Highlights

Medicine

The first signs of alert

Gene action sheds light on the origin and indicates the evolution of tumors

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Oncology

Exact address

Technology for killing cancer cells of prostrate, breast and lung

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Neurology

To occupy, resist and conquer

A team from Minas Gerais State observes how prions infect neurons

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Virology

Anticipated death

Virologists discover how the yellow fever agent destroys liver cells

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Immunology

New vaccine against rabies

The Butantan Institute creates a safer alternative for use in human beings

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Forestry engineering

Valuable wood

Planting and exploration of pinewoods reduces the extraction of native species

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Food engineering

Health supplement

Company develops an organic mineral complex using yeast proteins

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Chemistry

Beautifully dull

A new additive guarantees more beautiful footwear soles

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Economy

The other side of fortune

Studies try to understand what makes a rich man rich

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Cinema

Fascist Fascination

Film by Leni Riefenstahl helped to construct the Nazi imagery

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Literature

Tell Another

The book of the thousand and one nights gains a translation from the Arabic

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Retrospect

Difficult to tame

Since the 18th century, people have been trying to generate energy from the sea

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Interview

Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa: The lively prose of a master scientist

Listening to 88-year-old Oswaldo Frota-Pessoa, one of the pioneers of genetic medicine in Brazil, it becomes easy to understand why his qualities as a professor are celebrated by researchers of several generations who have been amongst his pupils. If in the classroom he availed himself of a delicious, multicolored narrative, full of wit and always... View Article

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Indicators

Accident along the way

A contraction in the economy has limited technological advance in Brazil

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Intellectual property

Getting Stronger

Countries seek measures to protect biodiversity

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