Highlights

Legislation

Propitious ground

Technological parks and a bill encourage innovation in the state of São Paulo

Development

More personnel for science

Number of scholarships for 2006 increases and the amounts are readjusted

Cover

A larger brother for Pluto?

Distant body is a strong candidate for the tenth planet of the solar system

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Paleobotany

The grains of time

Pollen witness to climatic and environmental changes

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Genomics

The genes of paper

DNA sequencing could turn the eucalyptus more resistant to diseases

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Botanics

Rigor and sensibility

Digital Flora brasiliensis widens access to knowledge about Brazil's plants

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Medicine

United unto death

Study shows how the impact of an illness or death of a partner can be

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Virology

The tricks of HIV

Recombinant forms of the virus complicate the AIDS epidemic in Brazil

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Biomedical engineering

Precious details

Mammography detects cancerigenic lesions and reduces the number of biopsies

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Geology

A penetrating look

A new sensorial method facilitates the identification of mineral deposits

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New Materials

Self cleaning scalpel

Ceramic coating sterilizes medical and dental instruments

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Chemistry

Without smell and less toxic

Researchers develop a method for the production of paints almost without smell

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Petroleum

Deep investment

Petrobras Award reveals new systems and new professions for the industry

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Medicines

Guarantee of life

A bio-medicine for babies will be produced on a large scale

History

President Juscelino Kubitschek

Academics point out historical excesses in romanticizing the ex-president

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