Highlights

Astrophysics

The new rays from the Sun

Team detects the most intense radiation from solar explosions

paleontology

Snake No. 1

70 million year old fossil represents the oldest snake found in Brazil

Ecology

The lords of rain

Gas discovered in the atmosphere of the Amazon intensifies precipitation

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Pharmacology

Iron against tuberculosis

A metallic compound kills Koch’s bacillus with fewer side effects

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Cover

Polemical law

Project bans therapeutic cloning and mobilizes scientists

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USP 70

A monument to health

The trajectory of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo

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AGREEMENT

Who offers more?

Purchase of imported supersonic fighters will have to benefit companies

Indicators

Positive balance

The number of Brazilian publications on genomics grows apace

Biosafety

The news from the East

South Koreans extract stem cells from a human embryo and reopen polemic

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Memory

From the pharmacy to the classroom

First Pharmacy School of the Americas was created 165 years ago

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Archeology

Rediscovering the New World

Ten sets of human bones from Brazilian prehistory suggest that the first inhabitants of the Americas were not Mongoloids

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Mechanical Engineering

Without risks

Ultrasound checks structures of oil pipelines and nuclear power stations

Dentistry

Light in the arches

Researches are making headway with laser and equipment in dental treatment

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geosciences

Strategic information

System identifies with maps and photos the origin of telephone calls

Chemistry

Mimetism in the laboratory

Synthetic substances imitate the behavior of biological compounds

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