps from time to time. Graduated as a physician, he specialized in neuroanatomy. Once retired, he entered an entrance exam for zoology and became a renowned entomologist. When 50 years old, he began to write books for children and is an acclaimed author. Simultaneously with... View Article

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Evaluation

What are we good at?

Studies indicate areas of knowledge in which Brazilian research shines

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Human resources

Women wanted

Award calls attention to the fall of women interest in computing

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Public health

Breathing spell for the vaccine

Specialists declare 2007 the year of the fight against pneumococcal disease

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Cover

Connection without frontiers

Experiments with the brain wants to help to transform needy communities

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Plastination

Anatomy Lesson

"Bodies... the exhibition" shows a fascinating spectacle of the human anatomy

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Epidemiology

Bacillus in the tribe

Tuberculosis is 20 times more common amongst Indians

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Biochemistry

Poison in vitro

Team develops a recipe to cultivate jararaca glands in the laboratory

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Zoology

The mother of all jararacas

The ancestor of the snakes was small and had a varied diet

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Botany

Textures of the forest

Genetic classification can guide the preservation of tropical rainforests

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Physics

Below zero

Computer simulations explain the electrical properties of ice.

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Insects

In small doses

Researchers develop bait for the control of ants

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