Highlights
Electronic engineering
Clinical eye
Sensors with optical filters identify the contours of people and animals
Materials Engineering
Vegetable Styrofoam
Biodegradable foam could substitute various types of plastic
Chemical Industry
Unbreakable
Resins using nanotechnology results in plastics that are more resistant
History
Portrait in black and white
Image of the Black in Brazil was forged with the arrival of photography
By Carlos Haag
Behavior
One is too few. Two is fine
Studies demystify prejudices about families with homosexual parents
By Carlos Haag
Personality
Philosopher of the possible dialog
Bento Prado Jr. brought the philosophy closer to other human sciences
Behavior
Outsourced children
Changes in the concept of family are affecting infant-juvenile education
Sociology
“Where do these people come from?”
Inequality will not be resolved through Brazil's economic growth
By Carlos Haag
Political Science
The “h” of Bahianity
Antonio Carlos Magalhães would represent the zeal to modernize Bahia
By Carlos Haag
Retrospect
The emperors and the mummies
The owner of Latin America's largest Egyptian collection, Brazil looks for resources to excavate in Tanis
Interview
Thomaz Farkas: Optimist and raving, but not too much
EDUARDO CESARIn a 15-minute documentary made by Walter Lima Júnior in 2004, at one point Thomaz Farkas, 82 years old, tells that he ought to have been born in Brazil, because in 1924 his parents were already living over here. Without many resources, when the moment of the birth drew close, they asked Farkas’s maternal... View Article
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
Digital inclusion
Revolution in the classroom
Government defines the model of laptop intended for pupils at public schools
By Yuri Vasconcelos and Fabrício Marques
Innovation
Partnership in (dis)harmony
Seminar evaluates legislation and demands new paradigms for research
