Highlights

Agronomy

Small and powerful

Researchers verify protective effects of a Brazilian mushroom

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Biochemistry

Molecule factory

Partnership results in an analgesic that is more potent than morphine

telecommunications

Concentrated effort

Optical fibers bring a new stage for research into the Internet and telephony

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microelectronics

Race for the chip

Brazil seeks to reduce external dependence in the semiconductor area

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Epidemiology

Ahead of the tropical challenges

Brazil keeps ahead in the research and prevention in tropical diseases

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Epidemiology

The Amazon against malaria

Tests corroborate the biological action of plants from the forest

virology

Subtle Change

A subtype of the Aids virus is spreading and altering the epidemic's profile

Genetics

The role of the forgotten

Stretches of RNA regulate the production of proteins linked to cancer

Medicine

Imaginary Remedies

Expectation and conditioning explain why a placebo sometimes works

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zoology

Witnesses of the primitive earth

Fixed jellyfishes form a new class of marine animals

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astrophysics

Lost in space

Brazilians discover four star nurseries outside the galaxies

History

Frans Post

Dutch painter at last wins his space together with the Flemish masters

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Artes plásticas

Going South

Cooperation will reveal to the United States texts about the vanguards

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Cinema

Pernambuco’s Hollywood

Thesis recalls the Recife Cycle

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Education

No time for the enchanted prince

Schooling of D. Pedro II's daughters was pioneering for the time

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